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The FAA is investigating after a close encounter between a small plane and a passenger jet alarmed pilots and air traffic control.
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Federal aviation officials are investigating a close encounter between a JetBlue passenger jet and a smaller aircraft near Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport this week that prompted concerns from air traffic controllers and triggered a collision avoidance alert in the cockpit of the commercial airliner.
According to FlightAware, JetBlue Flight 1256 was approaching Fort Lauderdale from Guayaquil, Ecuador, on June 1 when the incident occurred.
According to cockpit recordings, air traffic controllers alerted the JetBlue crew to nearby visual flight rules (VFR) ...
