Another close call! JetBlue pilot forced to take ‘evasive action’ after an aircraft crossed the runway when it was preparing to land in Boston
- A private jet nearly rammed into a JetBlue plane arriving in Boston on Monday
- The Learjet 60 took off without clearance as the JetBlue flight was landing
- Several aircrafts have been involved in near crashes since December
A JetBlue pilot had to take ‘evasive action’ while landing at Boston’s Logan International Airport when another aircraft crossed an intersecting runway, the Federal Aviation Administration said.
The close call occurred at 7pm Monday when the pilot of a Learjet 60 took off without clearance as a JetBlue flight was preparing to land on an intersecting runway, according to the FAA’s preliminary review.
The FAA is investigating just how close the two aircraft came, but flight data tracking service Flightradar24 said Tuesday that a preliminary analysis put the aircraft approximately 530 feet (160 meters) apart.
An air traffic controller instructed the pilot of the Learjet to line up and wait on one runway while the JetBlue flight landed on another, the FAA said in a statement.
‘The Learjet pilot read back the instructions clearly but began a takeoff roll instead,’ the FAA said. ‘The pilot of the JetBlue aircraft took evasive action and initiated a climb-out as the Learjet crossed the intersection.’
A JetBlue pilot had to take ‘evasive action’ while landing at Boston’s Logan International Airport when another aircraft crossed an intersecting runway
The JetBlue flight landing in Boston was arriving from Nashville, Tennessee, according to Flightradar24. Meanwhile, the Learjet 60 was heading to Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
One terrified passenger recalled the near collision that that most people onboard were oblivious.
‘I was on this plane. Totally terrifying – I don’t think most people knew what happened but it was clear what must have occurred,’ Adam Johnson wrote on Twitter.
JetBlue Airways said it is cooperating with investigators in the Logan near miss.
‘On Monday, February 27, JetBlue flight 206 landed safely in Boston after our pilots were instructed to perform a go-around by air traffic controllers,’ the airline said in a statement. ‘Safety is JetBlue’s first priority and our crews are trained to react to situations like this.’
The close call occurred at about 7pm Monday when the pilot of a Learjet 60 (similar to the one above) took off without clearance
The FAA is investigating just how close the two aircraft came, but flight data tracking service Flightradar24 said Tuesday that a preliminary analysis put the aircraft approximately 530 feet. Pictured: the Boston Logan International Airport
The close call at Logan is the latest near miss involving commercial aircraft in the past few months. There was one at John F. Kennedy Airport in New York in January, a second in Austin, Texas, in February and a third off the coast of Hawaii in December.
The near miss from Austin-Bergstrom International Airport on February 4 occurred when a FedEx plane nearly landed on top a Southwest jet bound for Cancun, Mexico filled with passengers.
According to reports, the Southwest flight was given the OK to take off but took too long.
Audio revealed how a FedEx pilot landing his jet urgently told a Southwest jet to abort its take off so they didn’t crash into each other. Quick-thinking pilots on the cargo plane were forced to swiftly make a go-around, narrowly avoiding a collision.
A FedEx cargo plane nearly crashed into a departing Southwest flight on February 4 at the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport in Texas
The near-crash came just one month after a similar close call was averted at John F. Kennedy International Airport on January 13 when an American Airlines plane crossed a runway while a Delta Airlines’ Boeing 737 plane was preparing for takeoff.
The Delta flight was traveling at 115mph down a runway at the New York’s airport at around 8.45pm when an air traffic controller noticed that the American Airlines flight to the UK crossed from an adjacent runway right in front of the departing plane, ABC 7 reports.
Air Traffic Control had told the American Airlines flight to cross ‘runway 31L at Kilo’ but instead crossed runway 4 Left at Juliet, crossing directly in front of the departing Delta flight.
The Delta pilot was forced to abruptly brake, traveling another 661 feet before he came to a complete stop with just 1,000 feet to spare before the plane would have T-boned the American Airlines Boeing 777, the Federal Aviation Administration said in a preliminary statement.
It was then forced to return to the gate, and did not takeoff again until the next morning, while the American Airlines flight arrived in the UK on time.
That near collisions prompted the FAA Administrator Billy Nolen to say earlier this month that he was putting together a team of experts to review airline safety.
The Delta flight was traveling at 115mph down a runway at the New York’s airport at around 8.45pm when an air traffic controller noticed that the American Airlines flight to the UK crossed from an adjacent runway right in front of the departing plane. Pictured: the near crash at John F. Kennedy International Airport on January 13
The sting of near crashes first started on December 18 when 20 people have been injured in a mass emergency onboard a Hawaiian Airlines flight from Arizona after it encountered severe turbulence.
Passengers were nearing the end of their seven-hour flight from Phoenix to Honolulu when many were thrown out of their seats.
It was confirmed that 11 people were seriously hurt, including several children and a 14-month-old baby. Nine others suffered from minor injuries and from those seven decided to take the bus to hospital for further treatment
Several passengers could be seen wearing neck braces after being slammed into the ceiling of the aircraft in which they were traveling on December 18
One Twitter user posted video of some of the damage done to the roof of the cabin which appear to have been smashed into as people hit the ceiling as the plane suddenly dropped
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