we ve been in close contact with the faa this morning. and we re just pulling in this information this morning. they tell us they are just starting this investigation. and here s what we know so far. reporter: the incident happened here at new york s jfk airport. a shuttle america embraer e170 was taking off just as a delta 747 was preparing to land. that 747 then peeled out of its landing in a standard procedure called a missed approach. the two planes then came way too close. the faa will not confirm just how close. in a statement it said the two aircraft were turning away from each other at the point where they lost the required separation. both aircraft landed safely. it is the latest in a string of near-misses across the nation s airports in the past few years. last year in washington, d.c., at reagan national airport three planes barely avoided slamming
investigation. so here s what we know so far. one plane was supposed to land at new york s jfk airport. but it did not. instead, the pilot kept the plane in the air and was flying in the direction of laguardia airport. now, at this point, we have no idea why the pilot did not land as planned. it could be any number of reasons. he could have been experiencing problems with the airplane or another plane may not have cleared the runway as yet. now now, as this plane continued in the air, a second plane took off from laguardia, and that s when we had this near-miss in the new york city skies. now, the faa telling cnn just a short time ago that it is investigating an incident on june 13th at 3:45 p.m. in which delta airlines boeing 747 arriving at jfk s runway 4 left lost the required amount of separation with a shuttle america embraer e170 departing