Controllers wave off landing Delta airliner
Air traffic controllers ordered a Delta pilot landing at Los Angeles International Airport to pull up and circle after another aircraft entered his runway, officials said Thursday.
The Boeing 737-800 was about a mile east of LAX and lined up for a runway on the airport’s south side on Tuesday when an Aeromexico MD-80 turned onto the runway. Controllers had instructed the Aeromexico pilot to taxi alongside the runway and had not given him takeoff clearance.
The Federal Aviation Administration is reviewing the incident to determine its severity.
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