A FedEx cargo plane trying to land and a Southwest Airlines jet trying to take off nearly collided on an airport runway last year because of an air traffic controller’s reliance on faulty assumptions amid heavy fog,

The National Transportation Safety Board found incorrect assumptions on the part of an air traffic controller led to the February 2023 near-collision between a FedEx plane and a Southwest Airlines jet in Austin,

Un error de un controlador de tráfico aéreo, que asumió que un avión de Southwest Airlines despegaría de un aeropuerto en Texas antes que un avión de FedEx aterrizara, provocó que las aeronaves estuvieran a menos de 200 pies de colisionar bajo una densa niebla el año pasado,

Better training and airport technology are critical to ensuring passenger safety, the National Transportation Safety Board says.

Federal investigators say an air traffic’s controller’s faulty assumption nearly caused a runway collision at a Texas airport last year. A Southwest Airlines jetliner preparing to take off and a

The NTSB's investigation into a close call at the Austin airport concluded that an air traffic controller was the reason two planes almost collided.