May 15 1989
From The Space Library
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) reported that a NASA T-38 jet trainer aircraft being flown by a Space Shuttle astronaut had experienced a near collision with a Pan American World Airways widebody jet about 30 miles West of Washington, DC. The pilots of the Airbus A-310 jet-liner reported the two planes had come within 500 feet of each other while on perpendicular flight paths. The T-38 was flown by Navy Captain David M. Walker, Commander of the recently completed Space Shuttle mission STS-28. The near collision occurred when Walker's aircraft strayed below its assigned flight elevation. (AP, May 17/89; UPI, May 17/89; NY Times, May 17/89; W Post, May 17/89; B Sun, May 17/89)
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