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Pilots abort landings at San Francisco airport after spotting another plane on runway

  • Two airliners aborted landings at San Francisco International Airport after pilots spotted a Southwest Airlines jet taxiing across runways on which the other planes had been cleared to land.
  • The Federal Aviation Administration said the Southwest plane cleared the runways when the other planes passed directly overhead, and the decision to abort the landings was “precautionary.”
  • The National Transportation Safety Board said it is not investigating the matter.
  • The incident comes after a half-dozen close calls in recent months that are being investigated by safety officials.
  • The FAA is investing $100 million in improvements at 12 airports to reduce the number of “runway incursions,” when a plane or airport vehicle is on a runway when it should not be.
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