Alaska Airlines and FedEx planes nearly collide while landing at Newark airport
An Alaska Airlines 737 from Portland and a FedEx 777 cargo plane from Memphis nearly collided while attempting to land on intersecting runways at Newark Liberty International Airport around 8:17 p.m. Tuesday. Air traffic control ordered the Alaska plane to go around when it was 150 feet in the air, and radar data shows the planes cleared each other by just 300 to 325 feet.
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2 outlets covered it, splitting into 2 framing camps across 2 bias groups.
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NY Post
Alaska Airlines, FedEx cargo planes narrowly avoid catastrophic crash while landing at Newark airport
catastrophic crash emphasis
ABC News
Alaska Airlines flight, FedEx cargo plane nearly collide at Newark airport
factual incident reporting
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“Alaska Airlines flight, FedEx cargo plane nearly collide at Newark airport”
“Alaska Airlines, FedEx cargo planes narrowly avoid catastrophic crash while landing at Newark airport”
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The planes were attempting to land on intersecting runways.
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