The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) are investigating an incident at Hollywood Burbank Airport in northern Los Angeles County on Wednesday night when an airline pilot was forced to abort a landing after realizing that another plane took off from the same runway.
A Mesa Airlines pilot cleared to land “performed a pilot-initiated go-around because he was scheduled to land on the same runway” as a departing SkyWest plane, the NTSB said in a statement Friday.
The pilot circled the regional airport before landing safely.
No injuries were reported, according to the NTSB.
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No injuries were reported after a Mesa Airlines jet and a SkyWest plane nearly crashed at Hollywood Burbank Airport on Wednesday. (iStock)
The SkyWest flight was cleared to take off before the Mesa flight landed, the Federal Aviation Administration confirmed to Fox News Digital.
SkyWest Flight E175 was cleared for takeoff from runway 33 just before 7:00 p.m. PT Friday when approach flight 5826 was a little over a mile from the airport.
While the Mesa pilot aborted the landing and initiated a “climb out,” the SkyWest pilot took off as planned, “resulting in an automatic alarm sounding on the Mesa plane’s flight deck, which took it away from the other planes.” has.”
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The incident is just one of a handful of close-knit cases that have occurred at US airports recently.
Earlier this month, a FedEx cargo plane attempting to land at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport was forced to change course after a second plane was cleared to depart from the same runway. The FAA is also investigating this incident.
Last week, Acting FAA Administrator Billy Nolen said he was forming a security review team to “examine the structure, culture, processes, systems and integration of the security efforts of the US aerospace system.”
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“We need to ensure that our structure is fit for both the US aerospace system of today and the future,” he said.
Fox News Digital has reached out to Hollywood Burbank Airport.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.