NASHVILLE, Tennessee - An Alaska Airlines airplane aborted takeoff on a runway at Tennessee’s Nashville International Airport on Sept 12 to avoid a potential collision with a Southwest Airlines jet, the airline said. Alaska Airlines 369, a Boeing 737 Max 9 airplane with 176 passengers and six crew on board, aborted takeoff around 9.15am ET (9.
The tyres of the Alaska Airlines plane were blown when the pilot braked to avoid colliding with a Southwest Airlines jet.NASHVILLE, Tennessee - An Alaska Airlines airplane aborted takeoff on a runway at Tennessee’s Nashville International Airport on Sept 12 to avoid a potential collision with a Southwest Airlines jet, the airline said.
The Federal Aviation Administration said Southwest Airlines Flight 2029 - a Boeing 737-700 - had been cleared to cross the end of the same runway and the agency is investigating the incident. BREAKING: FAA is reportedly looking into a potential near collision that occurred between an Alaska Airlines flight and a Southwest Airlines flight in Nashville.In 2023, a series of near-miss incidents raised concerns about US aviation safety and the strain on understaffed air traffic control operations.
In June, the National Transportation Safety Board found that incorrect assumptions on the part of an air traffic controller led to a February 2023 near-collision between a FedEx plane and a Southwest aircraft in Austin, Texas.
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