There’s been a recent spate of close calls, or incursions, at airpots around the country
was the result of pilot error. While no one was hurt, the incident does raise questions about safety at the nation’s airports.
The close call could be seen from the cockpit of a JetBlue plane in February, a screen capture from video left in the NTSB report for public review, when a Lear jet crossed the runway as the bigger one was preparing to land at Logan. ”All pilots from time to time make mistakes," explained John Hansman, a professor of aeronautics at MIT.
Disaster was averted in because the JetBlue pilot was alerted, pulled up and landed safely. The NTSB’s final report blames the crew of the smaller plane, saying the Learjet took off without clearance.Sign up for NECN newsletters.There’s been a recent spate of close calls, or incursions, around the country. Some aren’t as serious as others, like
Looking at airports comparable to Logan over the last year and a half, NBC10 Boston found Boston had more than twice as many incursions as Atlanta, the country’s busiest airport.
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