Terrifying near-miss between passenger planes at JFK Airport

A Delta jet pilot braked to avoid colliding with an American Airlines plane. No one was hurt in the incident, but the Delta flight returned to the gate where 145 passengers and six crew members deplaned. Delta issued an apology to customers, provided overnight accommodations, and is now investigating the incident, along with the FAA and NTSB.

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Terrifying near-miss between passenger planes at JFK Airport

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[HamBown]

There was no miscommunication, the American Airlines flight went the wrong way. They were cleared to cross runway 31L at taxiway K, but they crossed runway 4L instead (apparently without looking). They were also told to stop a number of times on the ground frequency and never responded, likely because they were listening to another frequency or talking to their company when they should have been monitoring ground and maintaining their situational awareness. Way too close! The ATC audio is on the VASAviaton channel.

[Kirby]

For those curious as to why they put people in hotels it was because they had to go back to the gate and the crew ended up timing out, so they postponed the flight till the next day. It wasn’t because they wanted passengers to relax after what happened lol no airline would spend the money on that

[zacharygrossman]

Delta is not at fault guys! American was given clearance to cross runway 31 L, and decided to cross 4L instead. On the little diagram shown, instead of going straight, they had to turn right and cross the other INACTIVE runway

[KandeShack]

My Son is a Pilot for Delta and absolutely hates JFK. He’s flown in and out of there for years and it’s always chaos. Fly safe everyone!✈️👨‍✈️✈️

[marinanjer]

To put it into perspective, the 777 saw the 737 with 3 seconds to spare. Its a nightmare scenario because the 777 is a "heavy", which means it carries a ton of fuel and a lot of passengers. The worst aircraft disaster to ever happen (Tenerife accident), happened in exactly this manner

[MV-ewty]

This is terrifying. Bless those brakes and the pilot that used them. 🙏🏻

[meorthejob]

I’ve been on an American flight where this happened. It was quite scary. Whenever I fly, there’s a little part of me that’s worried about it now.

[danb]

I think it was George Carlin:
"Isn't it technically a NEAR-HIT when they DON'T collide?...
A Near MISS...is a

[jf]

The calm precision in communication between pilots and controllers is admirable. Panic would not have helped. Thank goodness tragedy was avoided.

[ArcherDiesel]

If it had been dark and foggy it could have been a whole different story.

[rltpalwaysrltpalways]

Thank goodness for The Delta crew, and to Delta for putting the crew and guest in a hotel for the night hopefully to calm down and relax before flying, That's great customer service...

[urworsthacker]

Why do news have to make everything so dramatic. Mentioning that it takes place on Friday the 13th doesn’t add anything to the situation.

[Ibuddy]

These delta pilots are amazing! Great immediate reaction times! Shame on American Airlines for that runway incursion! I'm glad that they decided to head back to the gate. I certainly wouldn't be in good enough shape to fly safely after that
Great handling by Delta all around at all levels!

[marblegal]

Great work, Delta! Thankful for no injuries!

[___beyondhorizon]

We had enough aviation dramas in the last 30 days, plus the Nepal crashed, and then this close call!!!😱😱😱

[SugarPawz]

This almost reminded me with KLM and Pan Am..

[joetraveler]

Those people responsible needs super intensive training before they can go back to work there..please...

[Mark-khny]

I’m not sure whether that guy is insinuating he knew it was a near miss but according to reports no one did and the captain DIDN’T announce it either.

As far as the passengers were concerned it was just a standard rejected takeoff.

So not sure why he’s giving it the old “My life flashed before my eyes” routine.

[JayTee]

It almost became KLM and Pan Am in Tenerif again. Luckily, it was not fogging at the time of the Delta taking off.

[CHECK-]

If only NBC could find someone to sanity check the subtitles before posting them. "Cancel takeoff plans"? How about "cancel takeoff clearance"?