The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating a near-miss by two airplanes over New York City.
The FAA said in a statement Friday that a Delta Airlines Boeing 747 arriving at John F. Kennedy International Airport came close to a Shuttle America Embraer E170 departing from LaGuardia Airport around 3:45 p.m. June 13.
The aircraft were “turning away from each other at the point where they lost the required separation,” the FAA said. Both aircraft landed safely.
(AP)
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It was a near hit, not a near miss.
Think about it.
Boose,
The word near is describing what type of miss it is. If they were very far away from each other, it would be a far miss. In this case the airplanes missed each other by a small space, hence the term near miss.