American Airlines plane nearly hit by Air France jet after takeoff at LAX
"Air France departed from the north side of Los Angeles Airport on a parallel runway from where an American Airlines aircraft took off," Steven Arroyo, an aviation expert and retired airline captain based in Florida, observed to Fox News Digital (he was not connected to the incident).
Key points
- "All of a sudden, unannounced, the Air France aircraft made … an unauthorized left-hand turn toward the American Airlines aircraft," he said.
- "The crew of Air France Flight 28 made an unauthorized turn after departing Los Angeles International Airport and went into the path of another aircraft that departed from a parallel runway," the FAA said.
- JET PLUNGES 27,000 FEET IN 10 MINUTES AS OXYGEN MASKS SUDDENLY DROP ABOARD FLIGHT Air traffic control audio captured the tense exchange as controllers worked to redirect the flights.
Two passenger jets operated by Air France and American Airlines came dangerously close in the air after departing from Los Angeles International Airport recently.
Additional details
- Moments later, the controller issued a traffic alert to American Airlines Flight 1660, warning its pilots that another aircraft was directly ahead and less than a mile away.
- 7 after the Air France aircraft made a turn it had not been cleared to make, according to a statement the Federal Aviation Administration provided to Fox News Digital.
- CLICK HERE FOR MORE LIFESTYLE STORIES "Air France 028 heavy, you were instructed to climb via SID, not turn to a heading," the controller said.
- Once the immediate conflict was addressed, the controller questioned the Air France crew about why the aircraft had turned.
- A SID, or Standard Instrument Departure, is a published departure procedure that can be assigned to an aircraft as part of its flight clearance, according to the FAA's air traffic control procedures.
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