Controller to Small Plane: 'What Are You Doing?'
Newser • • business
Key Points:
- A predawn UPS cargo flight into Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport was forced to abort its landing after a small jet unexpectedly entered the runway, prompting urgent air traffic control intervention.
- The UPS Boeing 767, Flight 1303, climbed from 500 to 1,500 feet before safely circling back to land, with no injuries reported.
- The incident occurred roughly five months after a fatal UPS plane crash at the same airport, which houses UPS Worldport, the central hub of the company's global air network.
- Air traffic controllers urgently instructed the smaller SKQ-25 jet to stop, with the pilot apologizing for the runway incursion.
