The crew of a Learjet 60 charter flight began a takeoff roll on Runway 09 at Boston Logan International Airport without a clearance, setting up a conflict with a JetBlue Embraer ERJ 190 that was cleared to land on an intersecting runway, the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) says.
The Feb. 28 occurrence was one of half a dozen runway incursions early this year that prompted the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to convene a safety summit to discuss the problem and to issue Safety Alert for Operators (SAfO) 23002 pointing out the need for “continued vigilance and attention to mitigation of safety risks.”
Other incursions included a Jan. 13 incident at Kennedy International Airport in New York in which a Boeing 777 taxied in front of a departing 737 and a Feb. 4 incident at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport in Texas involving a loss of separation between a departing 737 and a landing 767. The NTSB has not issued final reports in those inc…
