On Thursday, the National Transportation Safety Board discussed Southwest Airlines and FedEx jets that came within 150 to 170 feet of one another at Austin-Berg...
In February 2023, the jets came within 150 to 170 feet of one another at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport.
On Feb. 4, 2023 around 6:40 a.m. Southwest flight 708, a Boeing 737-700 aircraft and a FedEx flight 143, a Boeing 767-300, were involved in the runway incursion at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport. The Southwest jet was scheduled to go from Austin to Cancun International Airport, with 120 people on board. The FedEx jet was a domestic cargo flight coming to Austin from Memphis International Airport with three people onboard.
Sevillian attributed it to expectation bias, that the controller responded in a way that is consistent with what they expected rather than what was happening. Further evaluating the incident, officials are taking the four issues identified and providing recommendations on how to ensure this doesn’t happen again.Officials recommend that the Federal Aviation Administration require air traffic controllers to advise pilots through direct communication ATC broadcast when visual contact of an aircraft operating on taxiways and runways cannot be established or maintained.
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