Distracted controllers allowed planes to come dangerously close on a San Diego runway, NTSB says

NTSB issues ruling on 2023 Southwest incident at San Diego Airport

Southwest Airlines at San Diego International Airport. (File photo by Chris Stone / Times of San Diego) Investigators say that a private jet came within 100 feet of crashing into a Southwest Airlines plane on a runway in San Diego two years ago because the air traffic controllers in the tower got distracted. The National Transportation Safety Board issued its final report Tuesday on the incident that happened in August 2023. Both the controller …

Distracted controllers allowed planes to come dangerously close on runway: NTSB

Investigators say that a private jet came within 100 feet of crashing into a Southwest Airlines plane on a runway in San Diego two years ago because the air traffic controllers in the tower got distracted

Distracted controllers allowed planes to come dangerously close on a San Diego runway, NTSB says

Investigators say that a private jet came within 100 feet of crashing into a Southwest Airlines plane on a runway in San Diego two years ago because the air traffic controllers in the tower got distracted.

NTSB report reveals what was going on inside the San Diego control tower when two planes nearly collided on the runway

A distracted controller, along with a supervisor trying to fix a broken printer, led to two planes nearly colliding in 2023, a new report from the National Transportation Safety Board found.

San Diego Runway Incident Tied to Controller’s ‘Poor Judgment,’ Report Finds

The National Transportation Safety Board has released its final report on a runway incursion incident at San Diego International Airport (KSAN) in August 2023, citing “poor judgment” and oversight lapses by air traffic control as the cause. According to the report, Southwest Airlines Flight 2493, a Boeing 737-700, was holding in position for departure on Runway 27 when a Cessna Citation was cleared to land on the same runway. The airport’s groun…