National Transportation Safety Board chair Jennifer Homendy says investigations are ongoing into the near-miss between a Southwest airliner and a Flexjet in Chicago.
Southwest Flight 2504 performed a precautionary "go-around" to avoid hitting a private jet that entered the runway "without authorization."
occurred when a business jet "entered the runway without authorization." Audio captured from live air traffic control communications, or LiveATC indicated Southwest Airlines Flight 2504 was cleared to land on Runway 31C by local controllers, with the jet ...
A Southwest Airlines plane and a private jet that entered the runway without authorization experienced a close call at Chicago Midway International Airport on Tuesday morning, the Federal Aviation Administration said.
An American Airlines flight arriving at Ronald Reagan National Airport was forced to abort its landing to avoid another aircraft Tuesday, officials said, less than a month after a midair collision killed 67 people near the same airport and roughly 90 minutes before a close call between a passenger plane and a private jet in Chicago.
Midway air traffic control warned the private jet's pilot to hold position away from center runway 31 at least nine times.
An American Airlines flight suddenly delayed its landing at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport Feb. 25 as it arrived to see another plane taking off on the same runway.
American Airlines Flight 2246 was requested by air traffic control to delay landing at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) in Arlington “to allow another aircraft more time to take off” at around 8:20 a.
Commercial plane crashes in North America, large-scale job cuts to key agencies and potential mergers have defined the past few tumultuous weeks.