Audio of the moment two planes narrowly miss each other on a runway has been released. The near crash between two Boeings happened at the JFK International Airport in New York on Friday (January 13).
In an audio file that was released of the incident, you can hear panicked air traffic controllers (ATC) swiftly jump into action as they try to prevent a major crash. The planes, which were headed to the UK and the Dominican Republic, were taxiing around the runway and being readied for takeoff.
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Enactments of the incident found online show one of the planes from Delta Airlines head toward a runway marked 4L, as it approaches the end of the runway it begins to make a u-turn. However, an American Airlines plane is also headed to the same runway and cuts across the Delta plane which has completed it's u-turn and is about to take off.
In the audio, desperate air traffic controllers can be heard frantically advising the Delta plane to abort it's takeoff.
At one point an ATC can be heard shouting 'S***! Ah ! F***! Delta 1943, cancel takeoff clearance! Delta 1943, cancel takeoff clearance!'". Fortunately disaster was averted with both planes missing each other and stopping just 1,000 feet away from one another.
The Delta Airlines flight was carrying 145 passengers and six crew members, while the American Airlines plane had 137 passengers and 14 crew members.
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The Delta plane returned to the gate and did not take off until the following morning due to staffing issues and Delta says it provided passengers a hotel room. In a statement to CNN, Delta said they will work with the National Transportation Safety Board to determine what happened.
A Delta spokesperson said: “The safety of our customers and crew is always Delta’s number one priority,
“Delta will work with and assist the NTSB on a full review of flight 1943 on Jan. 13 regarding an aborted takeoff procedure at New York-JFK. We apologize to our customers for the inconvenience and delay of their travels.”
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has also launched an investigation into the incident.
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