An off-duty pilot from another airline helped Southwest Airlines Flight 6013 make a safe landing in Las Vegas after one of its pilots needed 'medical attention' following takeoff.
The incident happened Wednesday as news emerged that a Southwest Airlines jet had a distressing close call in January with an ambulance which had crossed the same runway at a Baltimore airport, coming within 200 feet of the plane just as it was in its takeoff roll. Southwest planes are seen in Las Vegas in August 2020. The plane that was diverted there Wednesday was able to take off again for Columbus, Ohio.
According to the Federal Aviation Administration, an Aircraft Rescue and Fire Fighting, or ARFF, vehicle crossed Runway 15R at Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport on Jan. 12. An FAA report said ,"The closest estimated horizontal separation occurred at a distance of 173 feet."
"The airport fully cooperated and shared information with the FAA regarding the incident. Based on review of the incident, new procedures were immediately implemented to help ensure safety and to prevent a similar incident in the future. Safety and security remain the highest priorities for A Southwest Airlines spokesman said in a statement: "Southwest adheres to Air Traffic Control directions at all times and our Crew did in this scenario too.
The FAA's incident report ranked this runway incursion as Category B, which is "an incident in which separation decreases and there is a significant potential for collision, which may result in a time critical corrective/evasive response to avoid a collision."
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