Planes Narrowly Avoid Collision on Austin Airport Runway

Shannon Davis, a FedEx spokeswoman, said that the cargo plane, which was coming from Memphis, eventually landed safely in Austin. It was not immediately clear what, if any, cargo it was carrying.

The National Transportation Safety Board and the F.A.A. both said they were investigating.

The episode in Austin came a day after a minor accident involving two United Airlines planes at Newark Liberty International Airport. A Boeing 787 that was being towed clipped the wing of a parked plane, a Boeing 757-200, the F.A.A. said. Images from the scene showed the tip of a wing was ripped off.

No one was injured and airport operations were not affected, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey said. Passengers were rebooked onto different flights, and the other plane did not have any passengers, a United Airlines representative said. The F.A.A. said it was investigating.

Last month, at Kennedy International Airport, an American Airlines plane crossed a runway about 1,000 feet in front of a Delta flight that was about to take off. The American pilots appear to have misconstrued directions issued by air traffic control, according to radar records and audio recordings.

Article source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/05/us/austin-airport-plane-near-collision-faa.html