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They lost the required separation. both aircraft landed safely. it is the latest in the string of near misses across the nations airports in the past few years. last year in washington, d.c., at reagan national airport, three planes barely avoided slamming into one another after a control tower miscommunication. and a frightening near multiple collision in denver, just before last thanksgiving. >> traffic alert. 1:00. less than two miles at same altitude. >> reporter: a passenger plane caught on...

Pilot acknowledging that he does indeed see the plane and was turning away. carol, the faa saying that theyre investigating. here what happe heres what we know so far the. >> reporter: incident happened here at new yorks jfk airport. a shuttle america em bray e-170 taking off just as the delta 747 was preparing to land. that 747 then peeled out of its landing in a standard procedure called a missed approach. the two planes then came way too close. the faa will not confirm how close. in a stateme...

Into one another after a control tower miscommunication. and a frightening near multiple collision in denver just before last thanksgiving. >> traffic 1:00 less than two miles at same altitude descend immediately. >> reporter: a passenger plane caught on radar steering directly into the line of several aircraft. in 2010, a pilot at boston logan airport takes a wrong turn, right into the path of another aircraft. an air traffic controller frantically works to avoid a disaster. >> jetblue 1264 hol...

They lost the required separation. both aircraft landed safely. its the latest in a string of near misses akros the nations airports in the past few years. last year in washington, d.c. at reagan national airport three planes barely avoided slamming into one another after a control tower miscommunication. a frightening near multiple politician in denver. >> traffic alert. >> reporter: the passenger plane caught on radar steering directly into the line of several aircrafts. in 2010 a pilot at bos...

"the wall street journal," there are reports of another midflight near miss on the east coast between an american airlines 777 and a military cargo plane. >> yeah. >> last year two planes were both flying at 22,000 feet towards each other at night when their wing tips missed by 2,000 feet. on board collision avoidance systems prompted the crew to make basic maneuvers avoiding disaster. the report blames tower miscommunication. >> steve rattner, youve been a pilot for 25 years, how common are the...