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The FAA is investigating a “close call” between a FedEx cargo plane and an Alaska Airlines flight at Newark Airport on Tuesday night.
“The FAA says an air traffic controller instructed Alaska Airlines Flight 294 to perform a go-around because FedEx Flight 721 was cleared for the final approach to an intersecting runway,” CBS News wrote.
The FAA is investigating after a close call between an Alaska Airlines flight and a FedEx cargo plane at Newark Airport on Tuesday night.
The FAA says an air traffic controller instructed Alaska Airlines Flight 294 to perform a go-around because FedEx Flight 721 was cleared for… pic.twitter.com/AJUdiZ9xNV
— CBS News (@CBSNews) March 19, 2026
Fox News explained further:
A FedEx spokesperson told Fox News Digital that “following instructions from air traffic control, the flight crew of FedEx flight 721 landed safely without incident at Newark Liberty International Airport.”
An Alaska Airlines spokesperson told Fox News Digital Alaska Airlines flight 294 was also cleared to land at the airport.
“Air traffic control issued a go-around to our aircraft, which our pilots are highly trained for,” the spokesperson said. “We’re aware the FAA and NTSB are investigating.”
The incident happened just a year after an Army Black Hawk helicopter collided in midair with an American Airlines passenger plane near Ronald Reagan Washington International Airport, killing 64 people on the American Eagle flight and three aboard the military helicopter.
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