FAA says an air traffic controller cancelled takeoff clearance for American Airlines Flight 2134 “because another aircraft was cleared to land on an intersecting runway at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.” https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/boston-bound-flight-averts-runway-collision-at-reagan-national-airport/3384166/
@w7voa THIS ISNT NEWS.
It's routine. It happens to me like once a month. Some planes are faster than others and sometimes they give clearance thinking you have time, and then have to revoke it when the other plane gets where it's going a little faster than expected.
@w7voa No, I fly smaller planes. And, admittedly, in this particular instance, it was a nearer miss than most, but revoking clearance after it's been given is still very common.
@LouisIngenthron @w7voa while I agree revoking takeoff clearances happen often and most of the time it is not a big deal and should not make the news. If the airliner was in the high speed abort region and the other was on short final it becomes a breakdown in system communication and should become an investigation.
@WiredForFlight @w7voa Yeah, agreed. I noted in a later reply that this was definitely a closer call than most, but I'm just sick and tired of every little problem (with zero injuries) getting reported like some major catastrophe.
@LouisIngenthron Are you a commercial airline pilot?