The Federal Aviation Management confirms to Maine’s General Protection that it’s investigating after a flight took off from a closed runway on the Portland Global Jetport this week.The FAA says Southwest Airways Flight 4805 to Baltimore departed from a briefly closed runway on Tuesday, June 25, at about 5:45 a.m. The FAA says an airport car left the runway simply earlier than the airplane started its takeoff roll. In audio recordings of air site visitors keep watch over received by way of Maine’s General Protection, controllers may also be heard announcing a couple of instances “to Southwest pulling onto 2-9, simply so you understand there’s a car runway nonetheless and it’s closed.” Then, moments later, a controller is heard announcing “I attempted caution him.”The Portland tower controllers have been not able to get in touch with the flight all over takeoff and after departure.You’ll pay attention to recordings of air site visitors keep watch over communications, courtesy LiveATC.internet, within the video participant underneath. The takeoff came about about two mins earlier than the runway opened for the morning. The Jetport launched a remark Friday announcing “We’re thankful that airport personnel maintained situational consciousness, figuring out in real-time the airplane coming into the runway setting and instantly vacating the airport car from the runway.”The main east/west runway at the Jetport has been closed between 10:30 p.m. and 5:45 a.m. since April 22 whilst crews are doing runway paintings. As an alternative, flights have to make use of the north/south runway all over the ones instances.Southwest Airways supplied a remark concerning the incident to Maine’s General Protection, announcing, “Southwest Airways is engaged with the NTSB and FAA to know the cases of an early morning Southwest departure on Tuesday, June 25, of Flight 4805 from Portland Global Jetport. After departure, the airplane persevered safely to its vacation spot.”
PORTLAND, Maine — The Federal Aviation Management confirms to Maine’s General Protection that it’s investigating after a flight took off from a closed runway on the Portland Global Jetport this week.The FAA says Southwest Airways Flight 4805 to Baltimore departed from a briefly closed runway on Tuesday, June 25, at about 5:45 a.m. The FAA says an airport car left the runway simply earlier than the airplane started its takeoff roll.
In audio recordings of air site visitors keep watch over received by way of Maine’s General Protection, controllers may also be heard announcing a couple of instances “to Southwest pulling onto 2-9, simply so you understand there’s a car runway nonetheless and it’s closed.” Then, moments later, a controller is heard announcing “I attempted caution him.”The Portland tower controllers have been not able to get in touch with the flight all over takeoff and after departure.You’ll pay attention to recordings of air site visitors keep watch over communications, courtesy LiveATC.internet, within the video participant underneath.
The takeoff came about about two mins earlier than the runway opened for the morning.
The Jetport launched a remark Friday announcing “We’re thankful that airport personnel maintained situational consciousness, figuring out in real-time the airplane coming into the runway setting and instantly vacating the airport car from the runway.”The main east/west runway at the Jetport has been closed between 10:30 p.m. and 5:45 a.m. since April 22 whilst crews are doing runway paintings. As an alternative, flights have to make use of the north/south runway all over the ones instances.Southwest Airways supplied a remark concerning the incident to Maine’s General Protection, announcing, “Southwest Airways is engaged with the NTSB and FAA to know the cases of an early morning Southwest departure on Tuesday, June 25, of Flight 4805 from Portland Global Jetport. After departure, the airplane persevered safely to its vacation spot.”
