Accidents
NTSB: Night Close Call Blamed on Learjet Flight Crew
JetBlue E190 crew goes around to avoid collision
A Learjet crosses in front of a landing Embraer jet at Boston's Logan International Airport
This screenshot shows a portion of the freeze-frame image captured from a video taken by a jump seat pilot on a JetBlue Embraer E190 landing on Boston Logan International Airport's Runway 4R on February 27. The ghostly image of the Hop-A-Jet Learjet is difficult to see as it takes off on the crossing runway (Runway 9) after its crew was instructed by ATC to line up and wait. © NTSB

Despite acknowledging ATC instructions to line up and wait (LUAW), the flight crew of a Bombardier Learjet 60 took off without clearance at Boston Logan International Airport (KBOS) and thus caused a near-collision with a JetBlue Embraer E190, according to the NTSB final report published yesterday.

The incident, which caused no injuries or damage, occurred at 6:55 p.m. on February 27. Runways 04R and 09 are intersecting, and BOS tower had instructed the flight crew of the Learjet, being operated as a Part 91 positioning flight by charter operator Hop-A-Jet, to LUAW on Runway 09 while the JetBlue had been cleared to land on Runway 04R.

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