American Airlines flight forced to abort takeoff at Reagan National Airport to avoid hitting another plane
American Airlines flight forced to abort takeoff at Reagan National Airport to avoid hitting another plane
An American Airlines flight bound for Boston was forced to abort takeoff at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on Wednesday morning to avoid possibly hitting another plane.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/15983292
An American Airlines flight bound for Boston was forced to abort takeoff at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on Wednesday morning to avoid another plane that was landing.
The Federal Aviation Administration said it’s investigating what happened. It’s the second such incident at the Washington, DC, airport in the last six weeks.
“An air traffic controller cancelled the takeoff clearance for American Airlines Flight 2134 because another aircraft was cleared to land on an intersecting runway,” the FAA said in a statement about Wednesday’s scare.
On the upshot they will be adding even more flights out of DCA soon. Surely, there will be no issues with flight traffic controllers being under even more pressure to move aircraft along as fast as possible. /s
That said, at least the system of multiple safety systems and checks has been working. I'd be curious to see (and hopefully the report on the incident will explain) how those two aircraft ended up on a collision course. Also, what was it that caught the potential collision? It shouldn't have happened in the first place, but learning what prevented it could help prevent other accidents elsewhere in the future.
The ATC has never been this understaffed and overworked. There are going to be disasters.
Idiots are not hiring.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
An American Airlines flight bound for Boston was forced to abort takeoff at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on Wednesday morning to avoid another plane that was landing.
“An air traffic controller cancelled the takeoff clearance for American Airlines Flight 2134 because another aircraft was cleared to land on an intersecting runway,” the FAA said in a statement about Wednesday’s scare.
The flight eventually made it to Boston, arriving four hours late, according to the plane tracking website FlightAware.
In mid-April, the FAA launched an investigation after two jetliners were put on an apparent collision course as they were leaving Reagan National Airport, prompting air traffic controllers to urgently radio each plane to stop.
Wednesday’s aborted takeoff came in the wake of multiple safety issues with airlines reported Memorial Day weekend, amid a record number of travelers.
After a string of aircraft accidents or mechanical issues on recent flights, the incidents over the long weekend have drawn fresh attention to air safety.
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