FAA issues safety alert to airlines, pilots after near miss incidents

The Federal Aviation Administration on Wednesday issued a safety warning to airlines, pilots and others of the “need for continued vigilance and caution to mitigate safety risks” after a series of high-profile crashes. bottom.

The FAA said, “While the overall figures do not reflect an increase in incidents or occurrences, the potential severity of these incidents is concerning.

The agency held a safety summit last week after six serious runway incursions have occurred since January.

“Operators must evaluate information collected through the safety management process to identify hazards, increase and improve safety communication with employees, and take mitigation measures,” Warn said.

The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating a series of seriously compromising situations. This includes the crash of his FedEx and Southwest Airlines planes in Austin, Texas, in January, when the jets came within 100 feet of each other or encroached on the runway at New York’s John Airport. I did American Airlines plane at F. Kennedy Airport.

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said last week that the U.S. couldn’t wait for the next “catastrophic event” to deal with an increase in aviation crises.

NTSB Chairman Jennifer Homendy said the commission has so far issued seven recommendations on runway collisions and they have not been addressed.

“Too many close calls,” Mr. Gommendy said at a summit last week. “These recent incidents should act as a wake-up call.”

In a “call to action” memo last month, Acting FAA Administrator Billy Nolen said he would form a safety review team.

In January, the FAA said that the only ground outage of this type nationwide since the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks was the suspension of all departing passenger flights due to a computer outage. Stopped for nearly 2 hours.

There have been no serious US airliner crashes in the US since February 2009.