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NTSB Probes Near-Collision of Alaska Airlines and FedEx Jets at Newark
The National Transportation Safety Board has launched a safety probe into a "close call" incident where an Alaska Airlines plane and a FedEx plane narrowly avoided each other while landing at Newark Airport, with an air traffic controller instructing the Alaska Airlines flight to go around.
20 Mar, 02:16 — 20 Mar, 06:13
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NYTMostly Factual50d ago
Alaska Airlines and FedEx Planes Narrowly Avoid Each Other at Newark Airport
The National Transportation Safety Board said that it was investigating a “close call” that happened as the planes were landing on Tuesday evening.
By Hannah Ziegler
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U.S. NTSB launches safety probe after Alaska Airlines jet overflies FedEx at Newark
“An air traffic controller instructed Alaska Airlines Flight 294, a Boeing 737, to perform a go-around because FedEx Flight 721, a Boeing 777, was cleared for the final approach to an intersecting runway at the New Jersey airport near New York City,” says FAA
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First report: NYT · 20 Mar, 02:16|Full coverage: 2 · 4h|Window: 4h
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