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A FedEx cargo airplane making an attempt to land at an Austin, Texas, airport needed to change course Saturday to keep away from a possible collision with a Southwest Airways jet that was taking off from the identical runway, officers stated.
The Nationwide Transportation Security Board stated it’s investigating “a potential runway incursion and overflight” involving the 2 plane at Austin-Bergstrom Worldwide Airport.
The near-collision occurred after air site visitors controllers cleared the FedEx Boeing 767 to land on Austin’s Runway 18 Left, in response to the Federal Aviation Administration.
“Shortly earlier than the FedEx plane was because of land, the controller cleared Southwest Flight 708 to depart from the identical runway,” stated the FAA.
The FedEx flight “discontinued the touchdown and initiated a climb out” and “the Southwest flight departed safely,” the FAA added.
CNN has reached out to Southwest and FedEx for remark.
One other near-collision was reported final month at New York’s John F. Kennedy Worldwide Airport, the place an American Airways jet improperly crossed an lively runway and prompted a Delta Air Strains airplane to cease its takeoff from the identical runway.
The Delta airplane stopped inside 1,000 toes of the American jet, narrowly avoiding a catastrophic collision.
