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Avoided collision between two airplanes at "JFK" airport

New York, USA - No damage to passenger

On today, Wednesday, June 22, two planes nearly collide on runway at "John Fitzgerald Kennedy International Airport" of New York, but the incident has been averted thanks to a screeching halt. During the morning, a Boeing 747 operated by Lufthansa and direct to Munich, was performing the takeoff when it has been forced to stop the manoeuvre to avoid a collision with a Boeing 777 of EgyptAir. According...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1131223
Rome, Italy, 06/22/2011 12:54
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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