New York Area Runway has become a happening point for close calls in air travel. The newest airport incidents Friday morning when One plane cut off the wings of another plane at Newark Liberty International Airport.
Orlando-limited unified airline The flight is about to take off a Boeing 787 was towing with a broken wing, according to NBC4. No injuries were reported, but near-misses have become oddly common at New York-area airports:
Friday’s wing clip comes about two weeks after two unusual incidents at another major local air hub, JFK Airport, involving Delta, American and JetBlue aircraft. The first instance, on Friday, January 13, saw Delta pilots scrambling to brake when they were informed that an American Airlines jet had crossed their path. They narrowly avoided disaster, with a distance of 1,000 feetTo be.
The second incident, where a JetBlue plane crashes into an empty one as it backs out of the gate, hardly a callbut has attracted regulatory attention, especially after the previous near-miss days.
No injuries were reported in either case. The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating both incidents JFK.
And these accidents happen just weeks after a computers stopped working nationwide.
We have reported a shortage of experienced airline staff and air traffic controllers since this summer, especially in the New York area. Federal Aviation Administration hope to fill 1,000-1,500 air traffic job this year. The FAA has received more than 50,000 job applications, ABC report.
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But even if the agency does manage to hire enough bodies, it takes years for an air traffic controller to be fully trained enough to put lives in their hands. The rise of private flights in the wake of COVID-19 lockdowns hasn’t helped to iron out the growing issues at some of the busiest airports in the nation.
So, we’ve been lucky with these almost-collisions. But it’s only a matter of time before something more serious happens. The FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board are investigating all three incidents.
