ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — The Federal Aviation Management will examine after a flight at Ronald Reagan Washington Nationwide Airport was once suggested to go a runway the place any other flight was once beginning its takeoff, the company mentioned.A JetBlue flight was once beginning its takeoff roll on runway 4 on the airport in Arlington, Virginia, simply out of doors Washington, D.C., round 7:41 a.m. Thursday, when an air visitors controller suggested a Southwest Airways flight to go the similar runway, the FAA mentioned in a commentary. The company will examine the development.
AP correspondent Haya Panjwani stories two airplanes just about overlooked every different at an airport close to Washington D.C.
Southwest Airways Flight 2937, which was once sure for Orlando, Florida, took off from the airport at 7:47 a.m., in keeping with FlightAware, which tracks flight process. JetBlue flight 1554 was once sure for Boston and in keeping with FlightAware, the flight took off from Reagan Nationwide at 1:48 p.m.
JetBlue mentioned in a commentary that the flight aborted takeoff on account of any other airplane looking to go the runway, however no accidents had been reported. The airplane was once inspected earlier than it left for Boston and JetBlue mentioned it’s going to “paintings carefully with federal officers as this match is absolutely investigated.” Southwest mentioned in a commentary that it was once acutely aware of the incident and was once “operating with the FAA to completely perceive the instances.”
