FAA investigating Spirit Airlines A319 avoiding skydiving plane

FAA is investigating an incident in which a Spirit Airlines Airbus A319 apparently came within 1.6 miles horizontally and 400 feet vertically of a skydiving aircraft. The incident occurred June 30 after the A319 took off from Detroit en route to Dallas/Fort Worth. According to a statement emailed to...

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