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Old 07-12-2007, 11:28 PM
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FAA: 2 planes nearly collide in Fort Lauderdale

FAA: 2 planes nearly collide in Fort Lauderdale

One plane misses turn on taxiway and enters wrong runway

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19730441/

2 Planes Nearly Collide at Florida Airport

Thursday , July 12, 2007


Two planes came within 100 feet of colliding at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport after one missed its turn onto a taxiway and entered the runway where the other was about to land, federal authorities said.

Air traffic controllers noticed a plane entering a runway Wednesday as Delta Flight 1489 approached the same runway for a landing, Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman Kathleen Bergen said.
The controllers alerted the Delta crew to pull up and circle the airport to avoid United Flight 1544, which had missed a turn onto another taxiway, Bergen said.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,289102,00.html
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