Personal Injury Law

JetBlue flight has close call on Boston Runway

By Hurley, McKenna & Murtz

As a personal injury lawyer in Chicago, I am thankful that the air traffic controller acted quickly in this near miss in Boston, but hopeful that similar close calls will be avoided in the future.

Thankfully, a ?quick-thinking air traffic controller at Boston's Logan International Airport urgently told a JetBlue flight to "hold" just before it entered a runway where another plane was about to take off.? (Boston AP, 12/7). The Jet Blue flight arising from Austin, Texas landed safely, but came face to face with danger when the pilot accidentally took a right instead of a left. The mistaken turn nearly cause it to pull out in front of a plane going full speed to take off. Ground radar images show that the close call was nearly a tragedy.

While the air traffic controller is, and should be, praised, airport safety must be taken seriously, and we must avoid such close calls in the future.

Full post as published by Illinois Car and Truck Accident Lawyer Blog on December 12, 2010 (boomark / email).