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Nearly collision at Knethy air port

Summary: 어휴 하머터면 큰 일이 날뻔 했군요 아무리 컴퓨터 시스템이 잘되있어도 이런 조그만 움직임까지 다 제어는 안되나 봅니다 그러니 인간의 창의성과 위기대응력이 필요한 거 겠지요 Air Safety Officials Reveal a Near Collision at Kennedy Airport This MAonth By MATTHEW L WALDPublished July 21 2005WASHINGTON July 20 A fully fueled wide body jet carrying an unknown number of passengers apparently blundered onto a runway at Kennedy International Airport and into the path of a cargo plane accelerating for takeoff two weeks ago federal safety officials said on Wednesday They said that the crew of the cargo plane narrowly prevented a collision by taking off early Missed Turn Near CollisionAir traffic controllers were alerted to the near collision which occurred in fog and rain shortly before 2 a m on July 6 when a crew member in the cargo plane shouted into an open microphone Somebody s on the runway according to an official of the controllers union The official Barrett R Byrnes said that the passenger plane flown by Israir an Israeli carrier that began service to the United States in March had crossed over a line of amber and red lights embedded in the concrete The lights are meant to warn pilots that they are crossing an active runway Mr Byrnes of the National Air Traffic Controllers Association at the Kennedy tower said that the 767 entered the runway just over halfway along its length at a spot where planes rolling down the runway typically are not yet airborne and may just be lifting their nose wheels He estimated that the cargo plane had been traveling at 100 knots or about 115 miles per hour when its pilot managed to get it into the air clearing the 767 by less than 100 feet Through the grace of God the pilot was able to see him and had enough power to actually go on top of him Mr Byrnes said A hundred feet is incredibly close said Richard F Healing a member of the National Transportation Safety Board It s a very very dangerous situation It was not clear how many people were aboard the 767 it can be configured to carry nearly 300 The cargo plane a DC 8 flown by Airborne Express carries a crew of at least three The Israir plane had pushed back from Kennedy s international terminal and was taxiing to Runway 22 Right but was supposed to make a left turn before reaching the runway to go to the takeoff end Instead it went straight according to a preliminary report by the Federal Aviation Administration The episode was one of several recent occurrences that safety officials say point to a continuing hazard at airports On June 9 at Logan International Airport in Boston an Airbus A330 flown by Aer Lingus came within about 170 feet of a Boeing 737 flown by US Airways The planes were taking off on intersecting runways and the co pilot of the US Airways plane avoided disaster by keeping the nose down and delaying takeoff according to investigators Almost a year ago on Aug 19 a Boeing 747 was cleared to land on a runway at Los Angeles International Airport at the same time that a Boeing 737 was cleared to take off The pilot of the 747 flown by Asiana spotted the 737 a smaller plane flown by Southwest as it swung into position for takeoff The Asiana crew turned away with about two seconds to spare according to investigators In February 1991 at that same runway a USAir Boeing 737 landed on top of a SkyWest commuter jet killing 34 people The safety board has listed actions to stop runway violations and ground collisions as among its most wanted safety improvements since it began ranking such recommendations in 1990 Although the F A A has increased pilot training and improved equipment at many airports over the past several years the board characterizes the F A A s response as unacceptable In describing the close call at Kennedy and the two earlier ones Mr Healing the safety board member said they were warnings that should get a lot of attention to this potential accident Messages left on Wednesday afternoon with the United States offices of DHL a German company that bought Airborne Express about two years ago were not returned An American spokesman for Israir Stuart Katz said he had not heard of the close call and could get no details from the airline in Israel because of the time difference Israir founded in 1996 lists four weekly departures from New York to Tel Aviv The safety board has asked for radar tapes audio tapes of the cockpit to tower communications and other data from the F A A According to Mr Byrnes the union official neither plane was visible from the tower because of fog and rain They were probably visible on radar he said but at that hour with just two people on duty controllers scan the radar and other sources of information rather than watching it steadily You can t really baby sit that much he said because controllers are busy issuing takeoff and landing clearances answering the phone and giving taxiing instructions To reduce the possibility that airplanes miss a turn and end up on the active runway he said controllers at Kennedy often direct pilots to a taxiway that is farther from the runway But that taxiway has been closed by the Port Authority for maintenance he said so the Israir jet was