The Daily Beast Latest Articles | Two Planes Abort Landing After Terrifying Near Miss by Leigh Kimmins

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Two passenger jets narrowly avoided a mid‑air collision while landing at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport. Republic Airways Flight 4464, arriving from Indianapolis, drifted off course and came within about half a mile and 350 feet of Jazz Aviation Flight 554, which was inbound from Toronto. Air traffic control warned both crews, prompting collision alerts in the cockpits; Republic followed a “resolution advisory” and performed a go‑around, while Jazz Aviation immediately took corrective action. Both aircraft landed safely, and the FAA – with support from the NTSB – is investigating the incident. (A similar near‑miss involving two Southwest planes occurred earlier on April 18 at Nashville International Airport.)

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Unless or until the following major US airlines lobby the federal government for airline safety I will not fly with them. I urge you to stand with me in this. We do NOT need another midair collision due to second-class standards.
#DeltaAirlines #SouthwestAirlines #AmericanAirlines #UnitedAirlines #JetBlueAirlines #AlaskaAirlines #FrontierAirlines #HawaiianAirlines #AllegiantAir #SpiritAirlines #SunCountryAirlines #AirCanada #AveloAirlines #RepublicAirways #UnitedAirlinesRiseToTheTop

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