The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating an incident near DFW International Airport that occurred during severe weather last week.
Federal Aviation Administration officials are looking into an incident involving three planes flying near the Dallas-Fort Worth area amidThe three aircraft had delayed landings at DFW International Airport, according to the agency, which observed a “loss of standard separation” among the trio.
Pilots of a Boeing 767 operated by FedEx got an alert about 6:11 p.m. March 16 from the on-board traffic collision avoidance system because of the proximity of a Boeing 747 operated by UPS, the aviation administration said in a written statement Wednesday. Crew members of an United Airlines airplane — a Boeing 737 — were also alerted when the FedEx plane descended into the vertical safety buffer of the passenger plane, according to the FAA. The passenger plane descended in response.Preliminary information from the investigation showed that the closest distance between the FedEx and UPS planes was 1.1 miles laterally and 900 feet vertically, the FAA said. The closest distance between the FedEx plane and the United Airlines craft was 1.
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