It was a wrong turn that could've had deadly consequences. JessicaMooreTV reports.
two airplanes nearly crashed on the runway at JFK AirportA passenger on board one of the planes spoke about the harrowing ordeal to CBS2's Jessica Moore. Officials say Friday night, a London-bound American Airlines plane crossed a runway at JFK Airport where a Delta plane was accelerating to take off for the Dominican Republic.
"The last clearance, we were given, we were cleared to cross, is that correct? I guess we'll listen to the tapes, but you were supposed to depart runway 4 left. You are currently holding short of 3-1 left," air traffic controllers can be heard in audio tape of the encounter. "Any time you have a runway incursion like this, there's potential for very bad things to happen," said Robert Sumwalt, former chair of the"The NTSB is going to want to understand what happened, why it happened. Was there a distraction in the cockpit was there misunderstanding as to the air traffic clearance," Sumwalt said.
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