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Tucson, Arizona | Published: 07.24.2008
ONTARIO, Calif. — A jetliner and a small plane bound for Tucson passed too close — less than a mile apart — in the skies near Ontario, the Federal Aviation Administration said.
The westbound Delta Air Lines Boeing 737 on approach to Los Angeles International Airport at 11,900 feet and the single-engine plane at 11,500 feet passed within seven-tenths of a mile at about 9:20 a.m. Tuesday.
"It was way too close," FAA spokesman Mike Fergus said. It "was a very serious situation."
The pilot of the small plane acknowledged he made a wrong turn, Fergus said.
Records show the small plane is owned by Henderson, Nev.-based Tavelogic Enterprises LLC. The plane took off from Van Nuys Municipal Airport at 9:03 a.m. and landed in Tucson at 11:22 a.m.
There was no telephone listing for Tavelogic Enterprises.
Delta spokesman Anthony Black said the airline had not yet received information on the incident from its pilot and the FAA.
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