Alaska Airlines flight aborts takeoff after Southwest plane is cleared to cross same runway
An Alaska Airlines plane was forced to abort takeoff at Nashville International Airport in Tennessee after a Southwest Airlines flight was cleared to cross from the same runway, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.
An Alaska Airlines plane was forced to abort takeoff at Nashville International Airport in Tennessee after a Southwest Airlines flight was cleared to cross from the same runway, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.
Alaska Airlines Flight 369 was headed to Seattle on Thursday morning and had received clearance to take off from air traffic control, the airline said in a statement, when Southwest Airlines Flight 2029 was cleared to cross the end of the same runway, the FAA said.
The Alaska pilots had to brake so hard and fast that the tires on their plane blew out, the airline said.
Damaged tires on the Alaska Airlines jet at the Nashville, Tenn., airport after takeoff was aborted Thursday.Kyle Forrester via X.comThe crew was able to get the plane off the runway and close to the terminal, but the tires deflated "due to heat buildup from the rapid stop on the runway, as designed," Alaska said.
All 176 passengers safely got off and reached the terminal, the airline said. It said it sent another plane to Nashville to take them to Seattle on Thursday night.
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