An American Airlines plane was taking off for Boston’s Logan International Airport when it was suddenly ordered to abort the flight after air traffic controllers noticed another plane attempting to land on the intersecting runway. The incident occurred at approximately 10:21 a.m. Wednesday at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Arlington, Virginia. Air traffic controllers had cleared American Airlines Flight 2134 to take off, and once the plane reached a speed of approximately 100 mph, controllers ordered the pilot to abort the takeoff. The Airbus A319 was cleared to take off into the path of a King Air that was landing on the intersecting runway. Air traffic controllers instructed the smaller aircraft to circle rather than land, but it was too late as a private Hawker Beechcraft aircraft had already landed. The Boston-bound flight had been cleared to take off on runway 1, and the pilot said it was reaching a speed of at least 80 knots when the takeoff was aborted. According to information tracked on the adsbexchange.com website, the King Air was cleared to land on runway 33. The American Airlines plane returned to the gate where maintenance crews conducted a few hours of inspections. The flight departed for Boston’s Logan International Airport about four and a half hours late. Were you on the flight? Contact our newsroom. The FAA said in a statement that “air traffic controllers revoked American Airlines Flight 2134’s clearance to take off because another aircraft was cleared to land on an intersecting runway at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.” “The FAA will investigate.” “The safety of our customers and team members is our number one priority, and we appreciate the professionalism of our flight crew,” an American Airlines spokesperson said. “We will cooperate with the FAA’s investigation.” This is the latest incident involving a Boston-bound flight and DCA air traffic controllers. On April 18, a JetBlue flight bound for Boston’s Logan Airport was aborted after a Southwest Airlines plane encroached on the runway. The JetBlue plane had just begun to take off and was traveling at a maximum speed of 34 mph when the takeoff was aborted.
An American Airlines plane heading for Boston’s Logan International Airport was suddenly ordered to abort the takeoff when air traffic controllers noticed another plane attempting to land across the runway.
The incident occurred around 10:21 a.m. Wednesday at Washington’s Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Arlington, Virginia.
Air traffic controllers had cleared American Airlines Flight 2134 to take off, but when the plane reached a speed of approximately 100 miles per hour, controllers ordered the pilot to abort the takeoff.
The Airbus A319 was cleared to take off into the path of a King Air landing on an intersecting runway.
Air traffic controllers instructed the small plane to circle rather than land, but it was too late as the private Hawker Beechcraft jet had already landed.
The Boston-bound plane had been cleared to take off from Runway 1, and the pilot said it had reached a speed of at least 80 knots when the takeoff was aborted.
According to the information, the small King Air aircraft was cleared to land on runway 33. You are being tracked by the website adsbexchange.com.
The American Airlines plane returned to the gate where maintenance crews conducted a several-hour inspection.
The plane departed for Boston’s Logan International Airport about four and a half hours late.
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“Air traffic controllers revoked clearance for American Airlines Flight 2134 to take off because another aircraft had been cleared to land on an intersecting runway at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport,” the FAA said in a written statement. “The FAA will be conducting an investigation.”
“The safety of our customers and team members is our top priority and we appreciate the professionalism of our flight crew,” an American Airlines spokesperson said. “We will assist the FAA with their investigation.”
This is the latest incident involving a Boston-bound plane and DCA air traffic controllers.
On April 18, a JetBlue flight bound for Boston’s Logan Airport was forced to abort takeoff after a Southwest Airlines plane encroached on the runway.
The JetBlue plane had just begun to take off and was reaching a top speed of 34 mph when takeoff was aborted.
