The National Transportation Safety Board said Wednesday it is investigating a near collision of airborne planes at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport — the third such incident at a major airport this month.
The board said in a statement that the latest incident occurred at 1:47 p.m. EDT Monday as American Eagle Flight 4298 was taking off on one runway and a private Learjet was arriving on another, perpendicular runway.
When air traffic controllers realized the planes' flight paths intersected and the jets were about to collide, they ordered the Learjet to abort its landing and fly around the airport again. The American Eagle ERJ-145, a regional jet, was instructed to stay low on departure.
The board said the Learjet passed "325 feet above and slightly behind" the departing the American Eagle jet.
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