Sun glare may have been a contributing factor in the recent near miss involving a Southwest Airlines jet at Chicago Midway ...
The pilots of a Flexjet Bombardier Challenger 350 involved last month in a runway incursion at Chicago Midway International ...
The Challenger crew replied confirming the instruction to cross 31L then hold short of 31C. Runway 31L is a short, narrow runway which lies just 50m from the point where the Challenger turned onto 4L.
NTSB chair Jennifer Homendy said the crew of the Flexjet was told by air traffic controllers to "line up and wait and hold short of runway 31C, which Southwest was landing on, and they failed to ...
After being told by air traffic controllers to "hold short of runway," the Flexjet ultimately proceeds onto the airstrip prompting the Southwest Airlines flight to go around it, the broadcast ...
After clarifications, the pilots were told to cross Runway 31-Left, then hold short of Runway 31-Center, where the Southwest airplane was supposed to land. “The flight crew initially read back ...
cross runway 31L and then hold short of runway 31C," where the Southwest plane was arriving. "According to post-incident statements, the flight crew of LXJ560 indicated that as they turned left ...
The tower employee is then heard saying: “FlexJet560, your instructions were to hold short of runway 31 center.” Separately, a recording of communication between the Southwest crew and another ...