Purple and Eskimo close call in EWR.

[Inverted]

Well, this was closer than you want it to be...

Authorities investigating close call between Alaska Airlines and FedEx planes landing at Newark

Federal aviation officials are investigating a close call at Newark Airport in which an Alaska Airlines jet flew over a FedEx cargo plane during landing approaches.

apnews.com

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDT6FSv1i5M

 

[NovemberEcho]

This is the issue with landing 22L and 29. Surprised tower didn’t send Alaska around earlier as they have an alarm that goes off if it’s not going to work. Maybe last minute change of speed on FedEx or something meant he wasn’t going to clear the intersection in time.

 

[Minuteman]

Daaang I just listened to the LiveATC; that approach controller was SWAMPED with traffic all over the place and handling it like a champ.

They still managed to advise Alaska on the ILS 22 about the FedEx ahead of them on the RNAV 29, and later slow them down (they did swiftly).

 

[NovemberEcho]

Daaang I just listened to the LiveATC; that approach controller was SWAMPED with traffic all over the place and handling it like a champ.

They still managed to advise Alaska on the ILS 22 about the FedEx ahead of them on the RNAV 29, and later slow them down (they did swiftly).

Which freq were you listening to?

 

[Minuteman]

Which freq were you listening to?

North Arrivals (130.15) from March 18 00:00Z to 00:30Z (especially from 00:11 to 00:20).

 

[Roger Roger]

Psh, looks like ops normal in sfo