A close call between a commercial airliner and a cargo plane attempting to land on crossing runways at Newark Liberty International Airport was being investigated Thursday by federal aviation officials.The National Transportatio n Safety Board said it was investigating Tuesday night's incident during which an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 overflew a FedEx Boeing 777 at the busy New York City area airport.IN CASE YOU MISSED IT | Airlines warn fare increases likely as Iran war drives fuel price surgeAn air traffic controller instructed Alaska Airlines Flight 294 from Portland, Oregon, to perform a go around that is, discontinue its landing approach and circle around for a new approach to land because FedEx Flight 721 from Memphis, Tennessee, was cleared for a final approach to an intersecting runway, according to the Federal Aviation Administration, which also was investigating.IN CASE YOU MISSED IT | Government funding impasse is making the TSA travel experience even worseAlaska Airlines said in a prepared statement that the flight was cleared to land at Newark and that air traffic control issued a go around to our aircraft, which our pilots are highly trained for. There were 171 passengers and 6 crew members on board the flight, according to the airline.FedEx said in a prepared statement that its flight crew followed instructions from air traffic control and landed safely. ...read more read less