An American Airlines plane with 122 passengers on board narrowly avoided a mid-air collision with a Cessna that unexpectedly entered its flight path while landing at Austin airport in Texas. The incident occurred around 10:45 Wednesday morning, prompting the American Airlines pilots to take evasive action and climb right to avoid the Cessna.
An American Airlines plane with 122 passengers on board came dangerously close to a Cessna that flew into its flight path as it was landing at a Texas airport this week.FAA officials said the Cessna "unexpectedly entered the flight path" of the American Airlines plane, which was coming from Chicago to Austin around 10:45 Wednesday morning. Ian Petchenik, communications director at flightradar24.
The Cessna wasn’t required to be under FAA navigation at the time of the near-collision, but the private plane also did not communicate with the airport’s traffic controllers."That presented a few problems that led to this incident," Petchenik said in an interview with LiveNow from FOX.The FAA is investigating the close call, though Petchenik doubts anyone will face penalties or reprimands because there were no injuries.
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