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Another airplane near miss revealed: Southwest
jet missed ambulance that crossed its
path on take-off by just 173 feet as desperate
air traffic controller tried to stop the vehicle

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Posted By: Imright, 3/22/2023 8:50:05 AM

A Southwest Airlines flight had a 173-foot near-miss with an ambulance truck that crossed the runway without authorization at Baltimore's airport, following a spate of alarming airport mishaps across the country. The incident occurred on January 12 at Baltimore/Washington International Airport, but came to attention this week when DC News Now published audio of air controllers frantically telling the vehicle to stop. It came to light just a few days after a plane almost collided with a helicopter at the Hollywood Burbank Airport, in southern California.

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Reply 1 - Posted by: Halfvast Conspirator 3/22/2023 9:20:02 AM (No. 1430801)
It was a “near-collision” not a “near-miss” as in the plane didn’t nearly miss it (collide)
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Reply 2 - Posted by: red1066 3/22/2023 9:38:20 AM (No. 1430816)
What was an ambulance doing on a runway? I've seen them around where planes taxi into a gate, but I've never seen anything other than an occasional airport maintenance vehicle on a runway.
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Reply 3 - Posted by: hershey 3/22/2023 9:44:56 AM (No. 1430827)
The ambo was on the wrong radio frequency...probably...also missed a turn somewhere to end up on a runway...doubt they were responding to a call, on the runway....
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Reply 4 - Posted by: Rumblehog 3/22/2023 9:52:14 AM (No. 1430838)
SWA lost its mojo when Herb Kelleher retired and the Ivy League MBA "wonder boys" took control. Focus on Quarterly Stock Price vs. Airline Operations has been the death knell of a once prosperous airline.
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Reply 5 - Posted by: MDConservative 3/22/2023 10:13:50 AM (No. 1430862)
Even told to stop...so what? Red lights and stop signs are merely suggestive in the Baltimore-DC metroplex, and elsewhere these days.
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Reply 6 - Posted by: PlayItAgain 3/22/2023 10:34:01 AM (No. 1430889)
The Covid lockdowns and vaccine mandates have severely reduced the number of experienced pilots, flight crew, and ground personnel. We had to replace them. These new people are not experienced. We can teach people to operate an airplane so it can fly, but all the taking off, landing and maneuvering required on the ground,– that requires experience. No way around it. We will see more of this. There is simply no way to avoid a learning curve. We WILL see more of this.
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Reply 7 - Posted by: Aud 3/22/2023 10:44:21 AM (No. 1430906)
All I got out of the recording was “click” “mumble” “pop” “mumble” “click” “pop”. Wouldn’t you think technology is advanced enough now to actually make aircraft to controller conversations intelligible?
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Reply 8 - Posted by: smokincol 3/22/2023 11:33:26 AM (No. 1430972)
sounds like a game of chicken like some people do at railroad crossings, which has disastrous consequences as we all know
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Reply 9 - Posted by: DVC 3/22/2023 1:19:55 PM (No. 1431082)
What in hell is an ambulance doing on the operations part of any airport? EVER. And I doubt that they had a proper radio to talk to the tower or ground control.
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Reply 10 - Posted by: Illinois Mom 3/22/2023 1:27:26 PM (No. 1431095)
When hiring becomes a matter of what a person looks like or what they "identify" as, rather than brains, experience and ability, these things will happen more frequently. Once again, innocent, unsuspecting people will pay the price.
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Reply 11 - Posted by: Luandir 3/22/2023 3:06:45 PM (No. 1431160)
This comes down to having less competent people in all positions. An unanticipated consequence of the lockdown for sure, but that's not the only reason.
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