Lawmakers said it was a 'horrifying example' of the effects of undermining slot and perimeter rules, calling the airport's runway 'overburdened.'
Virginia Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine called a"near crash" at Ronald Reagan National Airport on Thursday morning a"horrifying example" of the effects of efforts to undermine slot and perimeter rules. They called the runway where the incident happened"overburdened" and"the busiest in the country."
According to flight monitoring sites, the Southwest flight was around 65 feet away from entering a runway where the JetBlue plane sat around 300 feet away. Another controller is heard intervening saying,"JetBlue 1554, do you have room to get around the Southwest ? ... Or even double back onto runway 4 full lane?"The FAA confirmed to Scripps News that the agency would investigate the incident and that information it has is preliminary, saying JetBlue Flight 1554 was starting its takeoff roll on the same runway when the incident happened. In the statement from Sens.
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