Harrowing footage shows Gonzaga team plane, Delta jet near-miss on LAX runway

[mystery-ak]

 Harrowing footage shows Gonzaga team plane, Delta jet near-miss on LAX runway
By Alex Oliveira   
Published Dec. 30, 2024
Updated Dec. 30, 2024, 5:27 p.m. ET


Harrowing footage captured the moment a Delta flight nearly crashed into the Gonzaga University basketball team plane on the runway at Los Angeles International Airport.

“Stop, stop, stop!” an air-traffic controller can be heard yelling at the plane carrying the men’s team as it prepares to cross a runway at LAX around 4:30 p.m. Friday, according to footage of the incident posted online.

The rolling jet —  Key Lime Air Flight 563 — comes to a sudden stop, just as Delta Flight 471, an Airbus A321, comes barreling up the runway at full speed and lifts off.

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[Wingnut]

Okay.  The Gonzaga plane stopped way short of the runway the jet was taking off from.  The photo angle makes it look like the were gonna get hit.  (Still the taxing pilot f'd up)

Bunch of bullshit for clicks.

[Smokin Joe]

Okay.  The Gonzaga plane stopped way short of the runway the jet was taking off from.  The photo angle makes it look like the were gonna get hit.  (Still the taxing pilot f'd up)

Bunch of bullshit for clicks.

Either that or the airport ground controller (directs traffic at the airport) narrowly avoided having a plane in the wrong place at the wrong time.

[jafo2010]

That was NOT a near miss.  I have flown 2 million miles or more, and that is not unusual to see.  The angle of the video makes it look bad, but that situation is fairly common, particularly at super busy airports.