FAA Investigating Close Call Between Flight School Plane and JetBlue Passenger Plane
The FAA said the JetBlue crew received a cockpit alert and climbed to avoid the smaller plane, while required separation was maintained.
- On Monday, JetBlue Airways Flight 1256 experienced a near-miss with a Beechcraft 76 flight school plane near Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, with the aircraft coming within 500 feet of each other.
- The Beechcraft Duchess, registered to SunCity Aviation LLC, was operating under Visual Flight Rules in airspace west of Fort Lauderdale where pilots are generally not required to communicate with air traffic control.
- Pilots aboard JetBlue Flight 1256 received an onboard Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance System alert and reported the aircraft was "turning toward us" before climbing to maintain separation.
- The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating the incident, though an agency spokesperson stated "required separation was maintained" during the encounter; SunCity Aviation claimed its pilot complied with federal regulations.
- Kristy Kiernan, associate director of Embry-Riddle's Boeing Center for Aviation and Aerospace Safety, noted that TCAS alerts are a normal system function designed to mitigate threats in congested airspaces like South Florida.
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