An Alaska Airlines near miss with a cargo plane over Anchorage's Fire Island has prompted an investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board.

The near miss occurred shortly after 3 p.m. Tuesday when Alaska Flight 135, carrying some 143 passengers and five crew members, was told by air traffic controllers to perform a "go around" before landing at the city's Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport, The Alaska Dispatch reported.

According to NTSB spokesman Clint Johnson, the go around order was given to the commercial flight, which was traveling from Portland, Oregon, to avoid an outbound Ace Air Cargo Beechcraft 1900.