Landing aircraft is seen at John F. Kennedy International Airport on January 11, 2023 during the system outage.
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Landing aircraft is seen at John F. Kennedy International Airport on January 11, 2023 during the system outage.
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The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating a near-collision between two commercial planes at John F. Kennedy International Airport on Friday.
According to preliminary information from the FAA, a Delta Air Lines flight had to stop “its take-off path about 1,000 feet” from where an American Airlines flight had crossed the same runway in front of the Delta plane.
The FAA said the collision occurred around 8:45 p.m. local time when the American Airlines Boeing 777 was moving from an adjacent taxiway and air traffic controllers noticed the two planes approaching. near the.
in sound posted on Twitter by flight tracker @xJonNYCa panicked air traffic controller realized that two planes were converging and ordered the Delta plane, a Boeing 737, to stop.
“Delta 1943 cancels take-off plan! Delta 1943 cancels take-off plan!” speaker. “Refused,” someone replied.
Another clip appears to be a conversation between an air traffic controller and one of the American Airlines pilots.
“I guess we’ll hear the tape, but you should have left runway 4,” the air traffic controller said. “You are currently lacking [runway] 3-1 left.”
A Delta spokesperson said the safety of customers and crew is the airline’s top priority.
A Delta spokesperson said in a statement: “Delta will work with and assist aviation authorities in their review of the entire 1943 flight on January 13 in relation to the aborted take-off procedure. in New York-JFK”. “We apologize to our customers for the inconvenience and delay in their trip.”
According to Delta, there were 145 passengers and six crew members on the flight to Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
After the near miss, the flight returned to the gate and was delayed overnight due to crew resources, the airline said. Customers are provided with overnight accommodation and a flight departs the next morning.
American Airlines said it was postponing comment to the FAA.
