The FAA is investigating a United Airlines near-miss involving a Black Hawk helicopter in California.
United Airlines Flight 589 was on its final route to… John Wayne Airport when a Sikorsky Black Hawk helicopter crossed in front of its flight path at about 8:40 p.m. local time, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.
A United Airlines spokesperson told Fox News that air traffic control advised the pilots of the Boeing 737-800 to “watch for a military helicopter flying near the airport.”
“They saw the helicopter, and also received a traffic alert, which they responded to by flattening the aircraft,” the spokesman said. “The United flight then landed safely.”
A plane takes off from John Wayne Airport in Santa Ana, California. (Mindy Schauer/Digital First Media/Orange County Register via Getty Images)
“Glading” the aircraft refers to slowing or stopping the descent and maintaining a constant altitude to increase vertical separation.
The airline confirmed that there were 162 passengers and six crew members on board, and no injuries were reported.
Air traffic control audio obtained by New York Post It noted that the United flight got close enough to the Black Hawk to trigger a collision warning, or “resolution advisory,” from its traffic avoidance system.
A map of the plane’s path showed near the collision in California. (Flight Radar 24)
An alert indicates that a potential accident was only seconds away.
“United 589, I just want to clarify here, did you get, uh…just Traffic call “A reference to the helicopter or did they restrict your altitude or something,” the United flight controller reportedly asked.
“We had an advisory decision on United 589, RA,” one pilot replied.
“We’ll address that because that wasn’t good,” the superintendent said.
the US Army She did not immediately respond to additional inquiries about the incident from Fox News Digital.
An Army Black Hawk helicopter soars in the air. (Getty Images)
The Federal Aviation Administration said Thursday it was investigating whether A New measurement It was implemented, which suspends the use of optical separation between aircraft and helicopters.
The measure, enacted after a review following last year’s fatal accident at Washington’s Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA), was announced on March 18.
An aerial view of John Wayne Airport in Santa Ana, California. (Jeff Gretchen/Digital First Media/Orange County Register via Getty Images)
“The General Notice (GENOT), which suspends the use of visual separation between aircraft and helicopters, now mandates that air traffic controllers instead use radar to effectively manage these aircraft to keep them separated at specified lateral or vertical distances,” according to the FAA website.
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On January 29, 2025, A A Black Hawk military helicopter collided In the air with an American Airlines airliner near DCA, killing all 64 people on board the commercial flight and three on board the military helicopter.
Tuesday’s incident occurred a few days after Air Canada plane A firefighter plane collided with a fire truck on the runway at New York City’s LaGuardia Airport, killing both pilots on board.
Fox News’ Terrence Kenny and Julia Bonavita contributed to this report.
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