DOT IG concerned over runway incursions, FAA budget control
With runway incursions averaging one a day and close calls averaging one every 10 days, the Transportation Department’s inspector general has called on the

With runway incursions averaging one a day and close calls averaging one every 10 days, the Transportation Department’s inspector general has called on the FAA to follow through on its plans to train pilots to avoid runway incursions and use technology to warn pilots and controllers of potential incidents.

Citing the October 2001 crash between an MD-80 airliner and a Citation in Milan, Italy, which killed 118 people, DOT IG Kenneth Mead warned that the potential exists for similar accidents in the U.S.