From the Los Angeles Times:
Federal and local officials will unveil a new warning system today that is designed to stop runway incursions that for years have endangered planes taxiing to and from terminals at Los Angeles International Airport. [..]
[Los Angeles World Airports Executive Director Gina Marie] Lindsey said the Board of Airport Commissioners decided to [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘runway incursions’
June 11, 2009
LAX gets runway status lights; system partially complete
June 2, 2009
Runway incursion at CLT; ASDE-X alerts controllers
The NTSB has released an incident report about a runway incursion between a CRJ-200 and a Pilatus PC-12 that happened at Charlotte-Douglas airport last week:
At about 10:17 a.m. on May 29, a PSA Airlines CRJ-200 regional jet operated as US Airways Express flight 2390, was cleared for takeoff on runway 18L. After the regional jet [...]
November 2, 2008
FAA convenes Runway Safety Council
The FAA, pursuing its stated goal of prioritizing runway safety, has convened a new expert group to develop a broad set of recommendations on the issue. (FAA press release). In the announcement, the agency is making it clear that it is empahsizing cultural change:
The goal of the council is to fundamentally change the existing safety [...]
October 19, 2008
Taxiing SkyWest jet collides with truck at O’Hare; 3 injured
Three people were injured at Chicago’s O’Hare airport early Saturday when a city maintenance truck collided with a United Express CL-600 regional jet, operated by SkyWest Airlines. The plane was being piloted by two maintenance workers on a closed runway when the accident occurred; no passengers were on board. The truck driver was listed in critical [...]
October 17, 2008
FAA adds 3 new carriers to cockpit safety trial
The FAA has announced it will partner with three additional airlines for its upcoming cockpit safety initative, which focuses on Electronic Flight Bag (EFB) and Aural Alerting technology. (FAA fact sheet). The newly added carriers are Atlas Air, CommutAir and Shuttle America, and the three will receive a combined total of $1.7 million in return [...]
September 1, 2008
[Update] ADS-B Air-to-Air capabilities
Updating my previous post, I had a chance to look at the FAA’s final Statement of Objectives (link to word doc here) related to the ADS-B Performance Requirments contract that will be awarded in the next six weeks. I have to be honest: Between the acronym soup and the agency-speak, it’s pretty hard to wade your way [...]
August 30, 2008
Near miss: Fresno
Runway incursion in Fresno, Skywest jet vs. Piper Malibu, came within 15 feet.
