A passenger jet had to abort its takeoff at Boston’s Logan International Airport when another aircraft on the ground got too close to the runway, the Federal Aviation Administration said.
Monday’s incident was the latest in a series of dangerous episodes involving planes at Logan. In February, a charter jet took off without permission and crossed an intersecting runway in front of a plane preparing to land. In March, two aircraft made contact near the gate area.
An air traffic controller noticed the Spirit Airlines flight coming close to what’s known as the runway hold line and cancelled the American Airlines takeoff clearance “out of an abundance of caution,” the FAA said in a statement. “You definitely felt anxiety in the air,” said Rowell, a nurse from Salem, Massachusetts. “A couple of kids started crying.”
While rare, Monday’s episode in Boston is still a cause for concern, said Hassan Shahidi, the president and CEO of the Flight Safety Foundation, a nonprofit that provides safety guidance to the international aviation industry.Both airlines released statements emphasizing that their top priority is passenger and crew safety. Sprit added that it would provide any necessary assistance to the FAA investigators.
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