CLEVELAND (WJW) -- The FOX 8 I-Team has uncovered what happened as a passenger plane and a helicopter nearly collided in the sky outside Cleveland Hopkins International Airport.

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has announced it is investigating how close the two aircraft came to crashing in mid-air.

It happened last Wednesday afternoon with a Life Flight helicopter in the path as Southwest flight 1333 was coming in to Hopkins.

You hear an air controller say on the radio, "Lifeflight ... able to pass behind that traffic?"

The Life Flight crew responds, "Sir ... It'd be better if we go above it ... and in front of it ... if we can."

The controller answers, "Roger."

Ultimately, you hear the Flight 1333 crew announce, "We're deviating 'right' ... for the traffic."

The pas

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