Close call at LAX airport as plane turns in front of another aircraft taking off

An Air France Airbus A350 bound for Tahiti took off from Los Angeles International Airport and, according to the Federal Aviation Administration, proceeded with an unauthorized turn to the south. Moments after the Air France departure, American Airlines Flight 1660, an Airbus A321 en route to Dallas, was cleared to take off from a parallel runway and found itself on a collision course with the Air France aircraft, prompting corrective instructions from air traffic control. The controller directed the Air France crew to fly heading 270 and to climb rather than execute a new heading, and the audio of ATC communications was later captured by ATC.com.

The point of closest approach occurred when the two airplanes were approximately 4,000 feet apart and within 1,000 feet of the same altitude, as tracked by Flightradar24. After the two aircraft separated, both continued to their respective destinations without reported further incident, according to the shared details from the CNN report.

Additional reporting on the same event from Simple Flying notes that the near-miss occurred in the wake of the Air France departure, with air traffic control issuing instructions to prevent a collision. The report also notes that the situation was resolved after the two aircraft were routed away from each other, and that investigators were expected to review the events in the aftermath. Simple Flying does not indicate injuries, fatalities, or damage in its coverage of this aviation surface encounter at LAX.

Separately, coverage from iXBT.games references a second incident at Miami International Airport involving a Lufthansa 747-8 taxiing for takeoff after an American Airlines 787-8 had just landed and moved into the 747’s intended path. According to iXBT.games, emergency communications between air traffic control and the involved aircraft were captured and described as tense. The report emphasizes that the near-collision dynamics occurred on the ground at MIA as the Lufthansa aircraft was rolling toward a runway when the American aircraft crossed its path.

Hoodline and CBS News, as cited by iXBT.games, describe the Miami incident as the American Airlines 787-8 having just completed landing and moving in a way that interrupted the Lufthansa 747-8’s takeoff clearance, prompting an abrupt stop. The two outlets indicate that investigators and authorities would follow standard procedures, including potential grounding or inspection if required, and that the incident involved no disclosed injuries or damage in the sources summarized by iXBT.games.

The same body of material indicates that Canadian outlet CityNews Toronto reported on a broader Worldwide Aviation coverage item in this period, but without additional detail linking it to the LAX near-miss narrative. The CityNews Toronto material referenced worker-recruitment initiatives at Toronto Pearson and separate public-health reporting, including a measles exposure alert connected to Pearson Airport and related health actions, not a direct aviation mishap. The connection to the LAX incident is not established in CityNews Toronto’s summary.

CBS News, in reporting focused on Ontario International Airport, described a separate security event in which a Frontier Airlines flight prompted authorities to evacuate the plane and the east wing of Terminal 2 after a passenger overheard a FaceTime conversation containing bomb-related words during a gaming session. The investigation concluded there was no explosive device and no crime, with passengers, including the detained individual, reboarding once the all-clear was issued. Hoodline corroborates the evacuation of the aircraft and the Terminal 2 area, followed by a full sweep and return to normal operations.

Hoodline’s coverage of the Ontario incident notes that investigators determined there was no threat, and CBS News confirms that the evacuation involved both the aircraft and the east wing of Terminal 2, with authorities conducting a comprehensive threat assessment. The all-clear allowed the flight to depart after delays or reassignment, and the detained passenger was released to rejoin the boarding process, according to CBS News and Hoodline.

The Ontario International Airport incident occurred at night on a Sunday, with sources describing the security response as an evacuation and a subsequent security sweep of the aircraft and adjacent Terminal 2 space. CBS News, Hoodline, and iXBT.games converge on the conclusion that there was no explosive device and no crime, and that passengers were allowed to reboard once safety procedures were completed, though the exact flight number and timing details are not uniformly specified across the reports.

CityNews Toronto’s broader aggregation notes related health-context reporting around the same period, including public-health alerts concerning measles exposure at Pearson and nearby facilities, but these health items are separate from the Ontario International incident and are presented as part of broader regional aviation and public health reporting, rather than a direct incident link to the LAX near-miss or the MIA taxiway event.