Accidents
FAA, NTSB Probing Near-Collision of SWA 737 and FedEx 767
A FedEx 767 nearly landed on top of a Southwest Airlines 737 taking off from Austin Bergstrom Airport in Texas.
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The NTSB and FAA have begun investigating another case of a near collision in the U.S. On Saturday, a Boeing 767 cargo airplane operated by FedEx discontinued its landing at Austin Bergstrom International Airport after an air traffic controller cleared a Boeing 737 operated by Southwest Airlines to depart on the same runway.

According to preliminary information, air traffic control cleared FedEx Flight 1432 to land on Runway 18L at about 6:40 a.m. local time after the aircraft began its approach “several” miles from the airport, the FAA said in a statement. Shortly before the FedEx aircraft was due to land, the controller cleared Southwest Flight 708 to depart.