2 near Collisions at Ohare within a week of each other

[Galvan]

Twice this week planes were forced to abort takeoffs at O'Hare International Airport to avoid colliding with other aircraft, the Federal Aviation Administration said Friday.

In one close call, two airliners that were mistakenly instructed to take off at the same time on crisscrossing runways came within 100 feet of each other before the pilots were alerted and stopped their planes near the runway intersection, officials said.

In one incident Tuesday. Two planes one opperated by German Airline Luftansa and the other by Delta Connection came within 100 feet of eachother.

In the second incident, two United airlines aircraft came within 600 feet of colliding with eachother.

According to the FAA, both incidents are being called "air traffic controller error"

Read more on these incidents at
ChicagoTribune.com

[Trailblazer Tony]

I just flew to florida this past monday and had no problems. However, this is kind of scary, they should pay MUCH better attention.

[msoeagle]

My friend was on a United plane at Ohare. She says that they were on the runway and it felt like they were taking off but then they came to an abrupt stop.