Close call between 2 planes on runway at Kennedy Airport
A Delta Boeing 737 was gearing up for takeoff but had to stop suddenly when an American Airlines plane crossed on the wrong runway about 1,000 feet away. CBS2's Jessica Moore reports.
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A Delta Boeing 737 was gearing up for takeoff but had to stop suddenly when an American Airlines plane crossed on the wrong runway about 1,000 feet away. CBS2's Jessica Moore reports.
American Airlines passengers took off Tuesday on the first U.S. commercial flight of a Boeing 737 Max since the aircraft was allowed to return to service after a nearly two-year absence.
Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg told a congressional hearing Tuesday he was aware in early 2019 that a test pilot had raised questions about the safety of the jet.
The cracking was found in the plane's pickle forks -- which attach the body of the aircraft to its wings.
Two airborne planes almost collided over Newark Liberty International Airport last month, according to a preliminary federal report.
On Monday, Southwest revealed that inspectors found cracks in three more of its planes -- similar to the ones suspected in the fuselage tear on one of its jets on Friday.
Southwest Airlines said it has cancelled 300 flights on Sunday as the airline continues its inspection of 79 of its Boeing 737 aircraft, in the aftermath of an emergency landing of one of its planes two days earlier.
