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From the New York Post: Harrowing footage captured the moment a Delta flight nearly crashed into the Gonzaga University basketball team plane on the runway at Los Angeles International Airport.
“Stop, stop, stop!” an air-traffic controller can be heard yelling at the plane carrying the men’s team as it prepares to cross a runway at LAX around 4:30 p.m. Friday, according to footage of the incident posted online.
The rolling jet — Key Lime Air Flight 563 — comes to a sudden stop, just as Delta Flight 471 comes barreling up the runway at full speed and lifts off.
An FAA spokesperson claimed in a statement to NBC 4 Los Angeles that it wasn’t as bad as it looked.
“Air traffic controllers directed Key Lime Air Flight 563 to hold short of crossing a runway at Los Angeles International Airport because a second aircraft was taking off from the runway at the time. When the Embraer E135 jet proceeded to cross the hold bars, air traffic controllers told the pilots to stop. The jet never crossed the runway edge line,” the FAA said.
The FAA is investigating the incident.
WATCH BELOW, then tell us if YOU think this was just a bit too close for comfort!
🚨 “STOP STOP STOP!” LAX ATC urgently called out to a Key Lime Air jet as a Delta jet took off from runway 24L. Was this a runway incursion? All of it captured live during Friday’s Airline Videos Live broadcast. pic.twitter.com/5vwQfVzggQ
— AIRLINE VIDEOS (@airlinevideos) December 28, 2024
One X user responded to the video with another chilling account.
“Just boarded a @Delta plane from Detroit and we’re told to deplane because the inspection crew found a slash on the tire. Luckily was found before takeoff. BUT this plane just landed fully boarded from another destination. Was the slash missed before that takeoff!!” the person wrote.
Just boarded a @Delta plane from Detroit and we’re told to deplane because the inspection crew found a slash on the tire. Luckily was found before takeoff. BUT this plane just landed fully boarded from another destination. Was the slash missed before that takeoff!!
— Senhad Civic (@SenhadC) December 29, 2024
‘Stop, stop, stop’: Air traffic control intervenes as planes near each other on LAX runway https://t.co/okBf2lCIFn
— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) December 29, 2024
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