The planes nearly collided after the Alaska Airlines Flight 294 was instructed by air traffic controllers “to perform a go-around” at the airport, as the FedEx Flight 721 was “cleared for the final ...

Federal authorities will investigate a reported close call at Newark airport involving an Alaska Airlines and FedEx aircraft on crossing runways Tuesday night.

Federal aviation officials are investigating a close call at Newark Airport in which an Alaska Airlines jet flew over a FedEx cargo plane during landing approaches.