1999 T. F. Green Airport Runway Incursion
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| Summary | |
|---|---|
| Date | December 6, 1999 |
| Type | Pilot Error |
| Site | near Providence, Rhode Island. |
| Fatalities | 0 |
| Injuries | 0 |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Boeing 757-200 and Boeing 727-200F |
| Operator | United Airlines and FedEx Express |
The 1999 T. F. Green Airport runway incursion occurred on December 6, 1999 at approximately 20:35 Eastern Daylight Time between United Airlines flight 1448 a Boeing 757 and FedEx flight 1662 a Boeing 727 on the runway at T. F. Green Airport (PVD), near Providence, Rhode Island.
[edit] The incident
Shortly after landing on Runway 5R, Flight 1448 was instructed to taxi to the ramp. Due to the low-visibility that night the pilots became lost and taxied down the wrong taxiway heading towards the intersection of Runway 5R and Runway 16. Flight 1448 ventures onto the intersection just as FedEx Flight 1662 takes off overhead. Flight 1448 crew responds "somebody just took-off." The air traffic controller tells Flight 1448 they are on the wrong taxiway and to "hold position." Flight 1448 remained idle at the 5R/16 intersection, while the controller cleared MetroJet flight 2998 for takeoff on Runway 5R. Flight 2998 having listened to the exchange between controller and the United crew, refused take-off causing a complete halt in airport traffic. Flight 1448 is later cleared across the runways onto a taxiway out of danger.
[edit] Aftermath
The US Airways crew were honored for their actions of avoiding a near-disaster. An NTSB investigation followed and while no fault was assigned to the controller, she did have to be retrained before returning to service. The pilots were debrief by United, received additional training are returned to service [1]. The NTSB generated a recreation of the events of that night. [2].
