NTSB Advisory
National Transportation Safety Board
Washington, DC 20594
July 8, 2008
NTSB INVESTIGATING NEAR MIDAIR COLLISION IN NEW YORK
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The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating a near midair collision in New York City in which two airliners came in close proximity to one another.
On July 5, 2008, 8:36 pm eastern daylight time, Cayman Airways flight 792, a Boeing 737-300, and a Linea Aerea Nacional de Chile flight 533, Boeing 767-300, almost collided at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK), according to initial reports.
