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632 people saved by seconds: How jets were just 37 feet from disaster

Another amazing failure at a US airport, which is not on the NTSB database, and with no sign of any remedial actions having being taken.

An EgyptAir flight that wandered into the path of a Lufthansa airliner on the runway at JFK International airport was just 37 feet from a catastrophy that could have claimed many hundreds of lives.

The incident in June was the most dangerous near-miss of the year at the New York City airport, according to a new report from the Federal Aviation Administration.

The German Lufthansa flight carried 286 passengers bound for Munich. The Egyptian jetliner carried 346 passengers headed to Cairo. If they had collided, it could have been the worst commercial air disaster in history.
EgyptAir flight was just 37 feet from JFK's worst runway disaster | Mail Online
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