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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Claudia Lauer

FAA investigating close call between a passenger plane and military helicopter in California

Helicopter Close Call-California - (Copyright 2017 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

A United Airlines flight came within a few hundred feet of a military helicopter near John Wayne Airport in Southern California earlier this week, triggering an alarm directing the airline pilots to change course.

The Federal Aviation Administration said Friday that it is investigating the incident that happened around 8:40 p.m. Tuesday when a military Black Hawk helicopter returning from a training mission crossed into the plane’s path. The pilots of the passenger plane carrying 162 passengers and six crew members stopped their descent and leveled off to avoid a collision.

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