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FAA says Air France jet made unauthorized turn near American plane at LAX
Fox News reports that an Air France jet and an American Airlines plane came dangerously close after takeoff from LAX on Nov. 7, with controllers issuing urgent instructions.
The short version
- Fox News reports an Air France jet made an unauthorized turn after leaving LAX on Nov. 7, entering the path of an American Airlines plane.[Fox News]
- Aviation expert Steven Arroyo said the planes came within 400 feet and less than one mile of each other.[Fox News]
- Controllers ordered the Air France jet onto a new heading and alerted American's crew; the Air France crew later confirmed it had been assigned a published LAX departure procedure.[Fox News]
- The reporting does not establish why the crew turned, though the controller questioned the crew about it.[Fox News]
Key facts
- The incident occurred at about 12:20 a.m. on Nov. 7 after the planes departed Los Angeles International Airport.[Fox News]
- The FAA said Air France Flight 28 made an unauthorized turn after departure and entered the path of another aircraft departing from a parallel runway.[Fox News]
- A controller instructed the Air France crew to fly a heading of 270 immediately and issued a traffic alert to American Airlines Flight 1660.[Fox News]
- Aviation expert Steven Arroyo said the aircraft came within 400 feet of each other and less than one mile.[Fox News]
- The Air France crew later confirmed it had been assigned the SUMMR TWO departure procedure from LAX and was instructed to resume the route.[Fox News]
What remains uncertain
- The reporting does not explain why the Air France crew made the turn; the controller questioned the crew about it, but no answer is reported.[Fox News]
- The 400-foot separation figure comes from aviation expert Steven Arroyo's characterization, and the reporting does not state how the distance was measured.[Fox News]
Sources
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