Aircraft Carrying Basketball Players Narrowly Avoids Collision at LAX

There have been several aircraft crashes over the past weeks, which federal aviation authorities are investigating.
Aircraft Carrying Basketball Players Narrowly Avoids Collision at LAX
A still from video shows the Gonzaga University men's basketball team plane, back left, taxiing and being told to stop on the runway at Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles on Dec. 27, 2024. Airline Videos Live via AP
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An aircraft carrying a university basketball team narrowly avoided a collision with another plane on Friday at the Los Angeles International Airport.

A YouTube video of the incident shows a Delta Airlines plane attempting to take off from a runway while a second aircraft, carrying the basketball players, moves in from the right, closing in on the Delta flight. The air traffic controller yells “stop, stop, stop,” and the second plane ceases to move. After the Delta flight takes off into the skies, the other aircraft resumes its course.
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