airprox

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That incident triggered an "airprox", or close-air incident, that the MoD now acknowledges should have led to recommendations that sortie lengths of training planes be extended so they could better avoid crowded airspace.

RAF criticised over cadet's death in training crash Jamie Doward 2010
The AAIB said the Citation captain had later filed a near-miss report known as an 'airprox' or 'aircraft proximity' report.

Home | Mail Online 2010
An MoD spokesman confirmed: "Consideration of increased sortie lengths arose from a later review of the [2006] airprox report in 2009."

RAF criticised over cadet's death in training crash Jamie Doward 2010
The AAIB said the Citation captain had later filed an airprox (aircraft proximity) report in which he stated the crew had been given clearance to climb to 4,000ft.

Your Local Guardian | Wimbledon 2010
The AAIB said the Citation captain had later filed an airprox (aircraft proximity) report in which he stated the crew had been given clearance to climb to 4,000ft.

Your Local Guardian | Sutton 2010