A plane landing and a jet taking off on the same runway came metres away from a major collision at a United States airport.
The aircrafts were at least 23 metres away from each other – with one on top of the other.
The Federal Aviation Administration said the FedEx Boeing 767 cargo plane aborted its landing and “initiated a climb up” – narrowly avoiding collision.Austin Airport almost gave us the worst air disaster in decades yesterday. These planes were less than 75 feet from each other, literally landing and taking off at the same time, one on top of the other.
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