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Old 19th January 2003 | 02:38
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Navitimer
 
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PAL 737 incident

PAL had another bummer incident just a few days ago. They entered a runway where a Cebu Pacific DC-9 was on its takeoff roll. This 737 just came in for a landing on RWY06 and was instructed to take the rapid exit 2 to Juliet taxiway. Then the DC 9 was cleared for takeoff on RWY13. Confusion must be reigning inside the 737 cockpit that time 'coz they didn't know R1 from R2 so they just took the first rapid exit they saw all the way to RWY31! That's when they saw each other's landing lights. The tower wasn't able to do anything but watch. It's a good thing the DC9 didn't abort. After rotation, the DC9 immediately steered clear of the intruding 737 thus averting a tragedy.
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