This is happening too often.
A near collision of a JetBlue plane and a private jet has sparked an FAA investigation at Boston Logan International Airport.
According to a preliminary review, the pilot of a Learjet 60 took off without clearance while JetBlue Flight 206 was preparing to land on an intersecting runway shortly before 7 p.m., the FAA confirmed.An air traffic controller instructed the pilot of the Learjet to line up and wait on Runway 9 while the JetBlue Embraer 190 landed on Runway 4-Right, which intersects Runway 9, the FAA said.”The Learjet pilot read back the instructions clearly, but began a takeoff roll instead,” the FAA said. “The pilot of the JetBlue aircraft took evasive action and initiated a climb-out as the Learjet crossed the intersection.”
So the Learjet took off without any clearance.
The JetBlue plane came from Nashville, TN.
As I said, this has happened a lot lately:
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