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US: FAA investigating near-collision between two planes at Phoenix airport

The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating a narrowly missed midair collision between two planes carrying hundreds of passengers at Phoenix airport over the weekend.
 
Preliminary flight data from Flightradar24 shows a United Airlines flight was less than a quarter mile from a Delta flight as the planes were trying to land at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport.
 
The FAA said in a statement both planes landed safely "after experiencing a loss of required separation when they were inbound". 
 
US airports have recorded a rise in "runway incursions" in recent years, according to FAA data. There were 1,757 such incidents in fiscal 2024.
 
The numbers are small compared to the more than 45,000 flights that take off across the US each day, experts say it's important to keep working to bring the incidents down.
                                           


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