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VIDEO: Runway Incursion: Near-Disaster at Springfield Branson National Airport
On Wednesday June 27, 2018, about 12:51 central daylight time, a runway incursion occurred at Springfield-Branson National Airport, Springfield, Missouri when an airport operations vehicle ("VAN 7") crossed runway 14 while an Embraer 145, operated by Envoy Air as flight ENY 3660, was on its takeoff roll with 57 passengers aboard. This video reveals the circumstances surrounding the incursion, and the audio (courtesy of LiveATC.net) appears to unambiguously pin this incident squarely on… (www.youtube.com) Más...Wish all airports had such good camera's and video around their airport. That video was crystal clear. Should something bad have happened, the NTSB would have had a lot to work with.
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No, I didn't. Is CGI available at all airports?
"Harold isn't that jet coming straight towards us?
"Don't worry Mildred, there are people in that tower who know where everything is all times. We are fine!
"Don't worry Mildred, there are people in that tower who know where everything is all times. We are fine!
Plenty of room.
If she had taught him to 'always look both ways....before crossing the street <runway>,' this wouldn't have happened.
The NTSB should interview the van driver's mother.