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Visualization of the 2007 San Francisco International Airport runway incursion. A runway incursion is an aviation incident involving improper positioning of vehicles or people on any airport runway or its protected area. When an incursion involves an active runway being used by arriving or departing aircraft, the potential for a collision ...
Runway incursion involves an aircraft, and a second aircraft, vehicle, or person. It is defined by ICAO and the U.S. FAA as "Any occurrence at an aerodrome involving the incorrect presence of an aircraft, vehicle or person on the protected area of a surface designated for the landing and take off of aircraft."
An incursion is defined as the incorrect presence of an aircraft, vehicle, or person on the protected area of a surface designated for the landing and takeoff of aircraft, according to the Federal ...
The Runway Awareness and Advisory System (RAAS) is an electronic detection system that notifies aircraft flight crews on the ground of their position relative to their allocated runway. It is a type of Runway Situation Awareness Tool (RSAT).
"The risk of runway incursions is a global concern, and the potential consequences of an incursion are severe." ... rather than in the air where software to trigger avoidance has been available ...
The runway incursion audit will include a risk profile for each airport, along with identifying potential gaps in procedures, equipment, and processes, and recommendations to improve safety and is ...
2001 Linate Airport runway collision, a 2001 airport collision between a McDonnell Douglas MD-87 and a Cessna CitationJet; 2005 Logan Airport near runway incursion, a 2005 near miss between a Airbus A330 and a Boeing 737; 2007 San Francisco International Airport runway incursion, a near miss between a Embraer 170 and a Embraer 120
Tenerife airport disaster – 1977 runway incursion in dense fog involving two Boeing 747s, which is the deadliest accident in aviation history; Madrid runway disaster – 1983 fatal takeoff accident also involving a DC-9 taxiing incorrectly in dense fog and being struck by a 727 taking off