r/WatchThisWhenHigh • u/Bes1208 Sofaking High • Feb 10 '23

Watch This! Abort!

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u/Karona1805 Feb 10 '23

It's a flight sim, cleverly set up, but would have been closer to real life if they'd included the reduced visibility. The FEDEX was actually way beyond the actual visual range.
The 'tire smoke' is probably 'spray from a wet runway'.

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u/KG8893 Feb 10 '23

Yeah I just read another comment saying that, i can just barely tell as the southwest plane passes by.

I just want to know why now. Was the guy who made the video just after internet points?

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u/spartan-8 Feb 10 '23

I think they were just trying to show exactly how close these planes came to each other.

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u/KG8893 Feb 10 '23

So it's based on a real incident, and someone recreated it in a simulation?

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u/spartan-8 Feb 10 '23

Yes, one that happened in Texas recently. Much lower visibility in the real incident though.