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Old 8th February 2010, 14:59
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Eeeek, that was close

http://www.faa.gov/airports/runway_s...imulation.html
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Old 10th February 2010, 09:31
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Re: Eeeek, that was close

Bl**dy hell Loki, I was sweating just watching it.
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Re: Eeeek, that was close

S*****t!!!! Was that a take-off run or still taxiing by "Blue Delta???"....???
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Re: Eeeek, that was close

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S*****t!!!! Was that a take-off run or still taxiing by "Blue Delta???"....???
Take-off run (aborted, however)
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Re: Eeeek, that was close

Wow, wonder what the girl in the tower had to say to the boss afterwards. No tea and no cookies!
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Old 12th February 2010, 21:17
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Re: Eeeek, that was close

Like most incidents, the cause was not quite so simple....I think the ground controller was partly at fault for not "coordinating" (a technical term us controllers use) properly, in this case that one of the aircraft was departing from an intermediate link.
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