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  • Southwest Flight From Los Angeles to Vegas Nosedives to Avoid Collision; Two Flight Attendants Injured

    07/25/2025 6:11:44 PM PDT · by george76 · 44 replies
    Gateway Pundit, ^ | Jul. 25, 2025 | Cristina Laila
    A Southwest flight that departed Burbank, California, en route to Las Vegas, Nevada, nosedived to avoid a mid-air collision on Friday. Two flight attendants were injured after the plane quickly descended to avoid colliding with a Hawker Hunter. “The other plane, a Hawker Hunter with the N number N335AX, was at an altitude of approximately 14,653 feet when the Southwest flight began to descend,” ABC News reported. Passengers reportedly flew out of their seats. ABC News posted the flight tracker showing the near miss: ... A Southwest flight rapidly descended 475 feet to avoid a Hawker Hunter aircraft on Friday,...
  • Delta flight frantically halts takeoff as another plane almost lands on top of it in heart-pounding scene [Mexico City]

    07/23/2025 6:54:37 AM PDT · by BenLurkin · 31 replies
    ny post ^ | 07/23/2025 | Emily Crane
    A US-bound Delta flight with at least 150 people onboard was forced to hit the brakes during takeoff in Mexico this week when another jet nearly landed on top of it. Delta Flight 590 had just started rolling down the runway at Aeropuerto Internacional Benito Juárez in Mexico City on Monday when the regional AeroMéxico plane suddenly flew overhead and landed in front of it, Flightradar 24 data showed. The regional jet came within less than 200 feet of the Atlanta-bound Delta flight, CNN reported.
  • Delta regional pilot makes 'aggressive maneuver' to avoid B-52 collision

    07/20/2025 2:56:00 PM PDT · by crusty old prospector · 55 replies
    ABC News ^ | July 20, 2025 | Sam Sweeney
    A Delta regional jet on approach to Minot, North Dakota, made an "aggressive maneuver" to avoid a mid-air collision with a B-52 bomber, according to the Delta pilot. The incident took place on July 18, according to the airline. The flight, operated by SkyWest, had departed from Minneapolis. Once on the ground, the pilot apologized to passengers for the abrupt move and explained the situation. "Given his speed ... I don't know how fast they were going, but they were a lot faster than us, I felt it was the safest thing to do to turn behind it," the pilot...
  • US military investigating report of possible drone flying close to Air Force One

    08/19/2020 6:49:21 PM PDT · by Seizethecarp · 18 replies
    CNN ^ | August 18, 2020 | Betsy Klein and Barbara Starr
    The Air Force's 89th Airlift Wing is reviewing a report after people traveling aboard Air Force One on Sunday saw an object that appeared to be a drone as the plane was landing at Joint Base Andrews outside Washington. "We were making the approach, but not yet in the final landing run. I saw a thing with a kind of X shape and part of it was yellow. That's all I can say," a witness told CNN. "This was a brief moment, obviously, but not flashing by," the witness said. "I had long enough to do a double take, then...
  • Army pausing helicopter flights near Washington airport after close calls

    05/05/2025 5:50:42 PM PDT · by E. Pluribus Unum · 16 replies
    AP News ^ | Updated 3:29 PM CDT, May 5, 2025 | Tara Copp
    WASHINGTON (AP) — The Army is pausing helicopter flights near a Washington airport after two commercial planes had to abort landings last week because of an Army Black Hawk helicopter that was flying to the Pentagon.The commander of the 12th Aviation Battalion directed the unit to pause helicopter flight operations around Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport following Thursday’s close calls, two Army officials confirmed to The Associated Press on Monday. One official said the flights have been paused since Friday.The pause comes after 67 people died in January when a passenger jet collided in midair with a Black Hawk helicopter...
  • 2 Planes Abort Landings as Army Helicopter Flies Near D.C. Airport

    05/04/2025 10:12:26 AM PDT · by ransomnote · 9 replies
    nytimes.com ^ | Mark Walker
    Federal transportation safety officials were investigating on Friday after two commercial flights aborted landings because an Army helicopter had entered the airspace around Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, where helicopter traffic has been restricted since a fatal collision in January.Air traffic controllers instructed Delta Air Lines Flight 1671 and Republic Airways Flight 5825 to abort their landings around 2:30 p.m. Thursday because of the helicopter’s presence, according to the Federal Aviation Administration, which has begun an investigation along with the National Transportation Safety Board.The helicopter was a Black Hawk headed to the nearby Pentagon, the safety board said.Both planes later...
  • ARMY CHOPPER GOES OFF-SCRIPT—NEARLY COLLIDES WITH TWO PLANES AT REAGAN AIRPORT

