[4]  To be specific, in the cases of intersecting flight paths where either aircraft is not on an airway (for example, flying under a "direct" clearance, or a temporary diversion clearance for weather threats), or where intersecting aircraft flights are on deliberately intersecting airways, these more general threats receive no protection from flying one or two miles to the right of the center of the airway. Intersecting flight paths must still intersect somewhere. As with the midair collision over Germany, an offset to the right of an airway would have simply changed the impact point by a mile or two away from where the intersection actually did occur.
Specifically, in cases where intersecting flight paths involve either aircraft not being on an airway or deliberately intersecting airways, these more general hazards are not shielded by flying one to two miles to the right of the center of the airway. Intersecting flights must still cross somewhere.