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FAA investigates Air France's wrong turn near another jet at LAX

KTLA 5's report plays controller audio from a close call involving an American Airlines flight shortly after takeoff.

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Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 368,787 views a day, 26 times a normal first day on this channel (14,355).

Air France jet makes wrong turn, nearly causing midair collision at LAX

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0:32Controller audio questions why the Air France aircraft turned away from its assigned departure route.
1:21Winslow places the close call shortly after midnight on November 7, involving an American Airlines aircraft.
1:42The report explains departure clearances and airborne collision-avoidance systems.
2:47A controller cites a possible pilot deviation and gives the Air France crew a number to call.
3:39Winslow outlines the FAA investigation, flight-recorder checks and possible crew retraining.

The controller's question gets straight to the problem: "Air France 028 Heavy, why did you turn to a heading?"

KTLA 5 reporter Hailey Winslow uses air traffic control recordings to recount how two passenger jets narrowly avoided a midair collision after departing Los Angeles International Airport. The incident happened shortly after midnight on November 7, when an Air France aircraft reportedly made an unauthorized turn toward an American Airlines aircraft's flight path.

The report drew an estimated 370,000 views in its first day, more than twenty-five times the channel's usual opening for regular videos.

Winslow walks through the safeguards involved: the departure route assigned to a crew, the clearance pilots are expected to follow and the airborne collision-avoidance system. Pilot and flight instructor Richard Levy offers one possible explanation, saying the crew may have programmed the wrong departure into the aircraft computer. That remains a possibility he raises, not an investigation finding.

A later radio exchange makes clear that the questions would continue after landing. The controller tells the Air France crew there is a "possible pilot deviation" and gives them a phone number to call.

The report includes statements from both airlines and the Federal Aviation Administration. Winslow closes with the investigation ahead, including checks of flight-recorder data and the possibility of crew retraining.

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