Close but no cigar. Somebody is going to get their butt chewed.
Agreed. Nicely done.Wow, great situational awareness, reaction and go around by the 737 pilots.
Exactly.Thankfully competent pilots. That would have been a disaster like the runway collision at Tenerife, Spain in 1977.
BTW, is 'near miss' actually the correct term? What's the difference then between a 'near miss' and a 'near crash'?
Seems like if you nearly miss something you hit it. For example; 'The archer took aim at the bullseye and nearly missed the entire target. Not trying to be being pedantic but language precision is important.
Just for clarification, it was a Challenger 350. N560FX operated by FlexJet. The initial rumor is the FlexJet crew fumbled the taxi and crossing instructions and had to be corrected by ground controller. Taxing to 22L via 4R, told to cross 31L and hold short 31C. Kept moving as they approached 31C and ground controller told them to hold short again but got blocked. At same time, tower controller is telling SWA to go around but the crew was way ahead of them already in the climb. FlexJet went straight thru 31C and never stopped.The Regional Jet didn't even see it landing.
I am assuming a combined flight time between CA and FO, but yes I agree.You won't see a lot of 15,000 hour pilots flying NB except Airlines that only have one fleet type like SW.
Tks, your aviation insights also Astro14 are invaluable. My flying experience is with a flight instructor in a Cessna 150 doing touch 'n goes at Midway AP when it was a sleepy airfield long ago. Chicago still had Meigs Airfield on the lake until mayor Daley shut it down.Exactly.
The Regional Jet didn't even see it landing.
A few seconds earlier ( regional Jet not quite as close to the runway ) would have been entirely different as the B737 might not have known a few seconds earlier the regional Jet was going to cross, would have actually have touched down and deployed full reverse ( no go arounds after reverse thrust is used ) leaving the only option for the B737 to swerve hard right and hope they don't hit anything.
I just checked my JEPP charts, there is a aircraft hangar near the end of the runway ( Southwest hangar ) on the north ramp.
Fixed 4 youI am assuming a combined flight time between FA and FO.