Airport News: First, 38 people died in a plane crash in Kazakhstan, then 179 passengers and crew died in the crash of Jeju Airlines flight 7C-2216 at Muan International Airport in South Korea. Meanwhile, the news coming out from America’s Los Angeles Airport has once again given everyone goosebumps. This news was related to the incident of two aircraft ready to take off coming face to face.
Actually, he would have been at Los Angeles Airport around 4:30 in the afternoon. After getting permission for takeoff from air traffic control, Delta Airlines flight DL-471, scheduled for Atlanta, had rolled on. The Delta Airlines aircraft had reached its full speed when the ATC noticed Lime Air’s chartered flight 563 coming from the front. This flight was also moving rapidly towards the runway.
Both planes were moving together towards the runway
ATC observed that the Lime Air aircraft was moving rapidly in the same direction from which the Delta Airlines aircraft was to take off. Seeing this, all the people present in the air traffic control were shocked. It seemed as if both the aircraft were going to collide within a few moments. Then a controller present in the ATC control shouted loudly… Stop… Stop… Stop…
A major accident was avoided by a few seconds
It was fortunate that the Lime Air pilot heard this instruction of ATC in time and applied the brakes of his aircraft. Within a span of a few seconds, the Delta Airlines plane flew into the air and after this everyone heaved a sigh of relief. Let us tell you here that this aircraft of Lime Air was booked by Gonzaga University and the entire basketball team of the university was present in it.
The university’s basketball team was present in the plane
Regarding this incident, the airport administration says that Lime Air’s Embraer E135 aircraft was moving towards the runway carrying the basketball team of Gonzaga University. Seeing the aircraft going beyond the limit of the hold bars, the air traffic controllers instructed the pilots to stop. At the same time, the Delta Airlines flight going to Atlanta took off for its destination without any delay.
first published : January 1, 2025, 4:52 PM IST
