Officers are investigating a close call New York Friday night at the airport between a plane crossing a runway and another preparing to take off.
“(Controversial)! Delta 1943, cancel takeoff clearance! Delta 1943, cancel takeoff clearance!” said an air controller in an audio recording of an air traffic control communication when he saw another plane operated by American Airlines passing in front. The recording was made by LiveATC, a website that monitors and posts flight communications.
The Delta Air Lines Boeing 737 then came to a “safe stop” on the John F Kennedy International Airport runway as another surfaced, the Federal Aviation Administration said in a statement.
“I think the controller made a good call rejecting the takeoff,” said john coxA retired pilot and professor of aviation safety at the University of Southern California.
He said the rejected takeoff safety maneuver, which occurs when pilots stall the aircraft and abort takeoff, is one they are “very, very familiar with”.
“The pilots rejected takeoff almost every time they reached the simulator,” he said.
The Delta plane came to a stop about 1,000 feet (about 0.3 km) from where the American Airlines plane had passed on an adjacent taxiway. FAA Statement.
The agency said on Saturday that it would investigate the incident which took place around 8.45 pm.
National Transportation Safety Board It also said it was looking at close calls.
Cox said, “They would go back and listen to every transmission between the American jets and air traffic control to see who misunderstood what.”
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