An arriving plane and a departing one tried to use the same runway, spurring an investigation, FAA says | CNN
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The Federal Aviation Administration says it is investigating an incident in which a commercial flight aborted a landing as another plane apparently was taking off from the runway the first plane intended to use this week in upstate New York.

The Federal Aviation Administration says it is investigating an incident in which a commercial flight aborted a landing as another plane apparently was taking off from the runway the first plane intended to use this week in upstate New York.

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Preliminary data from FlightRadar24 shows that the PSA flight, which was coming from Washington, and Endeavor Air 5421, which was heading to New York, were as close as 625 feet from each other vertically as their courses began to converge.

    • TheRealKuni@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      4 months ago

      I’m using ATC as a blanket term. I’m not 100% sure if that’s accurate, but I would think ATC includes like, tower controllers and approach controllers and ground controllers and en route controllers and whatnot.