Airport Controller Yells 'Hold' at Plane,

Gerald · 12-08-10, 01:01 AM

Landing in Boston, Possible Runway Collision Averted.An alert air traffic controller at Logan Airport in Boston may have averted a Thanksgiving Eve plane collision on a runway-- saving hundreds of lives on one of the busiest travel nights of the year.

“The pilot made the wrong turn,” Matt McCluskey, the president of the Boston Air Traffic Controllers Union, said. “Luckily, we were on top of our game.”

JetBlue Flight 1264 from Austin, with 91 passengers, had just landed and hooked right instead of left, which put it on a collision course with another JetBlue plane gaining speed for takeoff.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/12/07...est=latestnews

Note:Published December 07, 2010

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Gerald SUBSIM Newsman Join Date: May 2008 Location: Close to sea Posts: 24,254 Downloads: 553 Uploads: 0	Airport Controller Yells 'Hold' at Plane, Landing in Boston, Possible Runway Collision Averted.An alert air traffic controller at Logan Airport in Boston may have averted a Thanksgiving Eve plane collision on a runway-- saving hundreds of lives on one of the busiest travel nights of the year. “The pilot made the wrong turn,” Matt McCluskey, the president of the Boston Air Traffic Controllers Union, said. “Luckily, we were on top of our game.” JetBlue Flight 1264 from Austin, with 91 passengers, had just landed and hooked right instead of left, which put it on a collision course with another JetBlue plane gaining speed for takeoff. http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/12/07...est=latestnews Note:Published December 07, 2010 __________________ Nothing in life is to be feard,it is only to be understood. Marie Curie