Posted on 12/14/2023 10:23:23 AM PST by george76
A JetBlue Airbus A320 struck its tail on the runaway as it accelerated to avoid a collision with a Beechcraft King Air 350..
The JetBlue plane was taking off from the same runway at Yampa Valley Regional Airport that the King Air plane was about to land on..
Aircraft near-misses are on the rise in the US, amid a severe air traffic controller staffing shortage
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Investigators said a JetBlue plane's tail struck the runway at a Colorado airport when a captain took-off quickly to avoid a head-on crash, as airport near-misses surge due to air traffic controller shortages.
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The NTSB said the JetBlue captain accelerated pointed the nose of his jet up quicker than normal 'due to his surprise about encountering head on landing traffic.'
The King Air crew was startled when the JetBlue plane announced that it was beginning to taxi on to the runway and said 'I hope you don't hit us' to the JetBlue pilots.
The JetBlue captain and co-pilot.. said they never saw the other plane.
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This near-miss is the latest in a slew of growing almost collisions at airports across the country.
In July, there were 46 'close calls' between commercial airlines, according to reports shared by the Federal Aviation Authority.
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Aircraft near-misses are on the rise in the US, amid a severe air traffic controller staffing shortage that controllers say is pushing them to the brink physically and mentally.
In the fiscal year through September 30, 'significant' air traffic control lapses jumped 65 percent from the prior year, to 503 incidents
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
Built to take the impact without catastrophic failure but not without damage, as in this case. Also, an excursion above maximum AOA limit at that altitude (a few feet) could lead to a nastier encounter with the ground.
Diversity is our Strength...
This is entirely pilot error.
WTH? If the King Air crew heard the JetBlue aircraft announce it was taxiing onto the runway, then why didn't they abort the landing and go around?
And why would the King Air crew inanely transmit "I hope you don't hit us" instead of aborting the landing and going around?
I'm not a pilot, but, to this amateur, all this stuff smells.
How you lovin’ that diversity thing now? Love it to death.
I got an idea.
Banish white men from consideration.
That should do it.
I don't know what to make of this reporter's intent.
The airport where this occurred was a small regional airport with no control tower that was near a ski resort. It was one of those airports where the pilots talk directly to each other on a common frequency.
ATC shortages had nothing to do with this incident and had no place being mentioned in the story, let alone in that sentence.
The NTSB said "nonstandard" radio communication by the crew of the King Air contributed to the Jan. 22, 2022, incident at Yampa Valley Regional Airport, about 25 miles (40 kilometers) west of the ski town of Steamboat Springs, Colorado.-PJThe NTSB´s final report comes as investigators look into several other recent close calls between planes.
It also highlights conflicts that can arise when big airline jets and private planes mix at smaller airports where there are no air traffic controllers. Airline pilots are often less familiar with those airports because flights may be only seasonal.
Ads-b doesn’t work that low.
Thank you, that sheds a lot of light on the issue. This is one of the few substantial response so far. It indicates there were no ATC controllers at the field.
take off and landings are into the wind... so how is a plane landing with the wind to be head on to the one taking off... somethin aint right here...
I go through phases of watching those airplane crash shows (thanks for the reminder!)
Amazing how the protocols and rules are changed AFTER an event. Some of them I can see what is going to happen based on the lack of communication and/or language barriers between the various players.
And why is there a controller shortage .... mandatory fake vaccines.
Condolences for the loss of a roommate and crew members in arms. My nearest near hit was in pulling out of a rocket run in an AH-1 Cobra attack helicopter (redundant to AH-1, I admit) and looking up through the chin bubble of the Command and Control ship, a UH-1H Huey, at the shocked face and open mouth of the Huey pilot. What the heck he did to get into our attack path, I never found out. I was copilot in the front seat. The backseat pilot was a true whiz kid who laid the Cobra on its side in an evasive maneuver that nearly was a completely inverted attitude (the Cobra could briefly fly inverted if the pilot kept the positive G-forces on the main rotors). A moment of utter terror, a few cuss words, the swallowing of my heart, and the mission went on. No harm, no foul, no reports, no recriminations. Vietnam was like that. The most astonishing part was the leveling of the pulse so quickly after. Apologies to all for a war story. I don’t usually do such a thing. I guess that business about the bomber and the FAC triggered the stark memory so vivid it could have happened this morning.
Not quite
"Mayday" video about JAL flight 123:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUzAmkp7iQw
"Mayday" videos are addictive.
People will die before this is fixed. I pray that it’s not too many or someone I know and love.
But, a near miss is about the closest thing you can get to a sudden death experience and not be "dead".
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