Near-Miss Crash Between Helicopter And United Flight From SFO Under Investigation By FAA
By Miranda Ceja
Published on March 27, 2026.
A near-miss collision between United Airlines Flight 589 and a Sikorsky Black Hawk U.S. Army helicopter occurred on the final approach to John Wayne Airport in San Francisco. The plane missed the chopper by a few hundred feet, triggering an anti-collision alert as it landed. No injuries were reported. The FAA and the Department of Transportation recently suspended the use of "visual separation" between airplanes and helicopters in busy areas, requiring air traffic controllers to use radar to prevent aircrafts from colliding. This comes after an Air Canada plane crashed into a fire truck at LaGuardia Airport, killing two pilots and injuring dozens.
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