Two Planes Came within 100 Feet of Collision in Texas’ Austin Airport. Here’s How Disaster Was Averted
1 year, 10 months ago

Two Planes Came within 100 Feet of Collision in Texas’ Austin Airport. Here’s How Disaster Was Averted

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Two planes, a passenger jet operated by Southwest airlines and a FedEx cargo plane, came as close as 100 feet from colliding on February 4 in Texas’ Austin International Airport. The air traffic controllers at Austin’s international airport gave an all-clear to FedEx Boeing 767 and a departing Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 jet allowing them to use the same runway. BREAKING: FedEx cargo plane narrowly misses crashing into Southwest Airlines plane taxiing on runway at Austin International Airport, Texas pic.twitter.com/2KF0ifokRF— Intel Point Alert February 5, 2023 The FedEx crew realised that they were overflying the Southwest passenger plane. The air traffic controllers cleared the departure of the Southwest airlines passenger flight when the FedEx jet was about 3.2 nautical miles away from the runway 18 Left, Homendy told CNN.

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Southwest airlines plane hit by bullet in Dallas airport

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Pilots of an Alaska Airlines jet braked to avoid a possible collision with a Southwest plane

Associated Press  

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Pilots of an Alaska Airlines jet braked to avoid a possible collision with a Southwest plane
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Associated Press  

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FedEx aircraft makes emergency landing at Istanbul Airport after its front landing gear fails I VIDEO
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India TV News  

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‘Stop, stop!’ Southwest's Boeing 737 MAX 8 narrowly avoids collision with JetBlue E-190 | Watch
8 months ago

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Hindustan Times  

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Boeing plane in the U.S. makes emergency landing after engine cover falls off

The Hindu  

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2 planes aborted landings in San Francisco when a Southwest jet taxied across their runways
1 year, 6 months ago

2 planes aborted landings in San Francisco when a Southwest jet taxied across their runways

Associated Press  

SAN FRANCISCO — Two airliners aborted landings at San Francisco International Airport last week after pilots spotted a Southwest Airlines jet taxiing across runways on which the other planes had been cleared to land. The Federal Aviation Administration said Thursday that the Southwest plane cleared the runways when the other planes passed directly overhead, and the decision to abort the …

Crash averted at Austin airport; FAA, NTSB to investigate
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Crash averted at Austin airport; FAA, NTSB to investigate

Associated Press  

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