Gonzaga near miss plane crash

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Harrowing footage shows Gonzaga team plane, Delta jet near-miss on LAX runway

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-…

nypost.com

Thankfully, nobody was hurt.

Tragedy averted.

 

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[Scottzer]

Here’s a clip from YouTube of the incident. (Easier for a phone).

 

[uh-no]

There's the full situation.

 

[uh-no]

just listened. the gonzaga pilot screwed the pooch on this one. It looks like the plane was clear regardless, but good on the controller for maintaining situational awareness to still call out the gonzaga plane before they got too far past the hold-short bars.

 

[Edward Sargent]

Not sure it was all that close. The photo angle looks terrible but the video shows the small plane crossing stopping

 

[mauconnfan]

Okay everyone is ok I can say it:

I had the Zags and the under

 

[Chin Diesel]

Was it George Carlin who explained why it should be called a near hit instead of a near miss?

 

[Chin Diesel]

Was it George Carlin who explained why it should be called a near hit instead of a near miss?

 

[ctbro1999]

Not sure it was all that close. The photo angle looks terrible but the video shows the small plane crossing stopping

Probably wasn't "near miss" to people like us that don't work in the field, but I'm thinking to air traffic controllers it was a huge OMGWTF moment.

 

[uh-no]

Probably wasn't "near miss" to people like us that don't work in the field, but I'm thinking to air traffic controllers it was a huge OMGWTF moment.

the pilot gonna have some splainin' to do to the FAA

 

[sledog]

didn't look that close to me.

 

[Scrutineer]

The controller clearly told Key Lime to hold short of runway 24 left and he made sure to emphasize the "short". The pilot acknowledged it and it may be hard to explain that away to the FAA.

There are specific paint stripes on taxiways that cross runways. Pilots taxiing up to runways see the stripe pattern, and must stop and get permission from the tower to cross.

It's hard to imagine someone knowing they're about to cross an active runway and being so unaware of where they are while an Airbus 321 is bearing down on them.

She may have seen the departing Delta plane rotate and figured there was plenty of space and started rolling, but should have waited until departing jet was past the taxiway and is required to wait for the tower to give clearance to cross the runway.

 

[uh-no]

The controller clearly told Key Lime to hold short of runway 24 left and he made sure to emphasize the "short". The pilot acknowledged it and it may be hard to explain that away to the FAA.

There are specific paint stripes on taxiways that cross runways. Pilots taxiing up to runways see the stripe pattern, and must stop and get permission from the tower to cross.

It's hard to imagine someone knowing they're about to cross an active runway and being so unaware of where they are while an Airbus 321 is bearing down on them.

She may have seen the departing Delta plane rotate and figured there was plenty of space and started rolling, but should have waited until departing jet was past the taxiway and is required to wait for the tower to give clearance to cross the runway.

unfortunately, this kind of thing happens all the time. FAA Data Reveals 1,100 Runway Near Misses in 2024

Tower or pilot goes on autopilot and mistakes happen. In this caes, the pilot heard the instruction, and like an automata readback. Then either was paying attention to something else, or otherwise didn't really process the instruction, and blew threw the hold short.

It's only getting attention because it's a "famous" passager.