An Alaska Airways airplane aborted takeoff at Tennessee’s Nashville Worldwide Airport on Thursday (Sep 12) to keep away from a possible collision with a Southwest Airways jet, the airways and authorities stated.
Alaska Airways 369, a Boeing 737 MAX 9 airplane with 176 passengers and 6 crew on board, aborted its takeoff round 9.15am native time after it had obtained clearance from air visitors management, Alaska stated.
Nationwide Transportation Security Board Chair Jennifer Homendy informed reporters the board was investigating. “We’re clearly very involved about this (incident) and others we’re investigating,” Homendy stated.
The Federal Aviation Administration stated it was additionally investigating the incident, the place Southwest Airways Flight 2029 – a Boeing 737-700 – that was scheduled to depart for Jacksonville, Florida, had been cleared to cross the tip of the identical runway.
The Alaska pilots instantly utilized the brakes to forestall the incident from escalating, the provider added. The airplane had been scheduled to fly to Seattle, Washington, and passengers had been being moved to a brand new airplane.
The FAA and Alaska stated the 737 MAX 9’s tyres had been blown throughout braking. Monitoring web site Flightradar24 stated the Alaska airplane was travelling at 193kmh on the runway earlier than slowing.
Southwest stated it was in touch with the NTSB and FAA and would take part within the investigation. Alaska stated upkeep technicians in Nashville had been inspecting the plane.
The FAA stated in April it will set up new floor consciousness expertise at 4 airports together with Nashville by July.
Homendy stated it’s unclear if that expertise has been put in and whether it is presently working. “Was it on-line on that runway,” Homendy stated. “Did warnings go off?”
The FAA declined to touch upon whether or not the expertise was working.
