FDX Dec 2024 250.000 call
- Associated Press Finance
NTSB says an air traffic controller's faulty assumption led to a close call between planes in Texas
An air traffic's controller's faulty assumption that a Southwest Airlines jetliner would take off from a Texas airport before a landing FedEx plane reached the runway caused the planes to come within less than 200 feet of colliding in thick fog last year, federal investigators said Thursday. The National Transportation Safety Board said the Southwest pilots contributed to the close call in Austin on Feb. 4, 2023, by not telling the controller they needed time on the runway before beginning their takeoff roll.
- Reuters
NTSB finds incorrect assumptions by controller in Texas near air collision
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The National Transportation Safety Board found incorrect assumptions on the part of an air traffic controller led to the February 2023 near-collision between a FedEx plane and a Southwest Airlines jet in Austin, Texas. The two planes came within about 170 feet (52 m) of each other when the FedEx Boeing 767 was forced to fly over the Southwest 737-700 to avoid a crash in poor visibility conditions. It was one of at least half a dozen near-miss incidents last year that raised concerns about U.S. aviation safety and the strain on understaffed air traffic control.
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FedEx (FDX) Gains But Lags Market: What You Should Know
FedEx (FDX) closed at $248.05 in the latest trading session, marking a +0.85% move from the prior day.
