Overview
- At JFK on Monday, a Republic Airways flight operating for American veered off its approach and came within about 350 feet vertically and 0.62 miles horizontally of a Jazz Aviation flight bound for a parallel runway, then both crews executed go-arounds and landed safely.
- In Nashville on Saturday, Southwest Flight 507 initiated a weather-related go-around and, after a controller told the crew to turn right, the jet converged with departing Southwest Flight 1152 before collision-avoidance warnings directed one to climb and the other to descend, with roughly 500 feet of vertical spacing at the closest point.
- The FAA opened investigations into both events, saying controller instructions put the Nashville arrival into conflict and that the JFK approach went off the intended path, with both sets of pilots following onboard alerts as trained.
- LiveATC audio captured blaring resolution advisories in both cases, and FlightRadar24 data helped reconstruct the closest separation, illustrating how public radio and tracking feeds can verify real-time conflicts before official findings are released.
- Traffic Collision Avoidance Systems issue resolution advisories that override controller directions, and the probes will determine if separation standards or procedures were breached, a question drawing wider attention after recent U.S. runway and airspace safety incidents and new rules enacted following a 2025 fatal crash.