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===Near misses=== Around this time, the flight had a near midair collision with [[Delta Air Lines]] Flight{{nbs}}2315 flying from [[Bradley International Airport|Hartford]] to [[Tampa International Airport|Tampa]], reportedly missing the plane by only {{convert|300|feet|metres|-1}}.<ref name=":0" /><ref name="LearningChannel" /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.natca.org/community/awards/atc-on-9-11-the-single-greatest-feat-in-all-of-atc-history/ |title=ATC on 9/11 'The Single Greatest Feat in All of ATC History' |access-date=November 21, 2023}}</ref> Bottiglia yelled at the Delta pilot to make collision avoidance maneuvers, adding, "I think [Flight 175] has been hijacked. I don't know his intentions. Take any evasive action necessary."<ref name=":0">{{cite web |url=https://www.southcoasttoday.com/article/20020912/NEWS/309129968 |title=Report: hijacked plane nearly hit flight from Bradley |date=September 12, 2002 |access-date=April 18, 2019 |work=SouthCoastToday.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190418010256/https://www.southcoasttoday.com/article/20020912/NEWS/309129968 |archive-date=April 18, 2019}}</ref><ref name="LearningChannel"/> It is likely that the [[Traffic collision avoidance system|TCAS]] system was sounding in the cockpit as Flight 175 briefly stopped descending at {{convert|28,000|feet|metres|-1}} and climbed {{convert|300|feet|metres|-1}} and started descending again as soon as they passed the Delta plane.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.natca.org/community/awards/atc-on-9-11-the-single-greatest-feat-in-all-of-atc-history/ |title=ATC on 9/11 'The Single Greatest Feat in All of ATC History' |access-date=November 21, 2023}}</ref> A few moments later, Flight 175 had another near midair collision with [[Trans World Airlines|TWA]] Flight{{nbs}}3 flying from [[John F. Kennedy International Airport|JFK]] to [[St. Louis Lambert International Airport|St. Louis]] missing its tail by around {{convert|500|feet|metres|-1}}.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://nypost.com/2023/09/09/twa-pilot-who-dodged-hijacked-plane-on-9-11-an-unsung-hero-2/ |title=TWA pilot who 'dodged' 2 hijacked planes on 9/11 called unsung hero |date=September 9, 2023 |access-date=November 10, 2023}}</ref> Moments before Flight{{nbs}}175 crashed, it also narrowly avoided colliding with [[Midwest Express]] Flight{{nbs}}7, which was flying from [[Milwaukee]] to New York.<ref>{{cite book |title=Touching History: The Untold Story of the Drama That Unfolded in the Skies Over America on 9/11 |first=Lynn |last=Spencer |publisher=Simon and Schuster |year=2008 |isbn=978-1416559252 |pages=74β76 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/touchinghistoryu00spen/page/74}}</ref>
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