[HIGHLIGHTS] Two airliners narrowly avoid each other and come close to disaster in mid-flight

Two planes narrowly avoided a collision over the Gulf of Aden. The planes were flying at almost the same altitude.

The incident highlights the tense relations between Somalia and its neighbor, the United States. The United States and Somalia are fighting for control of the airspace in the Horn of Africa. The U.S. government says it is working to improve the safety of air travel in the region, including the use of air traffic control systems to avoid collisions. The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) says there is no danger of a collision in Somalia.