1999 T. F. Green Airport runway incursion

Infobox Airliner accident
name = 1999 T. F Green Airport runway incursion
Date = December 6 1999
Type = Pilot error
Site = Warwick, Rhode Island
Fatalities = 0
Injuries = 0
Aircraft Type= Boeing 757-200 and Boeing 727-200F
Operator = United Airlines and FedEx ExpressThe 1999 T. F. Green Airport runway incursion occurred on December 6, 1999 at approximately 20:35 Eastern Daylight Time. The runway incursion involved two flights, a United Airlines flight 1448 (a Boeing 757) and FedEx flight 1662 (a Boeing 727) on Runway 5R at T. F. Green Airport, in Warwick, Rhode Island.cite news |title= Planes urged to stop at runway intersections |url=http://www.sptimes.com/News/061400/Worldandnation/Planes_urged_to_stop_.shtml |publisher= "Los Angeles Times" / "St. Petersburg Times" | |date= June 14, 2000 ]

The incident

Shortly after landing on Runway 5R, Flight 1448 was instructed to taxi to the ramp. Due to the low-visibility conditions that night, the pilots became disoriented and taxied down the wrong taxiway, towards the intersection of Runway 5R and Runway 16. Flight 1448 entered the intersection just as FedEx Flight 1662 took off overhead. The Flight 1448 crew informed air traffic control that "somebody just took-off." The air traffic controller told Flight 1448 that they were on the wrong taxiway and to "hold position." Flight 1448 remained idle at the 5R/16 intersection, while the controller cleared MetroJet flight 2998 for takeoff on Runway 5R. The crew of Flight 2998, having listened to the exchange between controller and the United crew, refused take-off. Flight 1448 later cleared the runway and made it safely to the gate.

Aftermath

The US Airways crew operating Flight 2998 were honored for their actions of avoiding a near-disaster. An investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board followed and while no fault was assigned to the controller, she was required to undergo retraining before returning to service. The pilots were debriefed by United, received additional training and were returned to service cite news |title= Close call on runway brings U.S. inquiry-report |url=http://www.untied.com/ual/newsarchive.html#abc |publisher= "ABC News" / "Reuters" | |date= December 18, 1999 ] . The NTSB generated a recreation of the events of that night. cite news |title=Animations of runway incursions from Board Meeting of June 13, 2000 |url=http://www.ntsb.gov/Events/2000/incursion/incur_video.htm |publisher= "National Transportation Safety Board" | |date= June 13, 2000 ]

ee also

*Airport Movement Area Safety System

References

* [http://propilotnews.com/2007/10/video-animations-of-runway-incursion-at.html Recreation of events with ATC audio]
* [http://www.ntsb.gov/Events/2000/incursion/pvd_incursion.rm NTSB recreation - RealPlayer format]