Dramatic audio appeared to capture the pilot of a FedEx cargo plane that nearly collided with a Southwest Airlines flight last week in Texas telling the other aircraft to abort its takeoff.
FedEx Flight 1432 from Memphis was cleared to land on Runway 18 Left at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport early Saturday — but seconds later, Southwest Flight 708 also alerted air traffic control that it was “ready” for departure short of the runway, as is customary, according to a recording by LiveATC.net.
“Fly heading 170, Runway 18 Left, cleared for takeoff. Traffic three miles final is a heavy 767,” the controller tells Flight 708, which was bound for Cancun, Mexico.
The term “heavy” refers to planes above a certain weight to alert pilots of wake turbulence.
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