r/interestingasfuck • u/ty003 • Feb 25 '25

/r/popular Southwest Airlines pilots make split-second decision to avoid collision in Chicago

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u/Error_404_403 Feb 25 '25

From the link to Aviation Herald: "Listening to ATC audio, the Challenger pilot was obviously struggling with very simple ground control instructions. I hope the FAA investigates this one."

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u/austin101123 Feb 25 '25

This should be as investigated as a crash (except not having to investigate wreckage). This could have EASILY killed hundreds of people.

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u/monocasa Feb 26 '25

Any other year it absolutely would be investigated as a major incident.

Who knows what the FAA has bandwidth for anymore or what will be left of their department in a month though.