a delta 747 and a smaller plane came within half a mile of each other. here s cnn s renee marsh. reporter: the incident happened here at new york s jfk airport. a shuttle america embraere-170 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. it is the latest in a string of near misses across the mags s airports in the past few years. last year in washington, d.c., at reagan national airport three planes barely avoided slamming into one another after a control tower miscommunication. and a frightening near multiple collision in denver. traffic one o clock less than two miles at same altitude. descend immediately. a passenger plane caught an radar steering directly into the line of several aircrafts. in 2010 a pilot at boston logan
into one another after a control tower miscommunication. and a frightening near multiple collision in denver just before last thanksgiving. traffic 1:00 less than two miles at same altitude descend immediately. reporter: a passenger plane caught on radar steering directly into the line of several aircraft. in 2010, a pilot at boston logan airport takes a wrong turn, right into the path of another aircraft. an air traffic controller frantically works to avoid a disaster. jetblue 1264 hold right there. jetblue hold, hold. reporter: thankfully the pilot hears him just in time. crisis averted. all right. and again, the faa not giving any specifics so far on exactly how close these two planes came to each other. but just to give you a sense, they say on average, they shouldn t be any closer than three miles. so three miles is the standard. of course, we re following this and as soon as we get more
they lost the required separation. both aircraft landed safely. it s the latest in a string of near misses akros the nation s airports in the past few years. last year in washington, d.c. at reagan national airport three planes barely avoided slamming into one another after a control tower miscommunication. a frightening near multiple politician in denver. traffic alert. reporter: the passenger plane caught on radar steering directly into the line of several aircrafts. in 2010 a pilot at boston low can airport takes a wrong turn right into the path of another aircraft. an air traffic controller works to avoid a disaster. jet blue hold right there. hold. reporter: thankfully the pilot hears him just in time. crisis averted.
and a frightening near-multiple collision in denver. just before last thanks giving. traffic alert, 1:00, less than two miles at same altitude descend immediately. reporter: the passenger plane caught on radar steering directly into the line of several aircrafts. in 2010 a pilot at boston logan airport takes a wrong turn, right into the path of another aircraft. air traffic controller frantically works to avoid a disaster. jetblue, hold right there. jetblue hold. hold. reporter: thankfully the pilot hears him just in time. crisis averted. well, so far no specifics from the faa right now on exactly how close these two planes came to each other. but they say the standard in this sort of situation is the aircraft should be at the very least three miles apart. rene marsh live from washington. the search starts up again today in ecuador for a missing