The FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board are investigating an incident at John F. Kennedy International Airport that happened Friday night when a Boeing 777 taxied in front of a departing Boeing 737-900.
An American Airlines Boeing 777 taxied across a runway at JFK Airport in front of a departing Delta Air Lines Boeing 737-900, prompting air traffic controllers to cancel the Delta flight's takeoff.
The Delta flight successfully aborted its takeoff approximately 1,000 feet before the crossing point, preventing a collision, and the FAA and NTSB are now investigating the incident.
Despite JFK's advanced Airport Surface Detection System technology designed to prevent such conflicts, the near-miss evoked comparisons to the 1977 Tenerife disaster, the deadliest airline accident on record involving two planes colliding on a runway.
The FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board are investigating an incident at John F. Kennedy International Airport that happened Friday night when a Boeing 777 taxied in front of a departing Boeing 737-900.
The 737 was operated by Delta Air Lines, the 777 by American Airlines.
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Meg Godlewski has been an aviation journalist for more than 24 years and a CFI for more than 20 years. If she is not flying or teaching aviation, she is writing about it. Meg is a founding member of the Pilot Proficiency Center at EAA AirVenture and excels at the application of simulation technology to flatten the learning curve. Follow Meg on Twitter @2Lewski.
