On the afternoon of January 13, a serious incident caused by a active runway incursion put two planes at risk of collision at the airport JFK of NYafter the non-compliance of a Boeing 777 American Airlines from airport apron control instructions and cross an active runway where an American 737 Delta the takeoff run began.
The American Airlines Boeing 777-200, registration N754AN, which was preparing to start flight AA106 from New York’s JFK airport to London Heathrow (United Kingdom), was taxiing down taxiway B to exit runway 04L and was cleared to cross runway 31L via taxiway K. However, the aircraft continued straight ahead, merged onto taxiway J and crossed runway 04L via taxiway J.
At that same moment, a Delta Airlines Boeing 737-900 with registration N914DU that was making flight DL1943 from New York (USA) to Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic), had clearance to take off at 04L and was accelerating when the tower He became aware of the conflict and instructed DL1943 to cancel takeoff immediately. The controller repeated the order seconds later, at which time the crew reported that the departure was aborted.
As usually happens in these cases, the airport authorities ordered the American Airlines plane to contact them on a private frequency. Later, the aircraft left runway 31L.
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According to what was reported by the Aviation Herald, DL1943 returned to the platform, disembarked its passengers and rescheduled its departure, arriving in Santo Domingo about 14 hours later.
