The control tower at Ponta Delgada airport on the island of Sao Miguel, Azores, simultaneously authorized the plane to take off and land, with the pilot still on the ground alerting it to the situation.
Aviation sources told Lusa that the incident occurred at 8:30 am on Monday, June 3, when the control tower cleared the Porto-bound Sata Internacional A320neo to line up and take off on runway 30, although it had already cleared the aircraft A Dash8-400 operated by Sata Internacional, flying from Madeira, lands on the opposite runway (12).
According to the same sources, an incident of this kind “is very serious because the safety barriers on the part of the air traffic control service failed and the chain of events that could have led to a disaster was interrupted by the professionalism of the crew” of the aircraft. A320neo “which realized the controller’s error” and immediately alerted him.
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
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