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More Near Misses At Newark

Months after we wrote about a near miss on the runway at Newark Liberty International Airport, they're still happening. Reader Jay Decker writes in with a spine-tingling tale the day before US Airways Flight 1549's near miss:

My wife, son, and I were on Continental flight 855 from West Palm Beach into EWR. We were running late, about an hour, and were supposed to land at about 4:10pm Jan. 14.

We were just touching down, the rear wheels were kissing the ground, when the pilot powered up and nosed up and we struggled our way back into the air. I guess this is commonly referred to as a "touch and go." The pilot apologized, even as the in cockpit alarm was still beeping, and said that Newark had a "space" issue and we would be landing shortly. I turned to my wife and translated: "There was something on our runway."

Needless to say, we were all happy when we finally landed some time later.

Senior Editor Juliana's mom experienced something similar on the same route in November, except, she noted, the pilot did not apologize. Hey Newark, it's 2009: Time to turn over a new leaf and figure out what's causing all these near misses! Controlling errant flocks of birds may be outside of ATC's reach, but adjusting traffic patterns isn't.

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Tags: Runway Incursions / EWR / Airport Hell / → All Tags

Near Misses at EWR Keep on Keepin' on

Near misses between planes on the runway at Newark Liberty International Airport are nothing new. The airport has consistently ranked high on the FAA's list of dangerous US airports for runway accidents but is EWR even trying to remedy the situation?

Described as runway incursions, these scary incidents happens when "an aircraft, vehicle, person or object on the ground" endangers an aircraft on take off or landing.

Last Friday night, our friend was on a Jet Blue plane from Florida and according to her, all was swell on the flight. Even the landing seemed to be OK until suddenly, the plane slammed on the brakes just missing a Jamaican Air plane.

The Jet Blue plane came to a complete stop and passengers were all freaked out. The crew asked if everyone was OK but according to our spy in the sky, the pilot never apologized. And no, her "more legroom" seat did not make the experience any less frightening. Yikes.

Got a runway incursion experience of your own? Share it with the group.

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· Newark Liberty International coverage [Jaunted]
· Airport Hell coverage [Jaunted]

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