The FAA said Tuesday that it is looking into a reported close call at New York-JFK involving two passenger jets.
The incident took place on Monday and involved an American Airlines flight operated by Republic and an Air Canada flight operated by Jazz.
“The crew of Republic Airways Flight 4464 performed a go-around at John F. Kennedy International Airport after missing the intended approach path and flying too close to Jazz Aviation Flight 554, which was cleared to land on a parallel runway,” the FAA said in a statement. “Both flight crews responded to onboard alerts.”
Air traffic controllers gave the pilots instructions to increase separation, and both were forced to abort their landing attempts and go around.
According to Reuters, the two aircraft were about 350 feet apart vertically and 0.62 miles apart horizontally at their closest. The outlet reported that, on air traffic control recordings, anti-collision alarms could be heard going off both in the tower and aircraft cockpit.
Both flights landed safely at JFK, and there were no reports of any injuries to passengers or crew.
