The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is looking into an incident involving a United Airlines flight and a Delta Air Lines flight that almost collided while getting ready to land in Phoenix. The incident occurred over the weekend and involved two flights carrying hundreds of passengers.
United Airlines Flight 1724 and Delta Air Lines Flight 1070 managed to land safely at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport despite experiencing a situation where the required separation between the two aircraft was compromised as they were approaching the airport around 11 a.m. on Saturday, according to the FAA.
According to the FAA, both flight crews were alerted onboard about the proximity of the other aircraft. Air traffic control intervened by providing corrective instructions to both flight crews to avoid any potential collision.
Officials did not provide the exact distance between the two aircraft when the alerts went off. The FAA said it is investigating the incident.
A Delta spokesperson told Fox News Digital in a statement that its pilots and crew are trained to handle such situations.
The Delta flight was carrying 245 customers from Detroit to Phoenix, the airline spokesperson said. (iStock)
“As nothing is more important than safety, Delta flight crews extensively train to handle uncommon scenarios such as this and followed the resolution advisory as directed,” the statement said.
The Delta flight was an Airbus A330-300 en route from Detroit, carrying 245 customers, the spokesperson said.
