The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating a near-miss incident in Southern California between a National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter and a commercial airline flight this week.
On the evening of Tuesday, March 24, a United Airlines 737 flight was approaching John Wayne Airport in Santa Ana, California. As it was descending around roughly 2,000 feet, the California Army National Guard UH-60M Black Hawk passed in front of its path, according to flight data from Flightradar24. The two aircraft came within 525 feet vertical and 1,422 feet lateral from each other.
The close proximity caused the 737 to trigger a Traffic Collision Avoidance System Resolution Advisory, an alarm warning the pilots of the risk of a mid-air…
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