directed to the closer one 어휴 하머터면 큰 일이 날뻔 했군요 아무리 컴퓨터 시스템이 잘되있어도 이런 조그만 움직임까지 다 제어는 안되나 봅니다 그러니 인간의 창의성과 위기대응력이 필요한 거 겠지요 Air Safety Officials Reveal a Near Collision at Kennedy Airport This MAonth By MATTHEW L WALDPublished July 21 2005WASHINGTON July 20 A fully fueled wide body jet carrying an unknown number of passengers apparently blundered onto a runway at Kennedy International Airport and into the path of a cargo plane accelerating for takeoff two weeks ago federal safety officials said on Wednesday They said that the crew of the cargo plane narrowly prevented a collision by taking off early Missed Turn Near CollisionAir traffic controllers were alerted to the near collision which occurred in fog and rain shortly before 2 a m on July 6 when a crew member in the cargo plane shouted into an open microphone Somebody s on the runway according to an official of the controllers union The official Barrett R Byrnes said that the passenger plane flown by Israir an Israeli carrier that began service to the United States in March had crossed over a line of amber and red lights embedded in the concrete The lights are meant to warn pilots that they are crossing an active runway Mr Byrnes of the National Air Traffic Controllers Association at the Kennedy tower said that the 767 entered the runway just over halfway along its length at a spot where planes rolling down the runway typically are not yet airborne and may just be lifting their nose wheels He estimated that the cargo plane had been traveling at 100 knots or about 115 miles per hour when its pilot managed to get it into the air clearing the 767 by less than 100 feet Through the grace of God the pilot was able to see him and had enough power to actually go on top of him Mr Byrnes said A hundred feet is incredibly close said Richard F Healing a member of the National Transportation Safety Board It s a very very dangerous situation It was not clear how many people were aboard the 767 it can be configured to carry nearly 300 The cargo plane a DC 8 flown by Airborne Express carries a crew of at least three The Israir plane had pushed back from Kennedy s international terminal and was taxiing to Runway 22 Right but was supposed to make a left turn before reaching the runway to go to the takeoff end Instead it went straight according to a preliminary report by the Federal Aviation Administration The episode was one of several recent occurrences that safety officials say point to a continuing hazard at airports On June 9 at Logan International Airport in Boston an Airbus A330 flown by Aer Lingus came within about 170 feet of a Boeing 737 flown by US Airways The planes were taking off on intersecting runways and the co pilot of the US Airways plane avoided disaster by keeping the nose down and delaying takeoff according to investigators Almost a year ago on Aug 19 a Boeing 747 was cleared to land on a runway at Los Angeles International Airport at the same time that a Boeing 737 was cleared to take off The pilot of the 747 flown by Asiana spotted the 737 a smaller plane flown by Southwest as it swung into position for takeoff The Asiana crew turned away with about two seconds to spare according to investigators In February 1991 at that same runway a USAir Boeing 737 landed on top of a SkyWest commuter jet killing 34 people The safety board has listed actions to stop runway violations and ground collisions as among its most wanted safety improvements since it began ranking such recommendations in 1990 Although the F A A has increased pilot training and improved equipment at many airports over the past several years the board characterizes the F A A s response as unacceptable In describing the close call at Kennedy and the two earlier ones Mr Healing the safety board member said they were warnings that should get a lot of attention to this potential accident Messages left on Wednesday afternoon with the United States offices of DHL a German company that bought Airborne Express about two years ago were not returned An American spokesman for Israir Stuart Katz said he had not heard of the close call and could get no details from the airline in Israel because of the time difference Israir founded in 1996 lists four weekly departures from New York to Tel Aviv The safety board has asked for radar tapes audio tapes of the cockpit to tower communications and other data from the F A A According to Mr Byrnes the union official neither plane was visible from the tower because of fog and rain They were probably visible on radar he said but at that hour with just two people on duty controllers scan the radar and other sources of information rather than watching it steadily You can t really baby sit that much he said because controllers are busy issuing takeoff and landing clearances answering the phone and giving taxiing instructions To reduce the possibility that airplanes miss a turn and end up on the active runway he said controllers at Kennedy often direct pilots to a taxiway that is farther from the runway But that taxiway has been closed by the Port Authority for maintenance he said so the Israir jet was directed to the closer one

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