Authorities investigating close call between Alaska Airlines jet and FedEx plane in Newark
AP News • • business
Key Points:
- A near-miss incident occurred Tuesday night at Newark Liberty International Airport involving an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 and a FedEx Boeing 777 on intersecting runways.
- The Alaska Airlines flight from Portland was instructed by air traffic control to perform a go-around to avoid conflict with the FedEx flight from Memphis, which was cleared to land.
- Both the National Transportation Safety Board and the Federal Aviation Administration are investigating the close call.
- Alaska Airlines confirmed their pilots executed the go-around procedure safely, with 171 passengers and 6 crew members on board.
- FedEx reported their flight crew complied with air traffic control instructions and landed without incident.
