Two airplanes appeared to return too shut to at least one one other whereas flying close to an airport in Syracuse, New York, on Monday.
A Delta Connection flight was taking off when an American Eagle flight was making ready to land on the identical runway, native outlet WABC reported.
The incident occurred at about 11:50 a.m. close to Syracuse Hancock Worldwide Airport, in response to the Federal Aviation Administration.
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The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating an incident close to Syracuse Hancock Worldwide Airport after a aircraft making an attempt to land got here too near a departing aircraft on Monday morning. (North Syracuse Police Division)
“An air site visitors controller instructed PSA Airways 5511 to go round at Syracuse Hancock Worldwide Airport to maintain it separated from an plane that was departing on the identical runway,” a spokesperson for the FAA advised Fox Information Digital.
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A police sprint digicam captured the occasion on video.
A Delta Connection flight was taking off from the Syracuse airport whereas an American Eagle flight was making ready to land on the identical runway, in response to native outlet WABC. (North Syracuse Police Division)
The planes had been about 700 to 1,000 ft from one another vertically, in response to FlightRadar24. It’s unclear how shut they got here to one another horizontally.
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The FAA is investigating the incident, however it has not categorised it as a “shut name.”
Fox Information’ Louis Casiano Jr. contributed to this report.