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With passenger planes sometimes traveling at more than 500 miles per hour, there is little room for error, but there appears to be another case where an air traffic controller made a mistake and put two passenger jets on a collision course.
Just after 10 p.m. on May 9, two United Airlines aircraft prepared for take off at Houston's George Bush Intercontinental Airport, reports CBS News' Jeff Pegues. United flight 601 taxied down runway 9 heading for Vancouver.
Air traffic control instructed the pilot to take off; at the same time, another United flight 437 departed for Mexico City on another runway. The Vancouver-bound flight was also told by air traffic control to turn right, putting the aircraft directly in the path of flight 437.
"Uh, 601, thank you, turn right, right turn heading 3-4-0, 3-40 runway nine clear for takeoff," an air traffic controller said.
The planes were less than a mile apart, a distance which is only a second or two from impact in the air.
www.cbsnews.com
Holy crap that's terrifying.
Just after 10 p.m. on May 9, two United Airlines aircraft prepared for take off at Houston's George Bush Intercontinental Airport, reports CBS News' Jeff Pegues. United flight 601 taxied down runway 9 heading for Vancouver.
Air traffic control instructed the pilot to take off; at the same time, another United flight 437 departed for Mexico City on another runway. The Vancouver-bound flight was also told by air traffic control to turn right, putting the aircraft directly in the path of flight 437.
"Uh, 601, thank you, turn right, right turn heading 3-4-0, 3-40 runway nine clear for takeoff," an air traffic controller said.
The planes were less than a mile apart, a distance which is only a second or two from impact in the air.
Another close call in sky: United Airlines jets nearly collide in Houston
Air traffic controller apparently made mistake and put two passenger jets on a collision course; 3rd near-collision in recent weeks
www.cbsnews.com
Holy crap that's terrifying.
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