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...year. It was a clear November evening when the former Senator and his wife Elizabeth were settled comfortably into first class on a United Airlines flight to Washington. The 757 began its rapid roll to take off. Moments before, an AeroMexico jet had mistakenly begun to cross that very runway on its way to the terminal. As the United plane hurtled down the tarmac, the pilots were startled to see the AeroMexico plane wandering into their path. The United captain reacted quickly, abruptly pulling the jetliner's nose off the ground. His plane, with 133 passengers on board, avoided...
...frightening near collision. But what is even more alarming is how much the occurrence of such incidents has grown: up 71% since 1993. The Federal Aviation Administration says last year there were 322 so-called runway incursions--incidents that present an on-the-ground collision hazard. A joint industry-government commission to study aviation safety, which used broader guidelines, put the annual number at closer...
Fears of plane accidents usually focus on airborne problems, but runway incursions can be just as deadly. The worst accident in flying history took place when two packed 747 jetliners collided on a runway on Tenerife in the Canary Islands in 1977, killing 583 people. Just two weeks ago, four people were killed on a runway in Sarasota, Fla., when two small planes collided and burst into flames...
...under unprecedented pressure to do something. This week Congress will hold a hearing on runway incursions that is expected to get heated. Jim Hall, head of the National Transportation Safety Board and a close ally of Vice President Al Gore, will testify in detail about four of the most serious runway incursions of last year, and he will call on lawmakers to take swift action. "Runway incursions are the No. 1 problem in aviation today," says Hall. "The FAA has run off the runway and is in a ditch on this one, and they better get out quick." Jane Garvey...
...poses, but then I had this guy who was real weird and dirty,i she remembers. iI was like, eYeah. Get away from me.ii She admits the situation was disturbing, but sheis excited to branch out into other aspects of the industryoparticularly runway work. Her manager, Cat, says the catwalk will be Ashantiis focus, but other than a low-key fashion competition in Dorchester, she has not had the chance to try sashaying past the paparazzi. With her amateur status, Ashanti herself has difficulty adjusting to being a model. iEveryday I look in the mirror and see the same face...