The planes, carrying more than 350 people, experienced "a loss of required separation" while preparing to land at the same Phoenix airport, the FAA said.
Both aircraft were inbound to the airport when a loss of separation occurred during their approach for landing
The close call between the United and Delta flights at the Phoenix airport comes amid an increase in plane near-collisions.
The FAA has begun an investigation into a midair incident involving a United Airlines Boeing 737-900ER and a Delta Air Lines Airbus A330-300.
United Airlines flight 1724 arrived in Phoenix from San Francisco. Delta Air Lines Flight 1070 flew in from Detroit. "While United Flight 1724 was preparing to land at Phoenix on Saturday ...
Uber Technologies will become Delta Air Lines' exclusive rideshare and delivery partner in the U.S. this spring, bringing a partnership with rival Lyft to an end.
Even as four wildfires continued to burn in Los Angeles County on Thursday, the blazes were already rewriting the record books. Over the last nine days, seven fires have broken out across the nation’s second-largest metropolitan region,
A Delta Air Lines plane and a United Airlines aircraft raised alarms when they flew too close to each other while flying into Phoenix on Saturday. The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating the “loss of required separation” incident.
The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating after a United Airlines flight and a Delta Airlines flight had a near-collision over Phoenix on Saturday.
Seattle-Tacoma has grown extensively over the past eighty years to get to where it is today, from having no commercial airlines to over 30 providing regularly scheduled service. The airfield that exists today was originally developed in the years following World War II when it was designed to replace Boeing Field.
The Transportation Department continues its battle against chronically delayed flights with new actions against Southwest, featuring a Bay Area route.
Meteorologist Kari Hall has a look at the dry spell and when we might see rain in the Microclimate Forecast.