on Saturday morning had to reverse course after a second plane was cleared to depart from the same runway, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.
"The pilot of the FedEx airplane discontinued the landing and initiated a climb out," the FAA said in a statement. The Boeing 767 cargo airplane was several miles from the airport when it was cleared to land, according to the FAA. But just before it was expected to land, an air traffic controller gave the go-ahead for an airplane operated by Southwest Airlines to take off.
In a tweet Saturday, the National Transportation Safety Board described it as a "possible runway incursion and overflight involving airplanes from Southwest Airlines and FedEx."The FAA and NTSB said they are investigating the incident. Shannon Davis, a spokesperson for FedEx, said in an emailed statement, "FedEx Express Flight 1432 from Memphis, Tenn. to Austin, Texas safely landed after encountering an event just before landing at Austin Bergstrom International Airport this morning."In a statement to the Associated Press, the Austin-Bergstrom International said it was "aware of the Federal Aviation Administration’s investigation into the discontinued landing of a flight.
Again?
Get more sleep before coming to work.
shuffleman46
This is why I will not get on a plane!!!
Smh
😴🛌 wake up
Is it me, or are we hearing a awful lot of stories like this recently? Maybe mayor Pete isn’t the one.
AA plane had to abort landing and pull up tonight at DFW b/c of another plane on runway. Not good.
This is concerning.
To be honest, that Fedex pilot is a bigger hero than that F-22 pilot .....
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