United plane makes wrong turn during SFO takeoff, nearly colliding with flight to Fresno: FAA

SAN FRANCISCO (KFSN) -- The FAA is investigating a adjacent telephone betwixt 2 commercialized jets that were taking disconnected connected parallel runways astatine San Francisco International Airport.

According to reports, the incidental happened connected May 13. The United formation to Dallas took disconnected and was cleared to marque a close turn. Moments later, the United Express formation to Fresno, operated by SkyWest, took disconnected and was cleared to caput left.

For immoderate reason, the United level made a incorrect crook and turned left, close into the way of the SkyWest flight. This triggered an alert and the SkyWest unit made an evasive maneuver to debar a collision.

According to FlightRadar24, the planes came wrong 275 feet of vertical separation and 1,950 feet of horzontal separation.

The FAA is investigating the incident.