{"id":2224861,"date":"2024-04-18T23:32:03","date_gmt":"2024-04-19T03:32:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/two-planes-nearly-collide-at-dcs-reagan-national-airport\/"},"modified":"2024-04-18T23:35:47","modified_gmt":"2024-04-19T03:35:47","slug":"two-planes-nearly-collide-at-dcs-reagan-national-airport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/two-planes-nearly-collide-at-dcs-reagan-national-airport\/","title":{"rendered":"Two aircraft narrowly avoid collision at Reagan National Airport in DC"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftwo-planes-nearly-collide-at-dcs-reagan-national-airport%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2224861&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/north-korea-detains-us-citizen-who-entered-country-from-south-korea\/\" title=\"US citizen detained by North Korea after crossing from South Korea.\">recent\u200b incident<\/a> at Washington, \u2063D.C.\u2019s Reagan National \u200cAirport narrowly avoided a collision between JetBlue and Southwest Airlines planes by \u200djust 400 feet. Air traffic control recordings\u2062 captured\u200b controllers urgently directing\u200d the JetBlue \u2063flight to halt takeoff as the Southwest plane started taxiing. \u200bLearn\u2063 more by following \u200cthe link. The recent incident at Washington, D.C.\u2019s Reagan National Airport narrowly avoided\u2062 a collision between JetBlue and Southwest Airlines planes by just 400 feet. \u2064Air traffic control recordings captured controllers urgently directing the JetBlue\u2062 flight to halt takeoff as the\u2062 Southwest plane started taxiing. \u2062To <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pa-ag-sues-to-block-subpoena-in-2020-election-probe\/\" title=\"Pa. AG sues to block subpoena in 2020 election probe\">delve deeper<\/a> into\u2063 this \u2064event, you can explore\u200d further by following \u2064the provided link.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_78\">\n<p>A near collision between two aircraft was avoided earlier Thursday at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/washington-dc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Washington, D.C.\u2019s<\/a> Reagan National Airport. <\/p>\n<p>JetBlue and Southwest Airlines airplanes avoided each other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/04\/18\/us\/washington-ronald-reagan-airport-plane-crash\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>by only 400 feet<\/a>. Air traffic control recordings show controllers yelling at the JetBlue flight to stop its takeoff as the Southwest flight began taxiing on the runway. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cAn air traffic controller instructed Southwest Airlines Flight 2937 to cross Runway 4 at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport while JetBlue Flight 1554 was starting its takeoff roll on the same runway,\u201d the Federal Aviation Administration told CNN. The FAA is investigating the situation.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div>\n<blockquote data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<div lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>southwest + jetblue planes nearly collided on the runway at Reagan airport in DC today<\/p>\n<p>ATC directed the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-briefed-on-massive-faa-outage-white-house-says-no-evidence-of-cyber-attack\/\" title=\"Biden Briefed on Massive FAA Outage, White House Says \"No Evidence of Cyber Attack\"\">southwest plane<\/a> to cross a runway where the Jetblue plane was already cleared to takeoff<\/p>\n<p>listen to the screams in the tower<\/p>\n<p>video credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VASAviation?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@VASAviation<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RDdiwLUNl2\">pic.twitter.com\/RDdiwLUNl2<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u2014 Gregg Re (@gregg_re) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gregg_re\/status\/1781055730696499291?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 18, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\u200b\u200b\u201cJetBlue 1554, stop! 1554, stop!\u201d the tower controller said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c2937, stop!\u201d the ground controller said.<\/p>\n<p>Air traffic controllers had directed the Southwest plane to taxi on the runway after the JetBlue flight was cleared for takeoff. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe stopped. We were cleared to cross Runway 4,\u201d the Southwest pilot responded. <\/p>\n<p>Afterward, the JetBlue plane taxied back to the runway, where it took off for Boston. The Southwest flight was directed to continue taxiing onto the runway and took off for Orlando.<\/p>\n<p>JetBlue said their Boston-bound aircraft \u201caborted take-off due to another <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/police-find-migrants-abandoned-near-west-texas-ghost-town\/\" title=\"Police Find Migrants Abandoned near West Texas Ghost Town\">aircraft attempting<\/a> to cross the runway.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are aware of the incident and are working with the FAA to fully understand the circumstances,\u201d Southwest Airlines told CNN.<\/p>\n<p>According to a <em>New York Times<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2023\/08\/21\/business\/airline-safety-close-calls.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>report<\/a>, near collisions at airports have been increasing.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A close call between two planes was narrowly averted on Thursday at Washington, D.C.\u2019s Reagan National Airport. JetBlue and Southwest Airlines planes came within 400 feet of each other. Control tower recordings capture the tense moment as controllers urgently instructed the JetBlue flight to halt its takeoff while the Southwest aircraft started taxiing, preventing a potential disaster<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2910,"featured_media":2224862,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AP810934619744-1024x683.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2224861","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AP810934619744-1024x683.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2224861","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2910"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2224861"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2224861\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2224862"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2224861"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2224861"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2224861"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}