2 Jets Have Close Call on LAX Runway
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Planes got too close to each other at Los Angeles International Airport last week for the third time this year, officials said.
The incident occurred Thursday after a Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 landed. The plane crossed into a safety zone on a taxiway connecting the outer runway to the inner runway, where an American Airlines MD80 was cleared to take off.
Air traffic controllers canceled the American jet’s takeoff clearance before the pilot released the brakes. The two planes were 9,000 feet apart.
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