Trump had recently arrived in the UK and was welcomed by King Charles III of England, and at the national banquet, Trump also proudly stated that this trip was definitely one of the greatest honors in his life.

According to U.S. media revealed, this is Trump's second state visit to Britain, so the U.S. side attaches great importance to this, due to security considerations, accompanying not only dozens of sheriffs, but also carrying a series of heavy security equipment, the British side is also very cooperative, spending millions of pounds, mobilized thousands of police, to ensure security during Trump's visit.

However, no one expected that the problem actually lied on the way.

Trump and his wife travelled to Britain on the Air Force One on Friday, but the accident almost occurred shortly after the take-off. At that time, the route of a passenger plane was highly similar to that of Air Force One, and even the route was in an intersection state.Fortunately, the air controller discovered the error in time and issued a warning about the passenger flight.

It can be heard from the real-time recording that the controller reminded the crew of the passenger plane to change direction twice at that time, but the first instruction did not get a response from the crew of the passenger plane. After that, the controller had to increase the volume and repeat it again, during which he specifically emphasized that the other plane was Air Force One. At that time, the flight distance between the two planes was only about 6 miles, and the situation was very dangerous. But even so, the passenger plane still didn't respond.

Finally, the air controller had to scream to him: stop playing the iPad, focus, and ask him to immediately execute the instructions, until he finally got the response from the flight crew.

Because it was involved in the presidential plane, the air controller was very excited and put forward stringent requirements for another passenger plane. But in fact, neither of these two aircraft violated the flight standards stipulated by the Federal Aviation Administration of the United States for new york airspace. The passenger airline also issued a statement afterwards, saying that the flight strictly followed the instructions and finally completed the mission safely.

In fact, this incident caused this situation mainly due to two reasons.

One key reason was the airline of which the flight was involved.This passenger plane is from American Spirit Flight Airlines. Speaking of the background of this company alone, it actually achieved good results a few years ago. About two years ago, it ranked seventh among passenger airlines in North America, and its business scope is not narrow. It mainly operates international routes to the Caribbean, Latin America and other places, and it is regarded as an airline with a certain scale in the region.

However, in recent years, the airline¡¯s operating situation has declined and the day has become more and more difficult. The most intuitive expression is the financial crisis: at the end of last year, the company first went to the point of ¡°applying for bankruptcy protection¡±, which was already a relentless move of the enterprise to cope with the debt crisis; until March this year, the court officially approved its restructuring plan, only to temporarily pull it back from the edge of bankruptcy, forced to maintain operations.

In order to save costs, airlines have had to take a series of retardation measures, which ultimately affect safety-related aspects of flight.For example, in July this year, the company directly put more than two hundred pilots into the ¡°paid leave¡± state. At the same time, 140 pilots on the job were dismissed. This series of personnel changes brought chain reaction to the company: on the one hand, the dismissal of paid leave and dismissal will seriously hit the morality of the pilot team, everyone with a declining mood, is easy to distract attention; on the other hand, financial tensions will inevitably compress the investment in safety management, such as daily safety checks may be discounted, professional training of pilots may also reduce the frequency and lower quality. These potential problems are buried for flight safety.

In addition, we can also hear from the recording that the air controller has always stressed "no longer play the iPad." The iPad is not really the electronic device we use daily, but rather a tool used by pilots to process flight information, if the pilot during the flight, focus too much attention on this device, will unconsciously reduce the observation of the environment outside the cockpit, reduce the alertness to the situation of the surrounding airspace.

The second core reason is closely related to the location of the incident. This time the two planes almost collided, it happened over new york, New York is one of the busiest and most complex airspace areas in the world.

The New York Metropolitan Area has three major airports, which are very close to the line between the three airports, which leads to the inevitable intertwining, overlapping and even conflict of their entry-level routes in the air, so the controller's role is critical, they need to keep an eye on the dynamics to ensure that aircraft from different directions and to different airports can travel safely and orderly in a narrow airspace.

The United States has also tried to solve these problems before. But the most fundamental constraint is that these three airports are immobile in space, so this bottleneck is inherent. If you want to make any optimization, the space is limited, and you can't fundamentally change its crowded nature.

Now the U.S. is also trying to develop new air traffic control systems, such as through satellite navigation and other technologies, allowing aircraft to choose more direct and efficient routes, thereby improving airspace capacity and efficiency.But as of now, the implementation of this plan is very slow, to upgrade the U.S. radar system, update all control center equipment, let airlines to add new equipment to their fleet, it takes a huge amount of money and time, and the transition period of the old system and the new system itself is very complex.

On the whole, fortunately, both planes landed safely this time, and this dangerous situation also sounded the alarm for the aviation industry: any shortcoming in any link may threaten the lives of millions of passengers.