Page 5 - Runway Incursion News Today

Tell you. i couldnt understand everything that was being said in english. we will have to listen to all of the radio channels to see precisely what was said or not said or where the misunderstanding may have been. clearly, as jeff mentioned, this appears to be a runway incursion, and this is exactly what the ntsb and faa have been warning about. we have had, as you mentioned, so many close calls already at american airports and in american skies, and they have been desperately afraid that would ...

Federal transportation officials say while these near misses are still rare overall, they are also happening more often.

Senators and hearing witnesses sounded the alarm Thursday about an increase in serious close calls on our nation's airport runways.

If you feel like you’ve heard about more close calls on airport runaways lately, you’re right. Federal transportation officials say while these near misses are still rare overall, they are also happening more often.

Since 2001, there have been hundreds of incidents where a plane, person or vehicle was not in its designated area at Houston airports.

A United Airlines flight arriving in Boston had to pull up because another plane was still on the runway

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The White House on Friday announced $26 million in new funding to improve U.S. aviation safety after a series of potentially catastrophic near-miss incidents and is pressing Congress for more funding. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will spend $10 million to improve controller situational awareness and reduce runway close calls by deploying surface surveillance systems to additional airports, the White House announced. The National Transportation Safety Boa...

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The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced Wednesday that it is investing hundreds of millions of dollars to reduce near collisions at airports. “The FAA is serious about ending runway incursions and we are putting substantial resources behind our efforts,” Associate Administrator for Airports Shannetta Griffin said in a statement. “In some cases the best way to address…

It happened at Boston's Logan International Airport in February. The agency is blaming an error made by the charter jet's pilot.