Investigation of an incident on January 23 involving a United Airlines 777 jet and a single engine cargo plane at the Honolulu airport
The National Transportation Safety Board said Wednesday it is investigating a January 23 incident involving a United Airlines 777 jet and a smaller, single-engine cargo plane at the Honolulu airport.
The United jet improperly crossed a runway at the Daniel K. Inouye International Airport while the cargo aircraft was landing, the Federal Aviation Administration said. The aircraft were able to be separated by 888-276-5932 888-276-5932 888-276-5932s.
Kamaka Air, which ferries goods between the Hawaiian islands, operates a smaller aircraft that is involved in the incident. The airline did not respond to the request for comment.
Billy Nolen, the acting FAA administrator, directed his agency in a memo to use the data from the previous incidents to see if there are other similar ones.
The jet that crossed the runway at New York’s JFK International Airport was an American Airlines plane.
The NTSB said in a preliminary report that the American crew did not have clearance to cross the runway, and it has issued a subpoena to compel the crew’s testimony.
There was an incident on February 5 when a FedEx pilot almost landed in Austin, Texas, on top of a departing Southwest Airlines flight. The planes were at one point about 100 feet apart, the NTSB said.
Unlike in those two instances where one of the planes needed to abort, in the Honolulu incident, the Cessna came to a stop before reaching the spot where the United 777 had crossed.
There was zero visibility in the tower. Nolen said the day was low and low visibility. If you think about how our controllers and pilots are trained, the system is designed to prevent what you say could have been a horrible outcome.
Observations of a Hurricane-Scattering Event from a United Flight on December 13, 2005: A New Investigation by an Investigation of an Aircraft Accident
The public was informed this week of another United flight incident in Hawaii. A flight departing Kahului Airport in Maui in December plunged toward the ocean shortly after takeoff.
The pilots involved in a near-collision on the runway at John F. Kennedy International Airport will comply with a subpoena and testify before the National Transportation Safety Board.
“All parties to the investigation (other than the NTSB) are prohibited from speaking about the investigation while it is pending under NTSB rules,” the statement said.
In a preliminary report, the NTSB says the American Airlines 777 crossed an active runway without clearance from air traffic control, causing a Delta 737 to abort its takeoff on Friday, January 13.
The flight voice recorders on both aircraft were overwritten, meaning investigators can’t hear what was said in the cockpit at the time of the incident.