BREAKING VIDEO: ALMOST CRASH BETWEEN TWO PLANES AT JOHN F. KENNEDY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
Close Call at John F. Kennedy International Airport Prompts Emergency Maneuvers Two passenger jets were forced to abort their landings Monday afternoon after air traffic controllers ordered evasive action during a tense moment in the skies over New York. The incident occurred around 2:30 p.m. when an American Airlines regional jet on final approach drifted off course and into the path of an arriving Air Canada Jazz aircraft preparing to land on a parallel runway. Anti-collision alarms sounded in both cockpits and the control tower, prompting immediate responses from both flight crews, who executed go-arounds. According to radar data, the planes came within 350 feet vertically and just over half a mile apart. Both aircraft later landed safely, and the Federal Aviation Administration confirmed it is investigating the near miss.
