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Chopper Close Call: Plane Avoids Mid-Air Collision
27 Mar
Summary
- A Black Hawk helicopter triggered a collision avoidance alert for a landing plane.
- The incident occurred Tuesday evening at John Wayne Airport.
- This is the latest in a series of helicopter-jet air traffic incidents.
A United Airlines plane received a collision avoidance alert Tuesday evening when a Black Hawk helicopter passed in front of it during its landing approach at John Wayne Airport.
This near miss is the latest in a series of concerning encounters between helicopters and commercial passenger jets. The US Federal Aviation Administration has been intensifying efforts to regulate these events.
These regulatory efforts are partly in response to a tragic accident last year near Washington, where a US Army Black Hawk helicopter collided with an American Airlines regional jet, resulting in 67 fatalities.
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