The FAA and NTSB plan to investigate a near disaster at New York's JFK airport after two passenger planes almost collided.
The FAA and NTSB plan to investigate a near disaster at New York's JFK airport after two passenger planes almost collided, coming within a thousand feet of each other.According to the FAA, a Delta 737, which was headed to the Dominican Republic, was getting ready to take off with 145 passengers and six crew members aboard.
"Great job by the air traffic controller here, who prevented what could have been the worst aviation disaster in American history," said ABC News consultant Col Stephen Ganyard.
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