About 0911 c.s.t., on February 15, 1979, a near collision occurred at O'Hare International Airport, Chicago, Illinois, involving Delta Air Lines Flight 349, a scheduled passenger flight and Flying Tiger 74, a scheduled cargo flight. When cleared to taxi, Delta Flight 349 was instructed by the air traffic ground controller to stop before crossing an active runway. The controller later gave Delta Flight 349, a Boeing 727, clearance to cross this runway. At about this time, Flying Tiger Flight 74 had been cleared to land. Shortly after touchdown, the captain of Flying Tiger 74 saw the Delta aircraft entering the runway, and to avoid collision, he veered his aircraft off the runway. The cargo plane, a Boeing 747, incurred substantial damage. There was no damage to the Boeing 727, and there were no injuries to the occupants of either aircraft. The National Transportation Safety Board determines that the probable cause of this accident was the O'Hare outbound ground controller's issuance of a taxi clearance across runway 9R, which permitted Delta Flight 349 to move into a collision path with Flying Tiger Flight 74 and, further, the failure of the pilots of Delta Flight 349 to maintain a continuous vigil for landing traffic before entering an active runway. The improper clearance was the result of the ground controller's failure to see the displayed radar target of the landing aircraft.
Aircraft Accident Report - Near Collision of Delta Air Lines, Inc., Boeing 727-200, N467DA, and Flying Tiger, Inc., Boeing 747-F, N804FT, O'Hare International Airport, Chicago, Illinois, February 15, 1979
1979
40 pages
Report
Keine Angabe
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Transportation Safety , Air Transportation , Aeronautics , Aviation accidents , Accident investigations , Terminal air traffic control , Air traffic controllers , Failure , Collisions , Runways , Taxiing , Illinois , Boeing 727 aircraft , Boeing 747-F aircraft , O'Hare International Airport , Chicago(Illinois) , Human factors