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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Holly Bishop

Air traffic control audio captures last-second call that averted mid-air Alaska Airline and FedEx crash

A commercial jet and a cargo plane came dangerously close to crashing into one another, with an air traffic control call revealing the last-minute instructions that averted disaster.

On Tuesday (17 March), an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 and a FedEx Boeing 777 were preparing to land on intersecting runways at Newark Liberty International Airport when they came 300 feet away from each other.

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