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Close call at Austin Airport when a FedEx 767 attempted to land while a Southwest 737 was taking off
The Federal Aviation Administration and the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board are investigating an aborted landing in Austin, Texas, on Saturday morning by a FedEx cargo plane that had been set to land on a runway on which a Southwest Airlines jet was also cleared to depart from, the agencies said. (airlive.net) 기타...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Does anyone know what the minimum FAA clearance separation is for departing/arriving traffic on the same runway? I have heard that it is 3 minutes on smaller planes departing from an intersection, but what about commercial traffic? It seems the FedEx pilot did the right thing, but I think he should have started the go-around as soon as he saw the SWA start to line up for takeoff. Once SWA lined up he was committed to the takeoff, and that was too close for comfort. I'm sure he gave ATC the number to call.
With visibility as low as it was, it’s not clear that the FedEx pilot actually “saw the SWA line up for takeoff.” The FedEx crew did nothing wrong and a lot of things right.
FedEx pilot saved the day. Tower and SWA should be called out on this. Who’s manning these Control Towers these days?
Hmm, equity in the ATC office?
In my experience if the distance is the tight Tower or the Pilot can initiate “IMMEDIATE TAKE-OFF” meaning that if the offer from Tower is accepted, OR the Pilot states “READY IMMEDIATE T/O”, upon clearance IMM the aircraft will taxi onto the active and NOT STOP and continue into the takeoff.
Given the tight distance of 3 mi the word IMMEDIATE should have been included in the R/T and SWA could have been airborne with a short but safe separation from FEDEX.
My $0.02 worth.
Given the tight distance of 3 mi the word IMMEDIATE should have been included in the R/T and SWA could have been airborne with a short but safe separation from FEDEX.
My $0.02 worth.
if Runway.occupied = true; then abort_landing(); fi
computers can't be trusted. Nope. That'll never work.