Runway incursions
It’s something we’ve all heard about during our flight training and at many safety seminars since. CNN just posted some dramatic footage recreated from radar and transponder data depicting a couple of near-collisions. When you think of the loss of life involved in the collision of two large airliners, watching the video is a sobering reminder to all of us to follow ATC instructions when taxiing and to use our eyes to double-check. For example, if you’re asked to hold short on a runway, are you looking down the final approach path to double-check that it’s clear or just taking ATC’s word for it??
Here’s the link. Read the story and then click on the video link at the top of the page for the footage.
http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/11/09/runway.safety/index.html
Be safe out there!
