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An Alaska Airlines aircraft nearly collided with a FedEx cargo plane during an aborted landing at Newark Liberty International Airport Tuesday evening, radar data shows. Alaska Airlines Flight 294 was ordered to perform a go-around when FedEx Flight 721 was cleared to approach an intersecting runway for landing, the FAA said in a statement.
The passenger plane cleared the FedEx charter by as little as 300 feet — close to the length of the average American football field — data from FlightRadar24 indicated.Air traffic controllers directed the Alaska flight to reroute just seconds before it was supposed to touch down, according to audio obtained by the same software.Trump draws gasps with shocking Pearl Harbor quip in front of Japanese PM over Iran 'surprise attack' Hochul dredges up embarrassing Dave Portnoy scandal after he rips her as 'hypocrite' for plea to millionaires “”It is a challenge for a tower controller to try to get that timing perfect, it doesn’t always work and that’s what happened in this case, so the tower controller waited and unfortunately, in my opinion, too long and they had to send the aircraft on a go-around,” McCormick said.The ongoing partial government shutdown has caused significant staffing shortages at a several major airports across the country — with TSA workers currently not receiving pay.“We’re outraged,” Bastian seethed.Trump draws gasps with shocking Pearl Harbor quip in front of Japanese PM over Iran 'surprise attack' Hochul dredges up embarrassing Dave Portnoy scandal after he rips her as 'hypocrite' for plea to millionaires Teen charged in shocking slashing of NYC mom tried to hop plane to Peru, flipped out at airport before bust: sourcesMike White’s shocking ‘Survivor 50’ exit, more unexpected moments from the latest episode‘The Bachelorette’ Season 22 Was Doomed To Fail When Producers Cast Taylor Frankie Paul For All The Wrong Reasons ‘The View’ Failed Its Audience By Not Asking Sarah Michelle Gellar About Her Controversial ‘Buffy’ Cancelation Statements 4 Big Reasons Timothée Chalamet Lost That Oscar Stream It Or Skip It: 'Imperfect Women' On Apple TV, Where A Murder Unearths Secrets Among A Group Of Longtime Friends
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