A Learjet Pilot Believed He Was Cleared To Fly. He Didn’t. Fortunately, Jetblue Pilots Noticed Him.

Jetblue plane Pilots Noticed, A Learjet Pilot Believed He Was Cleared To Fly. He Didn't | CIO Women Magazine

Federal investigators said Thursday that a charter jet pilot took off without permission in February, causing a “conflict” with a JetBlue plane preparing to land on an overlapping runway at Boston’s Logan International Airport. A screen grab from a video captured from the JetBlue cockpit shows the moment a Learjet operated by the charter business Hop-A-Jet crossed the runway directly in front of the JetBlue plane.

When the JetBlue Embraer flight saw a plane cross in front of them, the pilots believed they were around 30 feet (9 meters) over the ground – the captain stated he couldn’t determine how near they were to the plane. Federal investigators said Thursday that a charter jet pilot took off without permission, causing a “conflict” with a JetBlue plane about to land on an overlapping runway at Boston’s Logan International Airport in February.

Jetblue plane Pilots Noticed

A screen grab from video captured from the JetBlue cockpit depicts the moment a Learjet operated by charter operator Hop-A-Jet crossed the runway directly in front of the JetBlue plane.

According to a National Transportation Safety Board study, the pilots of the JetBlue Embraer jet believed they were about 30 feet (9 meters) off the ground when they saw a plane cross in front of them – the captain claimed he couldn’t determine how near they were to the smaller plane. The JetBlue pilots pulled up safely.

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