Grounded planes are seen at John F. Kennedy International Airport on Jan. 11, 2023 throughout a programs outage.

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Grounded planes are seen at John F. Kennedy International Airport on Jan. 11, 2023 throughout a programs outage.

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The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating a near-miss between two industrial airplanes at John F. Kennedy International Airport on Friday.

According to preliminary info from the FAA, a Delta Air Lines flight needed to cease “its takeoff roll approximately 1,000 feet” from the place an American Airlines flight had crossed the identical runway in entrance of the Delta airplane.

The shut name occurred round 8:45 p.m. native time because the American Airlines airplane, a Boeing 777, was touring from an adjoining taxiway and air site visitors controllers observed the 2 approaching plane, the FAA mentioned.

In audio posted on Twitter by flight watcher @xJonNYC, a panicked air site visitors controller seems to appreciate that the 2 planes are converging and tells the Delta airplane, a Boeing 737, to cease.

“Delta 1943 cancel takeoff plans! Delta 1943 cancel takeoff plans!” the particular person says. “Rejecting,” somebody replies.

Another clip seems to be a dialog between an air site visitors controller and one of many American Airlines pilots.

“I guess we’ll listen to the tapes, but you were supposed to depart runway 4 left,” the air site visitors controller says. “You’re currently holding short of [runway] 3-1 left.”

A spokesperson for Delta mentioned the security of its clients and crew was the airline’s high precedence.

“Delta will work with and assist aviation authorities on a full review of flight 1943 on Jan. 13 regarding an aborted takeoff procedure at New York-JFK,” the spokesperson mentioned in a press release. “We apologize to our customers for the inconvenience and delay of their travels.”

According to Delta, 145 passengers and 6 crew members have been on board the flight headed to Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

After the near-miss, the flight returned to the gate and was delayed in a single day as a consequence of crew sources, the airline mentioned. Customers got in a single day lodging and the flight departed the next morning.

American Airlines mentioned it was deferring remark to the FAA.