The incident, on February 27, was captured in a chilling photograph from the JetBlue flight s cockpit which shows the LearJet aircraft obstructing the runway as it came into land.
In 1977, 583 lives were claimed when two 747 jets collided with each other on the runway of Tenerife, in the Canary Islands. What the captain said in the final minutes stun to this day.
In the latest of a string of near-disasters on America s runways, a Mesa Airlines flight was forced to abort its landing at the last minute this week, as another plane was taking off into its path.
A United Airlines flight from Hawaii to San Francisco plummeted in the air and came within just 775 feet of the Pacific Ocean in a terrifying incident.