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JFK Delta flight in near-miss with LaGuardia plane over NYC – flights come within 200 feet of each other

The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating a near-miss by two airplanes over New York City.

The FAA said in a statement Friday that a Delta Airlines Boeing 747 arriving at Kennedy Airport came close to a Shuttle America Embraer E170 departing from LaGuardia Airport around 3:45 p.m. June 13.

The aircraft were “turning away from each other at the point where they lost the required separation,” the FAA said. Both aircraft landed safely.

The planes came within 200 feet of each other, according to an NBC New York report.