The Nation - News from April 4, 1985
An investigation has been launched into a near-collision in which a Northwest Airlines DC-10 flew 50 to 200 feet over another Northwest jumbo jet to avoid sliding into it on a snowy runway in Minneapolis. More than 400 persons were aboard the jets in the “very rare close call” Sunday night, said Jim Burnett, chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board. “Basically we had a near-collision on the runway,” he said.
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