NEW YORK) -- Federal officials are investigating a near mid-air collision off the coast of New Jersey. According to a release from the National Transportation Safety Board, an American Airlines flight from John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York took off Jan. 20 en route to Sao Paulo, Brazil, when it came too close to a pair of U.S. Air Force C-17s. Radar shows the commercial flight was within a mile of the transport planes, a distance they could have closed in seconds. Automatic sensors warned the American Airlines pilots, who took action to avoid a collision. The NTSB is leading the investigation into the matter.
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