Departing Boston plane forced to abruptly abort takeoff, passenger says
An American Airlines passenger traveling from Boston to Chicago is speaking out about an abrupt runway incident at Logan International Airport on Monday.”About 10 seconds into our takeoff, there was a jolt,” Cosmo Rowell, who was aboard American Airlines flight 1457 on Monday, said. “We had to immediately slow down, and hit the emergency brakes as hard as they could.”According to the Federal Aviation Administration, an air traffic controller noticed a Spirit Airlines plane coming too close to the runway hold line. The FAA said the air traffic controller canceled takeoff clearance for the American Airlines flight “out of an abundance of caution.”Rowell was on the plane, a Boeing 737-800, that was forced to abruptly stop. “We stopped on the runway and it took a few seconds, but they said, ‘Hey guys, sorry, there was an incident, someone was starting to impede on our runway so we had to do an emergency stop,'” Rowell said. Aviation expert Tom Kenton is glad evasive action was taken, especially after previous near-misses at Logan Airport over the past year.”Evasive action was taken when it wasn’t needed, but out of abundance of caution was still taken by the air traffic controller to avert a possible bad situation from occurring,” Kenton said. Despite safety in mind, the incident was still frightening for those who were on board the plane. “There was definitely anxiety in the air because, you know, we don’t know what we’re going to run into, if that was what was going to happen,” Rowell said. “Everyone was definitely scared.”The incident will likely not go down as a near miss, though the FAA says they are investigating. The plane was brought back to the gate where the brakes were inspected. The flight made its way to Chicago, albeit several hours late, causing some passengers to miss their flight connections. “The safety of our customers and team members is our top priority and we apologize for the delay in our customer’s travel plans,” American Airlines said in a statement.
An American Airlines passenger traveling from Boston to Chicago is speaking out about an abrupt runway incident at Logan International Airport on Monday.
“About 10 seconds into our takeoff, there was a jolt,” Cosmo Rowell, who was aboard American Airlines flight 1457 on Monday, said. “We had to immediately slow down, and hit the emergency brakes as hard as they could.”
According to the Federal Aviation Administration, an air traffic controller noticed a Spirit Airlines plane coming too close to the runway hold line. The FAA said the air traffic controller canceled takeoff clearance for the American Airlines flight “out of an abundance of caution.”
Rowell was on the plane, a Boeing 737-800, that was forced to abruptly stop.
“We stopped on the runway and it took a few seconds, but they said, ‘Hey guys, sorry, there was an incident, someone was starting to impede on our runway so we had to do an emergency stop,'” Rowell said.
Aviation expert Tom Kenton is glad evasive action was taken, especially after previous near-misses at Logan Airport over the past year.
“Evasive action was taken when it wasn’t needed, but out of abundance of caution was still taken by the air traffic controller to avert a possible bad situation from occurring,” Kenton said.
Despite safety in mind, the incident was still frightening for those who were on board the plane.
“There was definitely anxiety in the air because, you know, we don’t know what we’re going to run into, if that was what was going to happen,” Rowell said. “Everyone was definitely scared.”
The incident will likely not go down as a near miss, though the FAA says they are investigating.
The plane was brought back to the gate where the brakes were inspected. The flight made its way to Chicago, albeit several hours late, causing some passengers to miss their flight connections.
“The safety of our customers and team members is our top priority and we apologize for the delay in our customer’s travel plans,” American Airlines said in a statement.