    05/04/2025 10:18:31 AM PDT · by Enlightened1 · 36 replies
    X ^ | 05/04/25 | Mario Nawfal
    An Army Black Hawk helicopter decided to take the “scenic route” near the Pentagon—and came way too close to two passenger planes trying to land in D.C. Both jets were forced to pull up at the last second—one was just 450 feet from the ground. This is the same Army brigade involved in a January crash that killed 67 people, the worst U.S. aviation disaster in over 20 years. Officials are fuming, again. And Reagan Airport? Still dealing with controller shortages, near-misses, and—oh yeah—a literal fistfight in the control tower last year. Flying into D.C. is starting to feel like...
  • Reagan National Has Close Call Four Months After Major Air Tragedy

    05/03/2025 8:32:13 AM PDT · by george76 · 30 replies
    Daily Caller News Foundation. ^ | May 2, 2025 | Mariane Angela
    A U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter flying through restricted Washington, D.C. airspace on Thursday triggered urgent evasive maneuvers by two commercial jets inbound to Reagan National Airport. An American Airlines jet collided with a military Black Hawk helicopter near Reagan National Airport on Jan. 29, killing all 67 people aboard both aircraft. Just four months after the deadly incident, it was reported that an Army chopper deviated from its approved flight path, veering around the Pentagon instead of heading directly to the helipad, according to a Friday email from Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Assistant Administrator Chris Senn ... The unexpected...
  • DCA Crash Victims' Families Slam FAA As Report Identifies 15,000 Near Misses At Airport

    03/28/2025 3:08:06 AM PDT · by george76 · 26 replies
    Daily Caller News Foundation. ^ | Mar 27, 2025 | Robert McGreevy
    Family members of January's Potomac River plane and helicopter crash victims voiced frustrations after Thursday's Senate aviation subcommittee hearing. ... Family members of the victims of the January plane and helicopter crash at Reagan National Airport (DCA) voiced frustrations with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) after a preliminary report found that the airport had 1,500 near misses in the past three years. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB)’s preliminary report was presented at Thursday’s Senate Subcommittee on Aviation, Space, and Innovation hearing. Victims’ families and their lawyers argued that the NTSB’s findings suggested the deadly crash was preventable. “I was...
  • Israel nearly succeeded in eliminating Yahya Sinwar

    05/08/2024 6:22:46 AM PDT · by Eleutheria5 · 31 replies
    Arutz Sheva ^ | 4/5/24
    National Security Council chief Tzachi Hanegbi spoke about a military operation in Rafah, stressing that, "the decision has been made - the question is not if, but when." Speaking to Israel's "Meet the Press" program, Hanegbi said, "Sinwar is living on borrowed time." "He escaped from one burrow to the next, we were very close to him. There are those who would say that we were incredibly close, at one point. Maybe even less than a few days." Comparing Sinwar to Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, who was eliminated by US forces in 2011, Hanegbi promised that Sinwar "won't...
  • Baltimore Bridge Wreck Removal: Trapped Ships Depart

    04/26/2024 3:49:03 PM PDT · by george76 · 4 replies
    gCaptain ^ | April 25, 2024 | Mike Schuler
    ‘Ambitious’ Limited Access Channel Opens Less than a month after the Dali rammed a pillar of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge causing it to collapse, a portion of the federal channel has been opened to deep draft ships. The opening of the 35-foot-deep Limited Access Channel allowed the departure of some of the ships trapped in Baltimore Harbor. The first ship through was the general cargo ship Balsa 94, bound for Canada, followed by the cargo ship Saimaagracht and car carrier Carmen. More transits are expected. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said the LAC is open to scheduled passages...
  • Planes Almost Collide at 2 Major Airports as Boeing Probe Advances

    04/26/2024 3:38:59 PM PDT · by george76 · 19 replies
    Epoch Times ^ | 4/26/2024 | Jacob Burg
    Some aviation experts argue the FAA’s focus on ‘diversity’ instead of ’merit' in hiring pilots and controllers is leading to serious safety concerns... As the U.S. Justice Department decides whether to pursue a criminal case against Boeing, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is investigating dozens of airplane incidents since January, including one in which a Swiss Air jet almost collided with four other planes on the runway at JFK International Airport in New York City. The FAA has more than 100 aviation accidents and incidents since the beginning of 2024. These include airplane and helicopter crashes, equipment and mechanical malfunctions,...
  • FAA investigating near collision of two jets at Reagan National Airport

    04/19/2024 4:46:20 AM PDT · by janetjanet998 · 14 replies
    The Federal Aviation Administration confirmed to WTOP it is investigating a near collision that occurred Thursday morning at Reagan National Airport in Arlington, Virginia. Two passenger jets came within 400 feet of each other before controllers took last-minute evasive action and immediately stopped the two planes. It’s not clear why the jets were authorized to be on the same runway at the same time.
  • United Boeing 737 Max veers OFF the runway into the grass 'after gear collapse' at Houston airport: FAA launches new probe after litany of safety issues

