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In 1940 two Royal Australian Air Force training airplanes collided in mid-air, becoming locked together. As the aircraft were traveling in the same direction, they became an impromptu biplane and we're landed safely by the pilot of the upper plane. There were no deaths.

In 1940, two military aircraft collided in mid-air. They became stuck on top of each other. The pilot of the plane on top used the engines of the bottom plane to land both of them together.

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1. Twice each day, 800 weather balloons are launched around the world and none have ever collided with an aircraft.

2. During a training exercise, two aircraft collided mid air and remained connected. The one pilot was able to perform an emergency landing with no fatalities.

3. The top U.S. ace pilot of World War 2 got his kills by flying his aircraft as close to his targets as possible before firing, often getting hit by their exploding remains and on one occasion colliding with his target.

4. In a plane accident, sixteen passengers were asleep on a twin-engined aircraft that was about to collide with trees. One passenger awoke, braced himself, and was the only survivor.

5. Of the 1.5 million tons of bombs dropped on Germany by US aircraft in WWII, 640,000 tons were from B-17s. They mounted thirteen .50 caliber machine guns, and have been known to fly home after exceptionally harsh beatings - including losing engines or colliding with fighter plans.

6. On March 30 1987, an Alaska Airlines flight taking off from Juneau, hit a Salmon in mid air, apparently an Eagle got scared by the plane and release the salmon from his claws, causing to collide with the aircraft. https://blog.alaskaair.com/alaska-airlines/history/flying-fish/

7. In 1956 two airplanes collided above the Grand Canyon, killing all 128 aboard the two planes. Due to the remote area of the crash sites, accessible to only experienced hikers, some pieces of the aircraft remain there.

8. In 2001, two Japan Airlines aircraft nearly collided over Japan, missing by 35 ft (11 m). Had they collided, it could potentially have been the deadliest aviation disaster in history, with 677 people on board.

9. The Cerritos mid-air collision which occurred on August 31, 1986. An Aeromexico plane and a privately owned Piper PA-28 181 Archer collided while descending into LAX, killing all 67 passengers on both aircraft. The air traffic controller responsible for the collision was named Walter White

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Australia operated an aircraft carrier for 27 years. During that time it collided with two other warships an Australian and an American destroyer, although she was never at fault for the accidents she was deemed jinxed.

In 1986 Aeromexico Flight 498 (DC-9) collided with a Piper Archer over Cerritos, California killing everyone on board both planes. The name of the Air Traffic Controller who was handling both aircrafts was "Walter White" - source

There are birds that can fly up to an altitude of 37,000 ft. (11,000 m) - in 1974 a vulture collided with an aircraft at 37,000 ft. altitude - source

An Alaska Airlines aircraft collided with a fish mid-air - source

In 1966 two US aircraft collided over the Mediterranean Sea and three hydrogen bombs fell from one of the aircraft onto a small fishing village.

Singapore Airlines 006 attempted to takeoff on the wrong runway and collided with the construction equipment that had been parked on that closed runway, killing 83 of the 179 on-board and injuring a further 71 people. This was the first and only fatal crash of a Singapore Airlines aircraft.