Near COLLISION Between Takeoff Aircraft and Aircraft on the Go at Minneapolis. REAL ATC
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Published 2023-06-18
A Delta Air Lines Airbus A220-300 registration N311DU performing flight DAL1163 from Minneapolis/St. Paul International Airport (KMSP) to Santa Ana John Wayne Airport (KSNA).
Was cleared for take-off from runway 30 left when American Airlines Boeing 737 MAX8 registration N338ST,(flight AAL2406) which was on short final for runway 30L was cleared to land when the Delta A220 started the roll.
A few moments later the Tower controller instructed AAL2406 to go around.
Subsequently when both aircraft were in the air the separation between aircrafts reduced to about 200 feet vertical and 0.20 nm horizontal.
"Accident is under investigation"- FAA said.
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All Comments (21)
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A lot of comments here say it was clearly ‘right side’, but to me it sounds like the transmission was stepped on in that exact moment. Skip to 3:05 in the video and listen without reading the transcript. It's a lot less clear that it appears when reading. Add into this how clear that radio signal is onboard the aircraft and it is far more understandable that this was the reason they heard ‘left’.
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Me: "How did the animator confuse left and right!?" ... "Oh."
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If you listen carefully, it sounds like another aircraft keyed up briefly when the controller said the word "right". Keep in mind, these transmissions can sound WAY different in the pilots' and controllers' ears than they do to us here on youtube (an important note to all you "keyboard warriors" out there). The American never readback right side. I am not a tower controller, but I don't think that would fall under a required readback, so if it was that important to the controller, he should have made absolutely sure to get a solid readback on that control instruction. Nothing will happen to either party, just a controller cutting it too close and not communicating effectively enough, and pilot who were doing there best but could have done a better job assuring they had the correct instructions. Happens daily in the NAS.
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Someone stepped on the ATCs mic when he said go around 'right side' Made a big difference.
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When you let things get so close that a left vs. right matters, maybe give it a little more space/time. The schedule be damned.
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What was the urgency to get that Delta flight cleared for takeoff? Should have been hold short, American lands, then cleared for takeoff. Ridiculous amount of risk accepted to have them follow sun country and line up.
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I'm no expert, but I get the feeling that the AA pilot thought he heard "left" because someone momentarily stepped on the controller while saying "right." I also have a hunch that, had the AA read back the entire go-around instruction, the controller would have caught the directional mistake and avoided the near collision. I'm open to receiving constructive thoughts.
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Readbacks needed in this case... other traffic keyed up at the "right" was said.
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When the controller issued the go-around he already realized that he had lost approved separation. At that point he’s trying to avoid a collision. He just didn’t want the AA flying down the runway with the delta climbing into AA. So he said “right side” but the AA never read back the clearance so it’s actually a moot point. He assumed the pilot was just right of the runway so he turned the delta left. Unknown what the controllers vantage point was or the radar resolution available.
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He responded on the go.. should've readback right side for clarity.
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I heard about this and thought it was just some news hype on a go around but this shows how close it was.
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On a side note: can someone tell me why the Sun Country flight was ordered to get out of line and go to the back of the line? Genuinely curious.
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My heart stopped just looking at this animation and how close they were. Can't imagine being one of the pilots or a passenger looking out to see another plane right there!
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I had watched another breakdown video where there was a keyed mic "beep" during the right/left call from ATC. Is that what the AA crew would have heard?
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RIGHT side 30 LEFT in an high energy situation. I mean what could possibly go wrong...?
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pilots and controllers have to watch these 2 mi final "squeeze plays"... one of these days, there's doing to be a real accident
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Ok I understand that in Europe we are way more conservative on separation, the place where I work requires the departing plane to roll before the approach is at 4nm from the threshold. Anyhow putting an extra plane on the runway ( The one that had to vacate because he was too early) was definitely a bad idea
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The American pilot didn't call back the instructions. Had he called them back as he heard or perceived them, the controller could have corrected him.
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From “History of the World part I”: “Don’t you know your left flank from your right flank??? Sorry sir, I flunked flank”
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He clearly said "right side" but then said runway xx "left" so probably the AA pilot just picked up left or under stress thought the last word for direction
