Southwest Airlines Flight Avoids Collision with Abrupt Climb on Runway
My San Antonio reports that very alert Pilots on a Southwest Airlines flight attempting to land at Chicago's Midway Airport were forced to climb back into the sky to avoid another aircraft crossing the runway on Tuesday morning. These Pilots are to be applauded for their quick thinking and saving many lives. The second plane, described as a business jet, entered the runway without authorization, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. Read the full story.
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An airline spokesperson made the following statement.
“The crew followed safety procedures and the flight landed without incident."
Plane crash in Victoria
In December, there was a plane crash that happened in our hometown of Victoria, Texas. Miraculously, no one was killed.
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Major airplane crashes this year
The past few weeks have seen four major aviation disasters in North America. Feb. 6 crash of a commuter plane in Alaska that killed all 10 people on board and the Jan. 26 midair collision between an Army helicopter and an American Airlines flight at Washington’s Ronald Reagan National Airport.
A medical transport jet with a child patient, her mother and four others aboard crashed Jan. 31 into a Philadelphia neighborhood. Twenty-one people were injured Feb. 17 when a Delta flight flipped and landed on its roof at Toronto’s Pearson Airport.
Will this deter you from taking a flight in the near future?
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