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Southwest plane narrowly misses Baltimore ambulance at takeoff in another airport near-disaster
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| 03/22/2023
| Yaron Steinbuch
Posted on 03/22/2023 8:26:54 AM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: mikelets456
What about the title implied anything that way?
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posted on
03/22/2023 8:47:17 AM PDT
by
the OlLine Rebel
(Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMV.)
To: lee martell
The fault was with the ambulance.
As likely it would be in such a situation, anyway.
So, ask who the EMTs are.
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posted on
03/22/2023 8:48:38 AM PDT
by
the OlLine Rebel
(Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMV.)
To: BenLurkin
At least emergency personnel were on the scene
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posted on
03/22/2023 8:51:36 AM PDT
by
eyeamok
(founded in cynicism, wrapped in sarcasm)
To: the OlLine Rebel
Should be titled “Ambulance driving on runway, gets in the way of 737 on takeoff roll”.
To: lee martell
“Face pic and name of that pilot, please.”
Why, you want to shame pilots who follow the instructions that the tower gives them?
To: lee martell
Face pic and name of that pilot, please. How many flight hours did they complete before being loosed onto the world? The public deserves to know.Why is that important here? You didn't read the article before posting, right?
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posted on
03/22/2023 8:56:54 AM PDT
by
sjm_888
To: BenLurkin
The comments at the Post read like a bunch of FReeper comments.
The close call came to light after the FAA held an emergency summit last week in McLean, Virginia, to address a series of recent safety incidents and near-misses. There have been at least seven other close calls nationwide since December.
That's a lot. It would be instructive to see the historic number pre-DEI.
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posted on
03/22/2023 8:59:27 AM PDT
by
ProtectOurFreedom
(The government's lying liars love to lie)
To: mikelets456
Didn’t say anything about airplane or ambulance having a right af way. I don’t read it as disparaging.
perhaps I just assume the ambulance is in the wrong because a plane was taking off. But it didn’t read “bad” to me.
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posted on
03/22/2023 9:03:12 AM PDT
by
the OlLine Rebel
(Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMV.)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
03/22/2023 9:16:55 AM PDT
by
DCBryan1
(Delete FB, TWTR, GOOGL, AMZN, YHOO, Gmail/chrome. Use Gab, Brave + DDG, VPN, Freerepublic )
To: Gary from Dayton
A skirt wearing LGBTQ pilot of Somalian descent?The pilot wasn't the one who screwed up.
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posted on
03/22/2023 9:22:50 AM PDT
by
IYAS9YAS
(There are two kinds of people: Those who can extrapolate from incomplete data.)
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To: ping jockey
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posted on
03/22/2023 9:25:40 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: lee martell
Newsflash...It ain’t the pilot that caused the incursion.
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posted on
03/22/2023 9:26:24 AM PDT
by
pfflier
To: Pearls Before Swine
I read the article as saying the ambulance driver was at fault for misinterpreting instructions from the tower.Unfortunately the facts don't stop the uninformed.
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posted on
03/22/2023 9:30:12 AM PDT
by
pfflier
To: lee martell
It was the ambulance driver’s fault.
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
03/22/2023 9:42:29 AM PDT
by
EVO X
( )
To: BenLurkin
On a crackly radio, it is easy to mishear an instruction like “hold short”. Something more explicit like “STOP!” would probably have been more effective.
To: BenLurkin
Terribly written story; there was no “ambulance.” An ARFF truck is not an ambulance, it’s a specialized fire fighting vehicle (Aircraft Rescue and Fire Fighting). And as one other person correctly pointed out, aircraft ALWAYS have the right of way. Even if emergency vehicles, including the fire department and police, are responding to a plane crash on the other side of the airfield, they do not have the right of way over operating aircraft. In such an event, Airport Operations would be coordinating the emergency response and closing runways and/or taxiways as needed. But so long as a runway or taxiway is open, aircraft operating on it have the right of way over all other vehicular traffic.
I was an airport operations officer early in my career, so I have first hand experience with how this all works.
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posted on
03/22/2023 10:14:38 AM PDT
by
noiseman
(The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.)
To: BenLurkin
QUICK SOMEONE CALL
To: BenLurkin
Saw a documentary about ground problems at airports. Runway incursions can include other planes, too.
One of the points made was to add signal lights to indicate when a runway is in use, so drivers and pilots wanting to cross a runway would know that it's not a good idea.
Part of the reason for the lights is to mitigate against an air traffic controller who loses situational awareness of the field. Accidents have been blamed on tower personnel being unable to see all of the runways and taxi ways out the window, in one case because an area light was pointed directly at the tower and blinding anyone looking at it.
For what it's worth.
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posted on
03/22/2023 10:42:25 AM PDT
by
asinclair
(What doesn't kill you makes you stronger)
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