Six recent incidents have prompted government officials to investigate why there have been so many scary close calls at airports.
The Department of Transportation's inspector general is starting an audit of the Federal Aviation Administration's handling of runway incursions in recent months.
The inspector general's audit will consist of two facets: processes for analyzing data and identifying risks associated with runway incursions; and actions for preventing and mitigating runway incursions at primary commercial service airports. - Called for re-examining runway incursion data to identify similar serious runway incursions and indications of emerging trends
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