Near-crash at JFK was likely pilot error, investigation shows
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More than three years after a CBS News report prompted a formal National Transportation Safety Board investigation into American Airlines flight 300's near-crash at New York's John F. Kennedy Airport, a final report released Monday reveals how close the flight came to disaster.
More than 100 passengers, along with eight crew members, were on the Los Angeles-bound Airbus A321 on April 10, 2019 when, as CBS News and CBS New York were first to report, the flight's pilots nearly lost control of the plane as it banked left during takeoff. The plane dragged the wing along the runway before it gained altitude, and a runway light was found embedded in the wing after it returned to JFK.
At the time of the incident, the pilots told air traffic controllers, in audio obtained by CBS News, "we were ah bankin' ah ah uncontrolled bank 45 degrees."
