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[DIV align=left][FONT size=+1]American Air Plane Aborts Takeoff In Texas [/FONT][/DIV][BR]DALLAS (AP)--An American Airlines plane narrowly averted slamming into two construction trucks at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport as the plane prepared for takeoff.
[P]American Airlines Flight 2421 was a third of the way down the runway Thursday when the pilot noticed the trucks driving across the runway to a nearby construction site, Dallas television station WFAA reported.
[P]The pilot immediately aborted the takeoff, stopping just 4,000 feet shy of the trucks.
[P]They slammed on their brakes suddenly -naturally alarming all the passengers, passenger Tom Windram said.
[P]The Federal Aviation Administration told the television station the air traffic controllers didn''t notice the trucks because they were dealing with a plane taking off after flight 2421.
[P]They were making sure there was enough space between takeoffs and didn''t notice the trucks, FAA spokesman Paul Erway said. They were working on wake vortex spacing at the time and the vehicles managed to get on the runway without them seeing it.
[P]Flight 2421, with 146 passengers and nine crew members, later took off and landed without incident in Los Angeles.
[P]American Airlines spokeswoman Tara Baten told The Associated Press said the airline had no comment.
[P]DFW hasn''t had an incursion for almost 18 months, but national aviation officials did single out the airport last year for being the site of the two worst close calls between planes. Those close calls were among five that occurred nationwide in 2001. [/P]
[DIV align=left][FONT size=+1]American Air Plane Aborts Takeoff In Texas [/FONT][/DIV][BR]DALLAS (AP)--An American Airlines plane narrowly averted slamming into two construction trucks at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport as the plane prepared for takeoff.
[P]American Airlines Flight 2421 was a third of the way down the runway Thursday when the pilot noticed the trucks driving across the runway to a nearby construction site, Dallas television station WFAA reported.
[P]The pilot immediately aborted the takeoff, stopping just 4,000 feet shy of the trucks.
[P]They slammed on their brakes suddenly -naturally alarming all the passengers, passenger Tom Windram said.
[P]The Federal Aviation Administration told the television station the air traffic controllers didn''t notice the trucks because they were dealing with a plane taking off after flight 2421.
[P]They were making sure there was enough space between takeoffs and didn''t notice the trucks, FAA spokesman Paul Erway said. They were working on wake vortex spacing at the time and the vehicles managed to get on the runway without them seeing it.
[P]Flight 2421, with 146 passengers and nine crew members, later took off and landed without incident in Los Angeles.
[P]American Airlines spokeswoman Tara Baten told The Associated Press said the airline had no comment.
[P]DFW hasn''t had an incursion for almost 18 months, but national aviation officials did single out the airport last year for being the site of the two worst close calls between planes. Those close calls were among five that occurred nationwide in 2001. [/P]