FAA Communication Breakdown
By
Associated Press
Published: Sat, January 12, 2008 - 10:13 am
Administration is investigating a near collision of two airplanes
on the runway at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport
yesterday morning.
FAA spokeswoman Kathleen Bergen says Investigators believe an
Atlantic Southeast Airlines flight bound for Greensboro, North
Carolina, ignored orders from the control tower to stop its taxi
across the runway, coming within seconds of running into a
Mexico-bound Delta Air Lines jet.
Bergen says the ASA pilot acknowledged the orders and repeated
them back to controllers in the tower but did not stop.
The ASA jet was carrying 44 passengers, and the Delta flight had
130 aboard. No one was injured.
Air traffic controllers estimated the planes came within 1,250
feet -- or about 2 to 3 seconds -- of colliding. Both continued on
their scheduled flights and arrived safely at their destinations.
ASA is a regional carrier for Delta.
(Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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