Report: Jetliner had near-miss just after take-off from Tampa [View All]

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Report: Jetliner had near-miss just after take-off from Tampa

Tampa, Florida — A British Airways jetliner with 175 passengers aboard went into an emergency descent minutes after take-off from Tampa International Airport when a collision avoidance system activated indicating a collision with another plane was imminent, the FAA confirmed Friday night.

But the FAA said the jet and a twin-engine private plane were never close enough to pose a danger to each other.

The incident happened October 10th when the British Airways jet was about 50-60 miles north of Tampa. The London Daily Mail newspaper called it a "near miss" but the FAA said the planes were a mile apart vertically, and 1,400 feet horizontally and never in danger of colliding.

"There was never a loss of separation," said FAA spokesperson Kathleen Bergen. "There was no near miss."