FedEx and Southwest planes that nearly collided were 'less than 100 feet' from collision, investigators say

Posted on AllSides February 7th, 2023
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The FedEx and Southwest Airlines flights that nearly collided at an Austin airport over the weekend came within 100 feet of colliding into each other, federal investigators say. The incident at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport Saturday involved a Boeing 737 operated by Southwest Airlines that was scheduled to depart the airport and a Boeing 767 cargo plane operated by FedEx that was cleared to land. The FedEx plane was attempting to land on the same runway the Southwest Airlines flight was scheduled to depart from before the FedEx flight aborted its...

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