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A JetBlue aviator landing astatine Fort Lauderdale's airdrome reported a adjacent telephone connected Monday night, telling aerial postulation power that a second, smaller level was flying erratically successful the aforesaid area.
The incidental occurred astir 6:15 p.m. connected Monday, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. In aerial postulation power audio obtained by LiveATC.net, the operation tin beryllium heard giving instructions to the aviator of JetBlue formation 1256 arsenic the level nears Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport.
Then, the JetBlue aviator tin beryllium heard saying that the 2nd level is "turning towards us." The 2 planes look to person been conscionable a fewer 100 feet isolated successful altitude astatine the time, according to the audio, and separated by astir a mile.
A fewer moments later, the aerial postulation controller called the tiny level aviator "Mad Max," referring to the iconic enactment determination franchise.
"That guy's insane," the controller added, according to the audio.
The aerial postulation controller continued to supply landing accusation to the JetBlue pilot. The FAA said the "required separation" for harmless formation betwixt the 2 planes was maintained during the incident. The JetBlue formation landed safely soon afterwards, the FAA said.
The aerial postulation controller besides alerted different JetBlue aviator to the tiny plane, saying the aviator had "been trying to ascent astatine aircraft." That formation besides landed safely, according to the airport.
The aviator of the 2nd level was not communicating with aerial postulation control, according to the FAA. It's not wide wherever the craft took disconnected from oregon wherefore it was flying successful specified a manner. The FAA said it is investigating the incident. CBS News has reached retired to JetBlue for comment.
Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, located successful Broward County, Florida, is ranked arsenic the country's 18th-busiest airport, according to its website. A 2nd Broward County airport, North Perry Airport, is location to dozens of tiny planes and backstage aircraft.
Multiple aviation adjacent calls person been reported successful caller weeks. On April 29, a United Airlines formation reported a imaginable drone onslaught arsenic it landed astatine San Diego International Airport. A fewer days earlier, connected April 20, 2 Southwest Airlines flights near Nashville International Airport astir collided aft an aborted landing brought 1 craft into the nonstop way of a departing jet. The planes were separated by astir 500 feet of altitude, according to preliminary formation data. The FAA is besides investigating an April 9 incidental wherever a Frontier Airlines level nearly collided with 2 trucks connected a taxiway astatine the Los Angeles International Airport.
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