New York, NY – The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating a near-miss by two airplanes over New York City.
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The FAA said in a statement Friday that a Delta Airlines Boeing 747 arriving at John F. Kennedy International Airport came close to a Shuttle America Embraer E170 departing from LaGuardia Airport around 3:45 p.m. June 13.
The aircraft were “turning away from each other at the point where they lost the required separation,” the FAA said. Both aircraft landed safely.
I believe the required seperation at that point would have been 500 feet.
It’s not a near miss, it’s a near hit. A near miss means they nearly missed but actually hit each other.