That was close!
Planes come dangerously close to each other in New York
Dangerous incident at Syracuse Airport in the US state of New York: two planes came far too close to each other at high altitude - a video shows how close the planes flew past each other. The Federal Aviation Administration has launched an investigation.
Kronen Zeitung als bevorzugte Google-Quelle hinzufügen A police dashcam video from July 8 captured the incident in the sky. While a Delta Connection plane was taking off, the American Eagle plane was about to land.
According to FlightRadar24, the vertical distance between the aircraft was approximately 214 to 305 meters. It is not known how large the horizontal distance was.
Landing aircraft had to take off
"An air traffic controller instructed PSA Airlines 5511 (note: the American Eagle aircraft) to go through at Syracuse Hancock International Airport to maintain separation from an aircraft taking off on the same runway," explained the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) after the incident. So far, the incident has not been classified as a "near miss". An investigation has been launched.
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