To: Westlander
re: "It was pretty close."
B.S.
From article: "The pilot of the smaller plane saw the incoming Southwest jet and stopped short of the runway. The jet roared past about 275 feet away and 50 feet above the smaller plane.
The FAA spokesman said the Southwest jet landed without incident and never got closer than about 5,600 feet to the Air Canada jet."
Some incorrect ATC procedures, confusion between local (air) and ground controller, but no big problem.
BFD.
32 posted on
02/22/2006 12:47:58 PM PST by
MindBender26
(Having my own CAR-15 in RVN meant never having to say I was sorry....)
To: MindBender26
275 feet away and 50 feet above? Sounds like he was at the hold short point.
Maybe this is why Mom says "look both ways before crossing the runway."
}:-)4
35 posted on
02/22/2006 12:49:19 PM PST by
Moose4
("I will shoulder my musket and brandish my sword/In defense of this land and the word of the Lord")
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