The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating why two aircraft at Kennedy International Airport nearly collided on Monday. 

The incident occurred when an American Airlines regional jet missed its intended approach path. The pilot was executing a go-around procedure, which is used when the pilot aborts the landing or is directed by air traffic control to do so.

As the pilots were performing the procedure, their aircraft came too close to an Air Canada regional jet, which controllers had cleared to land on a parallel runway, The New York Times reported.

Each aircraft's traffic warning system alerted the respective pilots to the close call, and they were able to avert each other. Approach controllers directed the aircraft back into sequence, and they were both able to land safely a short time later.