Sign up for The Sun<\/span> newsletter <\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n Thank you! <\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\nFlightRadar24 data shows the moments before the near miss<\/span>Credit: flightradar24\/x<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nThe planes came within just 300 feet of each other<\/span>Credit: flightradar24\/x<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nThe radar shows just how close the two jets came to tragedy<\/span>Credit: flightradar24\/x<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nA video of the flight map shows the moment the two aircrafts were just seconds away from tragedy, directly heading towards a collision.<\/p>\n
The planes on the map show the Fedex<\/a> cargo jet (labelled FDX721) curve around.<\/p>\nIts path was taking the plane directly into the route of the Alaska Airlines<\/a> flight (labelled ASA294). <\/p>\nThe video from FlightRadar24 shows just how close to disaster the flights were on Tuesday evening.<\/p>\n
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Alaska Airlines grounds all planes across US again after another IT outage<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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‘Fridge-sized’ door that flew off Alaska Airlines flight found in garden<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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The Alaska Airlines flight had been ordered to perform a-go-around when the FedEx flight was cleared to approach the intersecting runways for landing, according to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). <\/p>\n
The passenger plane avoided the chartered cargo jet just 300 feet.<\/p>\n
Air traffic controllers directed the Alaska flight to reroute just seconds before it was due to land, according to audio of the moments ahead of the crossover.<\/p>\n
Former vice president of the FAA Michael McCormick told ABC 7 New York<\/a> that the terrifying ordeal had happened because of the two intersecting runways. <\/p>\n\n\n\nMost read in The Sun<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\u201cIt is a challenge for a tower controller to try to get that timing perfect, it doesn\u2019t always work and that\u2019s what happened in this case,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n
\u201cSo the tower<\/span> controller waited and unfortunately, in my opinion<\/span>, too long and they had to send the aircraft on a go-around.\u201d<\/p>\nAn investigation<\/a> has been launched by the FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board into the near crash. <\/p>\nThe continuing partial government shutdowns in the United States<\/a> have resulted in significant staffing shortages in major airports across the country. <\/p>\nTSA workers are currently not being paid for the hours they are working. <\/p>\n
To date, White House<\/a> economists have estimated the cost of the shutdowns to be upwards of $2.5 billion in losses. <\/p>\nLast week, Senate Democrats blocked a bill for the fourth time this month that would have resparked funding for the Department of Homeland Security. <\/p>\n
Delta Air Lines<\/a> CEO Ed Bastian has slammed Congress for the continued shutdown. <\/p>\nHe called politicians\u2019 refusal to settle the funding fight \u201cinexcusable\u201d <\/p>\n
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\u201cWe\u2019re outraged,\u201d Bastian said.<\/p>\n
The partial shutdown entered its 34th day on Friday.<\/p>\nThe Alaska Airlines flight had been asked to perform a-go-around when the FedEx flight was cleared to approach the intersecting runways<\/span>Credit: AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n <\/a><\/strong> <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"… chilling moment a passenger plane and a cargo<\/span> jet narrowly avoid a catastrophic smash … . The planes on the map show the Fedex cargo<\/span> jet (labelled FDX721) curve around … (FAA). The passenger plane avoided the chartered cargo<\/span> jet just 300 feet. Air …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-129309","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","wpcat-1-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129309","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=129309"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129309\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=129309"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=129309"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=129309"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Thank you! <\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\nFlightRadar24 data shows the moments before the near miss<\/span>Credit: flightradar24\/x<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nThe planes came within just 300 feet of each other<\/span>Credit: flightradar24\/x<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nThe radar shows just how close the two jets came to tragedy<\/span>Credit: flightradar24\/x<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nA video of the flight map shows the moment the two aircrafts were just seconds away from tragedy, directly heading towards a collision.<\/p>\n
The planes on the map show the Fedex<\/a> cargo jet (labelled FDX721) curve around.<\/p>\nIts path was taking the plane directly into the route of the Alaska Airlines<\/a> flight (labelled ASA294). <\/p>\nThe video from FlightRadar24 shows just how close to disaster the flights were on Tuesday evening.<\/p>\n
\n\n READ MORE WORLD NEWS <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n\n\nFLIGHTMARE<\/p>\n
Alaska Airlines grounds all planes across US again after another IT outage<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a> <\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n\n\nLOST & GROUND<\/p>\n
‘Fridge-sized’ door that flew off Alaska Airlines flight found in garden<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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The Alaska Airlines flight had been ordered to perform a-go-around when the FedEx flight was cleared to approach the intersecting runways for landing, according to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). <\/p>\n
The passenger plane avoided the chartered cargo jet just 300 feet.<\/p>\n
Air traffic controllers directed the Alaska flight to reroute just seconds before it was due to land, according to audio of the moments ahead of the crossover.<\/p>\n
