NEW YORK — The FAA is investigating a near-midair collision between two planes by an airport north of New York City.

WABC reports that JetBlue Flight 94 had begun its descent into Westchester County Airport on Sunday afternoon when its collision-warning system alerted pilots that a small plane was coming toward it.

JetBlue said its pilots' quick reaction averted a collision.

A passenger, Megan Sikorski, told the station that as the JetBlue plane shot upward in a defensive maneuver, she could hear the "woosh" of the small plane beneath it.

"I'm looking out the window, and then this white airplane is now coming at our airplane," said Sikorski. "I turned and buried myself in my mom's lap and grabbed the guy next to her. And our plane went up, and you could hear the woosh of the other airplane underneath us."

"It was going to hit us."

When the JetBlue plane landed, Sikorski and her mother said the pilots seemed shaken and announced that someone had been "joyriding" in their airspace.

The Westchester airport is about 40 miles north of Manhattan in New York City.

According to WABC, there have been three additional near-collisions at New York airports over the past three years.

Additional reporting by Mashable.