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An airport vehicle exited the runway in Portland before Southwest Flight 4805 began its takeoff roll and departed around 5:45 a.m. local time on Tuesday, according to the FAA.
Airport employees in Portland, Maine, were forced to clear out of the way when a Southwest Airlines jet on the morning of June 25 took off from a closed runway, according to air traffic control ...
Southwest Airlines Flight 2937 had been instructed by air traffic control to cross runway No. 4 at the airport while JetBlue Flight 1554 was starting its takeoff roll on the same runway around 7: ...
An air traffic's controller's faulty assumption that a Southwest Airlines jetliner would take off from a Texas airport before a landing FedEx plane reached the runway caused the planes to come ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal officials are investigating a Southwest Airlines flight that veered off course and flew close to the air traffic control tower at LaGuardia Airport last month.
[5] [6] [7] The aircraft slid 2,175 feet (663 m) on its nose along the runway, arresting off to the right of the runway pavement. [6] The plane came to a stop halfway down the runway [8] after skidding on its nose in a sea of sparks. [9] As a result of the crash, the two-runway airport was closed until its rescue assets were available again.
Investigators said Thursday that a failed radio transmission and a distracted air traffic controller led to a close call between a Southwest Airlines jet and a smaller plane waiting to take off ...
Carvajal's first officer, Robert Bradeen Jr., estimated they were 100 to 150 feet (30 to 45 meters) above the runway when he saw the Southwest jet — first a light, then a silhouette of a wing.