FAA investigating near collision after Cessna nearly lands on top of Southwest Airlines 737 taking off



A Cessna Citation business jet flew within an alarmingly close proximity to a Boeing 737 that was taking off at the San Diego International Airport on Friday. Now, the Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board are investigating the near collision in California.

Just before 12:00 p.m. on Friday, a Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 was about to take off. At the same time, the air traffic controller cleared the Cessna Citation to land on the same runway.

The FAA said in a statement, "The controller had previously cleared the Citation to land on Runway 27 and then instructed Southwest Flight 2493 to taxi onto that runway and wait for instructions to depart."

The automated ground surveillance system detected the two aircraft were dangerously close to colliding with each other and alerted the air traffic controller.

Simply Flying reported, "The controller immediately directed the Cessna to discontinue the landing procedure, thereby avoiding an oncoming catastrophe."

The Cessna flew approximately 100 feet directly above the Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 on the runway.

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The Cessna safely landed at San Diego International Airport. Meanwhile, Southwest Airlines Flight 2493 took off and later safely landed as scheduled in San Jose, California.

No injuries were reported on either aircraft.

The FAA and NTSB are investigating the near collision, and Southwest Airlines is assisting authorities in the investigation. The FAA is sending a team of experts to the San Diego International Airport to investigate.

Shockingly, this is the sixth near-collision event on airport runways since January.

In February, a similar near-collision event nearly happened in February when a FedEx cargo plane came within 115 feet of almost landing on a Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 taking off at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport.

Then in June, an Allegiant Air plane nearly crashed with a small aircraft at the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport.

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53 rescue dogs survive near catastrophic crash landing on golf course, first responders adopt 'miracle' canines



Rescue dogs were rescued a second time when a plane made a miraculous crash landing in Wisconsin.

An airplane was transporting 53 rescue dogs from New Orleans, Louisiana, to shelters in southeastern Wisconsin. However, the twin-engine turboprop airplane was forced to make a crash landing on the greens of the Western Lakes Golf Club in Pewaukee, Wisconsin.

ABC News reported, "The plane went through trees, losing both its wings, before it belly-landed on the course."

Matthew Haerter, assistant chief at Lake Country Fire and Rescue, praised the pilot for doing the best they could with the "relatively catastrophic landing." Haerter said, "This could have turned out so much worse."

All three people on the plane, as well as the 53 rescue dogs onboard, survived. All of the humans and some of the dogs suffered minor injuries. The Humane Animal Welfare Society of Waukesha County took in 21 of the dogs that needed medical treatment.

Many of the first responders to the crash formed an immediate and tight bond with the rescue dogs. The Elmbrook Humane Society said the first responders received "first dibs" on adopting the rescued rescue dogs.

"We normally don't let people adopt until we have them up on our website because we want to give anybody as fair of a chance as possible," Stephanie Deswarte, a front desk manager for the shelter, told ABC News. "But since they were obviously in the thick of it, and they did such a great job trying to help with the whole crazy situation, that we gave all first responders first dibs, so to speak, to adopt before they went up on the website."

Two first responders and an employee at the golf course have already adopted three puppies named "Charlie Brown," "Linus," and "Sally."

"As soon as I found out all of them were okay, my first thought was that, one of them is coming home with me. So this is my little Lucky," said firefighter Elle Steitzer.

Paramedic Amber Christian said of her adopted canine, "He just kind of fell out of the sky in front of me, so here he is."

Deputy fire chief Tony Wasielewski went down to the Humane Animal Welfare Society to adopt a dog named "Marley."

"When they let her in the door she bypassed my wife, ran to me, jumped kind of into my arms, gave me kisses. I started to tear up a little bit and I said, 'Oh boy, I guess we got a dog,'" Wasielewski told WISN.

The Humane Animal Welfare Society has raised more than $8,000 to pay for "unforeseen medical and other costs" from the crash.

Haerter said, "I think all of us collectively have a soft spot in our heart, especially for dogs that have been rescued."

Deswarter added, "We have never had something quite like this happen before. It was a miracle that everybody really was OK."

Local authorities have not revealed the cause of the plane crash. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is investigating the incident.

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