The National Transportation Safety Board is conducting an investigation into the potential runway incursion and overflight that took place between two aircraft at the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport. According to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), air traffic controllers cleared the FedEx Boeing 767 to land on Runway 18 Left in Austin, however, shortly before its landing, the controller also cleared Southwest Flight 708 to depart from the same runway.
The FedEx flight abandoned its landing and initiated a climb, avoiding a collision with the Southwest flight, which departed safely. The Federal Aviation Administration is also looking into the incident and has reported that the events leading up to the near-collision were due to an oversight by the air traffic controllers.
This is not the first near-collision that has taken place recently. Last month, at JFK International Airport in New York, an American Airlines plane crossed an active runway incorrectly, causing a Delta Air Lines plane to halt its take off from the same runway. The Delta plane was able to stop within 1,000 feet of the American jet, narrowly avoiding a major collision.
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