A commercial pilot says collisions are super rare but investigators need to figure out if recent near-misses are coincidences or not

• A commercial pilot told Insider that flight collisions and near-misses on the runway are rare. 
• In recent months, at least five near-misses or plane collisions have occurred on airport runways. 
• He said investigators need to figure out whether this is a coincidence or a larger issue. 

A commercial airline pilot told Insider that collisions between planes on airport runways are super rare, but that investigators need to look into whether the number of collisions and near-misses in recent months are a coincidence or part of a larger problem.