From the NTSB:
"You see that flash of light in the corner of your eye? That's your career dissipation light. It just went into high gear."
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NTSB ADVISORY
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National Transportation Safety Board
Washington, DC 20594
June 30, 2009
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NTSB INVESTIGATING RUNWAY INCURSIONS IN CLEVELAND
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The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating
two runway incursions that occurred at Cleveland Hopkins
International Airport (CLE) in Cleveland, Ohio.
The most recent occurred at 8:56 a.m. EDT on Friday, June
26, 2009. Express Jet flight 2426, an E-145, was cleared by
the tower developmental controller to cross runway 24L at
taxiway S in order to depart from runway 24R. Approximately
19 seconds later, the same controller cleared CommutAir
flight 8717, a DH8, for takeoff on runway 24L. The Express
Jet flight crew saw the departing airplane and advised the
tower controller they would not cross the runway. CommutAir
8717 rotated about 1,500 feet from where Express Jet 2426
was positioned.
The incident is the second of its kind at CLE in three
weeks. On June 3, 2009, at 3:15 p.m. EDT, a runway incursion
occurred in which a B-737 was cleared by a developmental
controller to taxi into position the same runway on which an
E-145 was cleared and entering for take-off. The E-145 crew
saw the B737 and queried the tower controller. The two
flights came within 500 feet of each other on runway 6L.
This was the same developmental controller involved in the
June 26 incident.
"You see that flash of light in the corner of your eye? That's your career dissipation light. It just went into high gear."