This cockpit-alert system could be a safety ‘game-changer’ for airport runways

Photo caption: Honeywell test pilots Joe Duval, left, and Clint Coatney fly a Boeing 757 test aircraft demonstrating runway hazard warning systems over the airport in Tyler, Texas, Tuesday, June 4, 2024. Photo credit: AP Photo / LM Otero. Article by Associated Press. Fast Company – June 13, 2024. Original article published by the Associated Press.

As a Delta Air Lines jet began roaring down a runway, an air traffic controller at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport suddenly blurted out an expletive, then ordered the pilots to stop their takeoff roll. The controller saw an American Airlines plane mistakenly crossing the same runway, into the path of the accelerating Delta jet. […]

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