A shocking video appeared to show two jets headed for a collision over Syracuse Airport on Monday.
The Federal Aviation Administration has launched an investigation after two planes from major commercial airlines appeared to nearly collide mid-air in an unnerving dash camera video taken by police in Syracuse , New York , this week. Although experts say the flights were not actually on a collision course, based on preliminary evidence, they were for a time flying in very close proximity — just 725 feet apart at their nearest point.The incident happened at around 11:50 a.m.
As the Delta plane left the ground and itself climbed upward, there was a moment when it flew beneath the American plane flying 725 feet above. The American flight turned, descending slightly, so that it was about 675 feet above the Delta plane, but, by then, also 425 feet off of its path. This may have been the time where a North Syracuse Police Department vehicle caught a glimpse of the planes on its dash camera. From a distance, it looked like they were seconds from slamming into each other.
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