Quasi-Collision in Nice: the Controllers Contest Any Error, but the Disaster Avoided Is Due to the "Miracle"

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Shared by a airline pilot at Lemon Press, a approaching video in Nice raises a problem of light intensity on the two runways at the airport. This difference in marking between the 04L and the 04R could have had an impact in the crash that was just avoided on 21 September 2025.

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On 21 September, at Nice Côte d'Azur airport, an Airbus A320 of the Tunisian company Nouvelair nearly collided with an easyJet aircraft at the time of its landing. More than two weeks after this serious incident, an air traffic controller, speaking anonymously, denied any responsibility for air traffic control, pointing to persistent structural and technical problems on the Azurean airport. On Sunday 21 September 2025, at around 2330, two Airbus…