A passenger jet last month was cleared by air traffic controllers to land on the same runway of a Sarasota, Florida, airport that a second plane had also been cleared to take off from, officials said on Thursday.
A passenger jet last month was cleared by air traffic controllers to land on the same runway of a Sarasota, Florida, airport that a second plane had also been cleared to take off from, officials said Thursday, detailing another in a string ofAccording to the National Transportation Safety Board, at about 9 p.m. EST on Feb. 16, Air Canada Rouge Flight No. 1633 bound for Toronto, Canada, was cleared to take off from the airport's Runway 14. However, American Airlines Flight No.
The pilots of the American Airlines flight eventually aborted their landing, the NTSB said in a preliminary report. The closest the two planes got to each other was within six-tenths of a mile, the NTSB said. The Air Canada flight was carrying 188 passengers and six crew members, while the American Airlines flight had 172 passengers and six crew members aboard, the NTSB reported. There were no injuries.
The NTSB did not speculate on what caused the mix-up. The agency said it had put together an air traffic control group to investigate the incident, with the assistance of the Federal Aviation Administration and the National Air Traffic Controllers Association.
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