An Alaska Airlines plane was headed toward a SkyWest jet at Portland International Airport

An Alaska Airlines plane takes off from San Francisco International Airport in this file photo from March 7, 2022.
An Alaska Airlines plane takes off from San Francisco International Airport in this file photo from March 7, 2022.

An Alaska Airlines plane and SkyWest Airlines jet may have gotten too close for comfort at Portland International Airport.

According to Alaska Airlines, Flight 1299 from Orange County, California to Portland, Oregon was conducting a “routine go-around” due to inclement weather last Monday when “there was another aircraft departing on the parallel runway to the north which created a potential traffic conflict.”

The Federal Aviation Administration said the Alaska pilot initiated the “go-around due to wind and turned towards SkyWest Airlines Flight 3978, which had just departed” and “an air traffic controller instructed the Alaska Airlines pilot to turn away from the SkyWest aircraft.” An apparent air traffic controller can be heard repeatedly alerting the Alaska Airlines plane in a video uploaded by VASAviation with audio from LiveATC.net.

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Alaska Airlines said, “The crew of Flight 1299 followed cockpit indications and reacted immediately to increase separation from the other aircraft.” The airline noted that its plane maintained a safe distance the entire time and that safety is a top priority for the airline.

SkyWest, which operated Flight 3978 from Portland to Seattle as Delta Connection, echoed, “At no point was the safety of the flight compromised.”

It’s not yet clear how close the airplanes got to each other, but according to FAA data, near miss-accidents have jumped nearly 25% over the last decade.

The FAA, Alaska Airlines and SkyWest Airlines are all investigating this incident.

This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: FAA investigating potential close call between Alaska, SkyWest planes