NTSB INVESTIGATING NEAR MIDAIR COLLISION IN NEW YORK

National Transportation Safety BoardWashington, DC 20594July 8, 2008

The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating a near midair collision in New York City in which two airliners came in close proximity to one another.

On July 5, 2008, 8:36 pm eastern daylight time, Cayman Airways flight 792, a Boeing 737-300, and a Linea Aerea Nacional de Chile flight 533, Boeing 767-300, almost collided at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK), according to initial reports.

The Cayman Airways flight, on approach to runway 22L, was executing a missed approach and conflicted with the Linea Aeroea Navional de Chile flight that was departing runway 13R.

Tower controllers intervened to attempt to resolve the conflict, assigning both aircraft diverging headings. The closest proximity of the two aircraft has not yet been determined.

At the time of the incident, the weather was VFR with 6 miles visibility and haze. There were no reported injuries or damage to the aircraft.A preliminary report of the incident will be available on the Board's web later this week.

Fonte: NSTB Advisory 08/07/2008.