Saudi Airways Flight 763 collides mid-air with a Kazakhstan Airlines jet after takeoff from New Delhi, claiming 349 lives. Investigators, ruling out control and mechanical failure, discover a disturbing detail: the Kazakh jet was 1000 feet too low.

What could have caused the catastrophic mid-air collision between Saudi Airways Flight 763 and the Kazakhstan Airlines jet?

Mayday: Air Disaster - From Season 7 Episode 4 "Sight Unseen": November 12th, 1996 — Shortly after take off from New Delhi, Saudi Airways Flight 763 levels off at 14,000 feet. As the crew waits for clearance to climb to their cruising altitude, the plane is hit by a Kazakhstan Airlines jet. The collision cripples both planes. They spiral violently to the ground, killing all 349 people on board. It’s the worst mid-air collision in the history of aviation. The two wreckage fields are five miles apart. As investigators comb through the charred debris for evidence, they try and answer troubling questions: Why did the two planes collide? Who’s responsible? And can they stop it before it happens again?

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