{"id":83584,"date":"2023-10-07T13:12:02","date_gmt":"2023-10-07T13:12:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/happylifestyleinc.com\/?p=83584"},"modified":"2023-10-07T13:12:02","modified_gmt":"2023-10-07T13:12:02","slug":"pilots-shocking-video-reveals-how-close-planes-fly-to-each-other","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/happylifestyleinc.com\/travel\/pilots-shocking-video-reveals-how-close-planes-fly-to-each-other\/","title":{"rendered":"Pilot's 'shocking' video reveals how close planes fly to each other"},"content":{"rendered":"
When you’re 35,000 feet up in the air, it can be difficult to imagine being accompanied by anything other than clouds.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Whether you enjoy the experience of flying or not, the sky seems to stretch forever – devoid of all other life.\u00a0<\/p>\n
But one pilot has unearthed a new fear in passengers by showing just how close planes fly next to each other.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The pilot, known online as @flyhigh738, terrified TikTokers after revealing footage of close-by planes while up in the air.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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A TikToker and pilot has sparked a new fear in passengers after revealing how close planes actually fly next to each other\u00a0<\/p>\n
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The pilot showed some 3,000 followers that the plane in front of him was as close as 1000 feet away<\/p>\n
Sharing the video to his 3,026 followers, the pilot wrote:\u00a0‘When you travel by plane and think the sky is so big that you’re alone up there,’ while showing an ostensibly clear sky.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Moving the camera to reveal another plane in the air, the pilot said:\u00a0\u00a0‘But you’re actually almost always flying so so close to other planes.’<\/p>\n
The pilot likened the footage to a ‘kind of motorway in the sky,’ which he said is what occurs when following ‘standard airways’.\u00a0<\/p>\n
According to BAA Training: ‘Commercial aircraft flying below 29,000 feet must maintain a vertical separation of 1,000 feet.<\/p>\n
‘Any higher and the separation increases to 2,000 feet, except in airspace where Reduced Vertical Separation Minimum (RVSM) applies.’\u00a0<\/p>\n
The pilot revealed that the plane was as close as 1000 feet away, and\u00a0asked: ‘Beautiful, isn’t it?’ to which he received a mixed response.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Since it was posted, the now-viral video has gained close to 770,000 views and has raked in hundreds of mixed responses.\u00a0<\/p>\n One rather blunt user wrote: ‘No that looks terrifying.’<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Asking his TikTok followers ‘Beautiful, isn’t it?’ the pilot has sparked very mixed reactions in people<\/p>\n To which the pilot responded: ‘Why is that terrifying? It’s so fascinating seeing other planes flying around you up there.\u00a0<\/p>\n One user commented:\u00a0‘Information I did not need to know… scary and impressive,’ another added:\u00a0‘Too close for me.’<\/p>\n One person wrote: ‘Been flying all of my life but the older I get the more unnatural I think it is to fly through the air at 35000 feet in a tube.’\u00a0<\/p>\n One curious passenger asked: ‘And you don’t flash your lights at each other like truckers or buses etc?!’<\/p>\n To which the pilot responded: ‘We do sometimes, but at night!’\u00a0<\/p>\n