The two planes on a collision course would never have been in any real danger. All commercial aircraft carry a device called TCAS (Traffic Collision Avoidance System). In the event that two airliners are on a possible collision course, the transponders of each plane will have communicated with their counterparts and each plane's TCAS will give the pilots the necessary climb or descend instructions to prevent a midair collision once the planes get within 100 miles of each other. TCAS does not rely on any ground communication, so a power outage would not interfere with it.
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