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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Graeme Massie

Two planes abort landings in San Francisco after pilots spot Southwest Airlines jet on runway

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Two planes were forced to abort landings at San Francisco International Airpot last week after pilots spotted a Southwest Airlines jet taxiing across runways they had been cleared to land on.

The Federal Aviation Administration says that the Southwest plane cleared the runways while the other planes passed overhead and that a decision to abort the landings was “precautionary.”

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