JetBlue flight forced to abort landing in close call at Logan Airport
A Learjet operated by charter company HopAJet crossed onto the runway and took off without clearance, according to the FAA.
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A Learjet operated by charter company HopAJet crossed onto the runway and took off without clearance, according to the FAA.
Two JetBlue planes bumped into each other at John F. Kennedy Airport in New York City on Wednesday. CBS News transportation safety analyst and former National Transportation Safety Board chairman Robert Sumwalt joined CBS News' Vladimir Duthiers and Anne-Marie Green to discuss that incident and another near-miss at JFK and the checks and balances in place to avoid incidents with aircraft.
The incident comes just days after a close call at the same airport, when two planes carrying passengers nearly collided on the runway.
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The alleged incident occurred near the end of the flight, a spokesperson for JetBlue said in a statement to CBS News.
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Would create the nation's fifth largest airline if approved by U.S. regulators.
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