✈️ 2! TWO more!🛩️ “Within the span of 90 minutes on Tuesday morning, two airplanes, at Washington’s Ronald Reagan National Airport and at Chicago’s Midway International Airport, were forced to abort landings to avoid collisions, federal aviation officials said” […] - ThreadSky

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GottaLaff.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy • 3 days ago

✈️ 2! TWO more!🛩️

“Within the span of 90 minutes on Tuesday morning, two airplanes, at Washington’s Ronald Reagan National Airport and at Chicago’s Midway International Airport, were forced to abort landings to avoid collisions, federal aviation officials said” […]

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servelan.newsie.social.ap.brid.gy•3 days ago

@GottaLaff Even planes don't like the current administration.

JJKrawczyk.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy•3 days ago

@GottaLaff
This happens more often than is reported, although maybe not as close to touchdown in the Chicago case. Two or three times for me, the latest back in May at DTW.

martinvermeer.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy•3 days ago

@GottaLaff Not sure. There may be journalistic overreporting going on due to the recent disasters. Seems the Chicago incident was due to pilot error, not air traffic control. Landing go-arounds are not unusual. Near misses or close calls fortunately are, and good that they are investigating […]

bronakins.mastodon.world.ap.brid.gy•3 days ago

@GottaLaff

Okay I’m beginning to think this spate of plane accidents & near-misses is some sick homicidal plot by trump to justify giving musk’s StarLink a permanent no bid contract for air control services in the US.
Indeed trump hinted at that in comments on the 1/29 tragedy over the Potomac […]

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