7/24/08 - Authorities are investigating yet another near miss in the skies -- this time at Chicago's O'Hare Airport -- marking the third such incident in the past month.
PlusFAA Re-evaluates JFK Runway ProceduresFAA Re-evaluates JFK Runway ProceduresThe Associated PressThe Federal Aviation Administration is studying whether to again change takeoff and landing procedures after a second near-collision at John F. Kennedy International Airport in less than a week.
7/8/08 - Pat Forrey, President of the National Air Traffic Controllers Association (NATCA), discusses the latest near collision at JFK airport.
Two passenger jets came within 100 feet of colliding at Kennedy Airport in a "very scary near midair collision," air-traffic controllers said yesterday.
It is normal for an aircraft to be delayed in flight. However Avianca Flight 52 is delayed numerous times, causing the Boeing 707 with 158 people on board to run out of fuel. The aircraft then crashes near Cove Neck, New York. This is the investigation riconstruction