descending at 7-800 feet a minute on normal approach would put him on ground in the 1 1/2 minute? on the reported voice timeline. Timeline makes no sense on the voice transmission listed unless its minutes and seconds ie 9 minutes xx seconds, but still makes no sense, a 737 commercial aircraft would be well airborne in a minute and half after takeoff clearance even if they had to do an engine run up for deice reasons, and if tower told them to abort takeoff and they obviously were airborne already? FedEx was at about 3 miles when SWA cleared for takeoff, or roughly 900 above ground. Story makes no sense, FedEx could be 100 feet from ground but 500 feet vertically from other aircraft that is on the ground? 500 feet techincally meeting FAA general rule of aircraft operating well clear of buildings, persons other aircraft which is defined as 500 feet, but that doesnt sound dramatic. We need to look at a better organizational and funding model, like in Canada – fundamentally you want separation between the regulator and the service provider, rather than the FAA performing the air traffic control function and overseeing its own performance. It won’t be solved by throwing more taxpayer money at the problem, the way U.S. That includes the structure and culture, funding, and technology of the FAA’s Air Transport Organization. It’s time to begin a real conversation around modernizing air traffic control in this country. This incident comes less than a month after NOTAM system failure at the FAA shut down the entire country’s air travel system, and three weeks after an air traffic near-disaster at New York JFK between an America and Delta jet where the American pilots appear to have been at fault but where the air traffic system didn’t prevent the close call from occurring. □ #BREAKING: Two jets avoid crash after possible air traffic control mishap at Austin airportĪ Disaster was averted at Austin international airport after FedEx cargo plane aborts landing, narrowly missing a Southwest Airlines plane no injuries were reported /RLbIkVAtNYĠ9:00: Tower clears Southwest to take off, advises FedEx is 3 miles behind themĠ9:25 Tower: “That is affirm…you are cleared to land”ġ0:23 Tower: “Southwest abort. Visibility at the airport was just one-eighth of a mile. They were about 670 feet apart as they turned. As the Southwest flight took off, it banked right while the Fedex plane turned left. The planes were vertically separated by only about 500 feet. The FedEx Boeing 767 descended to within about 100 feet of runway 18-Left. The NTSB is investigating a surface event at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport Saturday, a possible runway incursion and overflight involving airplanes from Southwest Airlines and FedEx. Thankfully the FedEx plane pulled up and away, mere feet from landing on top of the passenger flight. FedEx freighter flight 1432 was cleared to land in Austin, while a Southwest Airlines Boeing 737, flight 708 to Cancun, was cleared to take off, using the same runway.
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