2023-08-05 01:43:00
A charter plane and a Jetblue Embraer came dangerously close in February. New recordings show how close it was.
There have been multiple near misses in the United States this year. One of these occurred in Boston on February 27 just before 7:00 p.m. local time. Air traffic control had instructed the crew of a private Learjet to take runway 9 and wait.
At the same time, a Jetblue Embraer E190 was approaching runway 4R, which intersects runway 9. The Learjet crew repeated the instructions clearly, but began the takeoff roll anyway. If the Jetblue crew had not initiated a climb, the collision would have occurred. At the time, the Embraer E190 was only around nine meters above the ground.
Learjet very close in front of the cockpit window
Photos that the investigating authority National Transportation Safety Board NTSB has now published in its final report on the accident show how close it was. It is a screenshot taken from a video. It was recorded by a third person in the cockpit. The Learjet is visible very close in front of the disk.
The final report confirms previous reports that the crew of the Learjet, which was traveling for the charter company Hop-A-Jet, began taxiing contrary to the tower’s announcements. The pilot in charge said he didn’t know how it could have happened either. “The only thing I can think of is that the cold temperatures in Boston bothered me, I wasn’t feeling very well and I had a stuffy nose.”
FAA called experts
So far this year there have been nine such incidents involving airlines that have been classified as serious by the FAA or have prompted NTSB investigations. According to the Bloomberg news agency, this is about twice the annual average since 2018.
The FAA called a symposium in February to determine the causes of the increase and called for additional training for its air traffic controllers. results are pending.
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