Near miss at Midway

[fholbert]

Two planes were cleared for takeoff on intersecting runways in Chicago. Air traffic controller heard yelling, "Stop, stop!"

 

[Ajax]

Think it was midway

 

[aviatorx43]

The article says MDW

 

[fholbert]

LiveATC has it.

http://www.liveatc.net/forums/atcaviation-audio-clips/kmdw-very-near-miss-stop-stop-stop/

 

[middies10]

"Somebody" was ignoring those big white numbers on the runway when being given a TO clearance.

 

[skypilot6]

Now now Delta, you'll have to wait your turn..

 

[ctab5060X]

Now now Delta, you'll have to wait your turn..

It wasn't Captain Happy, was it?

 

[Travis John]

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/...-at-midway-airport-20150617-premiumvideo.html

 

[bc2209]

Crap.

 

[Groundpounder]

Anyone know what the GPA's of the pilots were?

 

[BarbieDreamPilot]

Shoot.

If the Delta pilots were cooperative, what kind of enforcement action would the FAA take here (if any)?

 

[mshunter]

Looks like that was a Delta boondoggle. Then, everyone was stepping all the hell over everyone else. I wonder how close it actually came.

 

[Autothrust Blue]

Thirty eight twenty eight.

Thirteen twenty eight.

Yeah, raise your hand if you've never screwed your call sign up.

 

[JordanD]

Thirty eight twenty eight.

Thirteen twenty eight.

Yeah, raise your hand if you've never screwed your call sign up.

Socal about a year ago... me in 2108L and a foreign student in 2018L or something similar. Cue confusion, hilarity, and frustration on my part.

 

[Screaming_Emu]

Thirty eight twenty eight.

Thirteen twenty eight.

Yeah, raise your hand if you've never screwed your call sign up.

Was that for me?

 

[ppragman]

We just got really freaking lucky with this...

 

[PeanuckleCRJ]

There have been many times flying into MDW where the controller says southwest so fast it sounds a lot like delta.
Add in close sounding callsigns like 1328 and 3828 and you've got a recipe for this.

Sounds like he stopped them virtually immediately after they started rolling, so they probably never got within a mile of each other.

 

[Lunchbox]

Anyone know what the GPA's of the pilots were?

LOL, very high. They both have mediocre airmanship but are very well rounded individuals with masters degrees and lots of volunteer time.

 

[Screaming_Emu]

There have been many times flying into MDW where the controller says southwest so fast it sounds a lot like delta.
Add in close sounding callsigns like 1328 and 3828 and you've got a recipe for this.

Sounds like he stopped them virtually immediately after they started rolling, so they probably never got within a mile of each other.

I'm glad I'm not the only one who gets those two mixed up. Half the time I hear ATC say Southwest, Delta reads it back, I think "hah...old fart needs to turn up his hearing aid!" but it ends up being correct.

Seriously happens once every day.

 

[fholbert]

Sounds like he stopped them virtually immediately after they started rolling, so they probably never got within a mile of each other.

Not sure, he was asking Southwest about hot brakes.