A catastrophe was narrowly averted when a packed Boeing 737 took off without clearance from Portland International Airport.
A Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 narrowly avoided a serious accident this week at Portland International Airport when it took off from a closed runway, flying over an airport ground vehicle still on the runway.The incident occurred early on Tuesday morning, when a full Southwest Flight 4805 to Baltimore departed from runway 29 at 5:43 am, two minutes before it was scheduled to open. At the time, the runway was being inspected for safety.
'This incident is part of a series of recent safety concerns involving Southwest Airlines. On June 20, Southwest Flight 4069 from Las Vegas descended to a dangerously low altitude during its approach to Oklahoma City Airport just after midnight. The plane descended as low as 525 feet while still nine miles from its destination, prompting a low altitude alert from air traffic control.
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