An investigation into what is being described as the "scariest runway incident" at JFK Airport last year has found an airline's flight crew was to blame.
The New York Post reports the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) found pilots of an
EgyptAir Boeing 777 failed to follow air traffic control instructions during a flight on June 20.
As a result, the plane mistakenly taxied just 11 metres shy of a runway where it would have been in the path of another jet speeding towards its takeoff.
That plane stopped 457 metres from the EgyptAir jet, a distance that would normally only take six seconds to cover at the speeds they were travelling. The brakes on the plane taking off overheated from being jammed so hard in order to stop.
According to the FAA report, other pilots who observed the incident were "rattled", with one describing it as "quite a show".
"Those two were coming together," another pilot radioed in shortly after the incident.
The FAA's investigation has been forwarded to Egyptian air authorities