Runway incursion at LAX
 

Wednesday February 22, 2006 11:31 AM

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Two planes came within a few hundred feet of each other last week when a controller at Los Angeles International Airport mistakenly cleared three planes for the same runway, officials said.

"It was pretty close,'' said Les Dorr, a Federal Aviation Administration spokesman, said. "We'll be looking to find out what all happened, and how we can prevent it in the future.''

Friday's episode began when the controller directed a departing Skywest turboprop to taxi onto the same runway on which he had cleared a Southwest Airlines jet to land. He also told an Air Canada jet that it could cross the same runway on its way to the terminals. The Skywest pilot saw the incoming Southwest jet and stopped short of the runway. The jet roared past about 275 feet away and 50 feet above the smaller plane. It landed without incident and never got closer than about 5,600 feet to the Air Canada jet, Dorr said.

The FAA has not determined why the controller put the planes so close together or switched the Southwest jet to a different runway as it came in to land.

The airport has had one of the worst runway safety violation records in the nation in recent years. The city's airport agency is spending $328 million to give planes on the ground more room to maneuver.

50 feet higher, not above (as in overhead) and a mile is only close for asteroids.
I'll give Les the benefit, and assume the journo umm.. paraphrased :* .

There were three aircraft involved; Skywest, Air Canada and Southwest. I think what's being said is that Skywest and Southwest were separated by 275 ft and 50 ft. The Air Canada never got closer than about 5,600 feet.

Whats the big deal, theres always a runway incursion going on in LAX. :hmm: The high speed turn offs are misnomers as you only have a planes length to stop before you are crossing the next runway. Weary should be a first timer there.

There are no High Speed Taxiway turn-off's at LAX.

Hucle..Do your math....ur outdated...What you call those things middleway 24R,exiting to the left,25L,exiting to the right?

Granted they look long enough to be considered High Speed Taxiway turn-off's however in the Jepp chart 10-9A they are not defined as such. Compare this to LHR chart 10-9A for example where it states "HST - N6", ie. N6 is the one and only High Speed Taxiway turn-off.

how can this happens, all conversations in english, may be they should start giving air canada instructions in french, this never happens in cdg when you mix french & english:ok: