Federal Aviation Administration officials are looking into an incident involving three planes flying near the Dallas-Fort Worth area amid storms that blew through North Texas last week.
The three aircraft had delayed landings at DFW International Airport, according to the agency, which observed a “loss of standard separation” among the trio.
Pilots of a Boeing 767 operated by FedEx got an alert about 6:11 p.m. March 16 from the on-board traffic collision avoidance system because of the proximity of a Boeing 747 operated by UPS, the aviation administration said in a written statement Wednesday.
Crew members of an United Airlines airplane — a Boeing 737 — were also alerted when the FedEx plane descended into the vertical safety buffer of the passenger plane, according to the FAA. The passenger plane descended in response.
The incident showed a potential conflict in flight paths, according to the FAA.
Hundreds of flights were delayed and dozens canceled at DFW Airport and Love Field on Thursday, when a line of storms caused damage in multiple parts of North Texas.
