New York, United States. – Authorities have opened an investigation into an incident that occurred last Friday at John F. Kennedy Airport in New York, where a Delta Airlines plane full of people bound for the Dominican Republic, almost collided with another plane, as both were preparing for takeoff.
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the National Transportation Safety Board are studying the incident, which according to preliminary analysis occurred when an American Airlines plane crossed the runway at the same time another Delta plane was accelerating for takeoff.
According to press reports, Delta flight 1943 aborted its takeoff when air traffic controllers warned that an aircraft was entering the runway and managed to stop about 1,000 feet from the other plane.
In an audio published by an aviation enthusiast on Twitter, you can hear a voice from the control tower urgently ordering the Delta plane to stop its trajectory.
The Delta flight, with 145 passengers on board, was headed to Santo Domingo and was delayed until the next day, while the American Airlines flight, which was headed to London, took off that same night and arrived in the British capital without any problems.
