Air Canada Jet Nearly Collides With American Airlines Flight at JFK

Air Canada Jet Nearly Collides With American Airlines Flight at JFK
Travellers are seen in the check-in area at John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) in New York City on May 7, 2025. Jeenah Moon/Reuters
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An American Airlines-operated flight veered off its landing path on approach to the John F. Kennedy International Airport, resulting in a near-collision with an Air Canada aircraft.

Jazz Aviation Flight 554, operating for Air Canada Express, had been cleared to land on Runway 31R when Republic Airways Flight 4464, operating for American Airlines, deviated from its assigned approach path. The American flight had been approaching parallel Runway 31L.