    03/08/2024 10:33:39 AM PST · by Cecily · 52 replies
    Daily Mail ^ | March 8, 2024 | Will Potter and Keith Griffith
    A Boeing 737 Max 8 operated by United Airlines veered off the runway after landing in Houston early Friday in the latest near-miss involving the embattled airliner. The aircraft, which arrived from Memphis, is said to have suffered some form of gear collapse as it exited the runway at George Bush Airport, although the 160 passengers and six crew were not injured. Shocking footage showed the plane lying flat on its wings on grass by the side of the runway, while passengers were hurried off from an emergency gate ladder.
  • Airports had 19 near-misses that could’ve been catastrophic this year — most since 2016, startling report finds

    12/23/2023 7:24:44 PM PST · by nickcarraway · 27 replies
    New York Post ^ | Dec. 23, 2023 | Katherine Donlevy
    There have been at least 19 separate instances in which airplanes nearly smashed into one another in the first 10 months of the year, according to a shocking report. The staggering number of near-misses between January and October marks a dramatic increase in narrowly averted airline crashes — the most since 2016, according to Federal Aviation Administration data viewed by the Wall Street Journal. The total number for the year is not yet known, but is expected to continue to climb.
  • JetBlue plane's tail struck runway of Colorado airport as captain took off quickly to avoid HEAD-ON collision with incoming jet in latest horror near-miss over American skies

    12/14/2023 10:23:23 AM PST · by george76 · 121 replies
    DAILY MAIL ^ | 14 December 2023 | RACHEL BOWMAN
    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 ... 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. ......
  • JetBlue flight landing at Logan International Airport in Boston in terrifying near miss with private jet which took off without clearance

    08/04/2023 11:20:33 AM PDT · by DFG · 48 replies
    UK Daily Mail ^ | 08/04/2023 | Lewis Pennock
    A JetBlue flight landing at Logan International Airport in Boston nearly smashed into a private jet which took off without permission, the National Transportation Safety Board has revealed. The incident, on February 27, was captured in a chilling photograph from the JetBlue flight's cockpit which shows the LearJet aircraft obstructing the runway as it came into land. Only the quick-thinking of the JetBlue Flight 206 pilot prevented a collision, investigators said. The pilot performed a 'climb-out maneuver' to narrowly avoid the other aircraft. The LearJet's 63-year-old captain - flying for Hop-A-Jet, a Florida-based private charter company - had been told...
  • Close Call at JFK International

    01/16/2023 2:21:57 PM PST · by Rummyfan · 39 replies
    Flying Magazine ^ | 16 Jan 2023 | MegGodlewski
    The Boeing 737 and 777 came within 1,000 feet of a collision on the groundThe FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board are investigating an incident at John F. Kennedy International Airport that happened Friday night when a Boeing 777 taxied in front of a departing Boeing 737-900.The 737 was operated by Delta Air Lines, the 777 by American Airlines.According to the FAA, air traffic controllers “noticed another aircraft crossing the runway in front of the departing jetliner” and canceled the aircraft’s takeoff clearance.The statement continues, “Delta Air Lines Flight 1943 stopped its takeoff roll approximately 1,000 feet before reaching...
  • FAA investigates after two planes nearly collide on JFK runway

    01/16/2023 1:34:45 PM PST · by BenLurkin · 37 replies
    bbc ^ | 01/16/2023
    Friday at John F Kennedy International Airport, between a Boeing 777 headed to the UK and a Boeing 737 headed to the Dominican Republic. One plane was about to take off while the other was crossing the same runway. The collision was averted when an air controller noticed the two. Using an expletive, the air traffic controller attempted to stop the Delta aeroplane as it was preparing to take wing. "Delta 1943, cancel take-off clearance! Delta 1943, cancel take-off clearance!" the controller was captured saying in an audio recording made by LiveATC, a website that posts flight communications. The Delta...
  • A sign of doom? Six asteroids make ‘close approach’ to Earth on Biden’s inauguration day

    01/20/2021 12:58:54 PM PST · by Roman_War_Criminal · 24 replies
    ss ^ | 1/20/21 | SS
    Joe Biden’s reign as US president is due to get off to a rocky start – a barrage of asteroids are set to make “close approaches” to our planet as the Democrat takes the oath of office on Wednesday. NASA has identified six asteroids that will blaze past Earth on inauguration day. The space agency labelled the plethora of space rocks as Near Earth Objects (NEOs), meaning they warrant close scrutiny. “NEOs are comets and asteroids that have been nudged by the gravitational attraction of nearby planets into orbits that allow them to enter the Earth’s neighbourhood,” NASA’s Jet Propulsion...