Former vice president of the FAA Michael McCormick told ABC 7 New York<\/a> that the terrifying ordeal had happened because of the two intersecting runways. <\/p>\n\n\n\nMost read in The Sun<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\u201cIt is a challenge for a tower controller to try to get that timing perfect, it doesn\u2019t always work and that\u2019s what happened in this case,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n
\u201cSo the tower<\/span> controller waited and unfortunately, in my opinion<\/span>, too long and they had to send the aircraft on a go-around.\u201d<\/p>\nAn investigation<\/a> has been launched by the FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board into the near crash. <\/p>\nThe continuing partial government shutdowns in the United States<\/a> have resulted in significant staffing shortages in major airports across the country. <\/p>\nTSA workers are currently not being paid for the hours they are working. <\/p>\n
To date, White House<\/a> economists have estimated the cost of the shutdowns to be upwards of $2.5 billion in losses. <\/p>\nLast week, Senate Democrats blocked a bill for the fourth time this month that would have resparked funding for the Department of Homeland Security. <\/p>\n
Delta Air Lines<\/a> CEO Ed Bastian has slammed Congress for the continued shutdown. <\/p>\nHe called politicians\u2019 refusal to settle the funding fight \u201cinexcusable\u201d <\/p>\n
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\u201cWe\u2019re outraged,\u201d Bastian said.<\/p>\n
The partial shutdown entered its 34th day on Friday.<\/p>\nThe Alaska Airlines flight had been asked to perform a-go-around when the FedEx flight was cleared to approach the intersecting runways<\/span>Credit: AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n <\/a><\/strong> <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"… chilling moment a passenger plane and a cargo<\/span> jet narrowly avoid a catastrophic smash … . The planes on the map show the Fedex cargo<\/span> jet (labelled FDX721) curve around … (FAA). The passenger plane avoided the chartered cargo<\/span> jet just 300 feet. Air …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-129309","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","wpcat-1-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129309","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=129309"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129309\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=129309"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=129309"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=129309"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
A video of the flight map shows the moment the two aircrafts were just seconds away from tragedy, directly heading towards a collision.<\/p>\n
The planes on the map show the Fedex<\/a> cargo jet (labelled FDX721) curve around.<\/p>\n Its path was taking the plane directly into the route of the Alaska Airlines<\/a> flight (labelled ASA294). <\/p>\n The video from FlightRadar24 shows just how close to disaster the flights were on Tuesday evening.<\/p>\n READ MORE WORLD NEWS <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n FLIGHTMARE<\/p>\n Alaska Airlines grounds all planes across US again after another IT outage<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n <\/a> <\/p>\n LOST & GROUND<\/p>\n ‘Fridge-sized’ door that flew off Alaska Airlines flight found in garden<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n <\/a> <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n The Alaska Airlines flight had been ordered to perform a-go-around when the FedEx flight was cleared to approach the intersecting runways for landing, according to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). <\/p>\n The passenger plane avoided the chartered cargo jet just 300 feet.<\/p>\n Air traffic controllers directed the Alaska flight to reroute just seconds before it was due to land, according to audio of the moments ahead of the crossover.<\/p>\n Former vice president of the FAA Michael McCormick told ABC 7 New York<\/a> that the terrifying ordeal had happened because of the two intersecting runways. <\/p>\n \u201cIt is a challenge for a tower controller to try to get that timing perfect, it doesn\u2019t always work and that\u2019s what happened in this case,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n \u201cSo the tower<\/span> controller waited and unfortunately, in my opinion<\/span>, too long and they had to send the aircraft on a go-around.\u201d<\/p>\n An investigation<\/a> has been launched by the FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board into the near crash. <\/p>\n The continuing partial government shutdowns in the United States<\/a> have resulted in significant staffing shortages in major airports across the country. <\/p>\n TSA workers are currently not being paid for the hours they are working. <\/p>\n To date, White House<\/a> economists have estimated the cost of the shutdowns to be upwards of $2.5 billion in losses. <\/p>\n Last week, Senate Democrats blocked a bill for the fourth time this month that would have resparked funding for the Department of Homeland Security. <\/p>\n Delta Air Lines<\/a> CEO Ed Bastian has slammed Congress for the continued shutdown. <\/p>\n He called politicians\u2019 refusal to settle the funding fight \u201cinexcusable\u201d <\/p>\n RECOMMENDED STORIES<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n \u201cWe\u2019re outraged,\u201d Bastian said.<\/p>\n The partial shutdown entered its 34th day on Friday.<\/p>\n <\/a><\/strong> <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" … chilling moment a passenger plane and a cargo<\/span> jet narrowly avoid a catastrophic smash … . The planes on the map show the Fedex cargo<\/span> jet (labelled FDX721) curve around … (FAA). The passenger plane avoided the chartered cargo<\/span> jet just 300 feet. Air …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-129309","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","wpcat-1-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129309","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=129309"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129309\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=129309"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=129309"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=129309"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}} <\/div>\n
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