york s jfk airline. the crew of a delta airline boeing 747. we have more from brian todd. reporter: the urgency reflects the danger at that moment. he yells at a delta passenger plane to aboard takeoff as it s accelerating towards an american airlines. delta 943, cancel takeoff plans. reporter: this occurred friday evening at jfk is under velgs by both the faa and the national transportation safety board. the delta airlines 737 with more than 150 people on board successfully aborted its takeoff. no one was hurt but the aviation safety community is still taking a collective gasp. it was very frightening for
international airport. two commercial airliners, a airline triple seven on a collision course, on the runway. i m very glad to be. here passenger brian healey was on board the delta flight unaware of what was about to take place. this animation, generated by flight tracking data, shows the delta flight accelerating for takeoff. as the american flights began taxiing onto the runway head. an air traffic controller in the tower, urgently noticed the problem. that s 90 46 council takeoff. lance delta 1943 cancel takeoff plans. the delta crew slam down the brakes something typically only practiced in flight simulators like this one. the captain came on and explained that air traffic control had told him to abort the takeoff because there s another aircraft on the runway. i didn t really sinking how
began taxiing on to the runway ahead. an air traffic controller in the tower urgently noticed the problem. [ bleep ] delta 1943, cancel takeoff plans. delta 1943, cancel takeoff plans. the delta crew slammed on the brakes. something typically only practiced in flight simulators like this one. the captain came on and explained that air traffic control had told him to abort the takeoff because there was another aircraft on the runway. i didn t really sink in how serious a near miss this was. it is the latest example of a top concern for aviation regulators known as a runway incursion. federal figures show more than 1400 incidents reported at airports large and small last year. there were plenty of visual cues for this flight crew to know that they were in the wrong place at the wrong time. former ntsb managing director
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delta 1946, cancel takeoff plans. delta 1946, cancel takeoff plans. thankfully nobody was injured in that incident. the flight was delayed until the following day, but how did something like this even happen? let s get a better understanding. joining us now is a pilot, founder and instructor at sim tech aviation, julian alacon. thank you for being with us. so, how can this happen? at the end of the day, we make mistakes. and we eliminate mistakes by training. we are expected to perform at our highest level at every flight we do. in this case, the american airlines was at the wrong place at the wrong time, didn t follow the instructions of air traffic control. so air traffic would be telling the pilots then in the american airlines plane, stop, or don t go, right, there is