The JetBlue plane was an Embraer E90 and seats up to 114 passengers. The plane was only 30 feet off the ground when it did so, per the report.Ī screen grab from a video shot by an occupant of JetBlue's jump seat, released as part of the investigation report, appears to show the charter plane crossing the runway in front of the larger aircraft. The takeoff forced a JetBlue flight - that had previously been cleared to land on an intersecting runway - to abort its landing and perform a go-around. "On my mind, I was clear for takeoff," Donado wrote in the email. Screen capture from jump-seat occupant’s video recording showing Lear 60 crossing runway centerline National Transportation Safety Boardĭonado, the 63-year-old pilot, told the NTSB in an emailed statement published with the investigation report: "I can not understand what happened to me during the clearance, the only thing that comes to my mind is that the cold temperature in Boston affected me, I was not feeling completely well and had a stuffed nose." Even so, the charter plane began its takeoff, narrowly missing a JetBlue flight about to land. The flight crew even read the controller's instructions back. Pilot Alvaro Donado, who was flying for aircraft rental service Hop-a-Jet, was instructed to line up and wait by a tower controller at Boston's Logan International Airport on February 27, according to the NTSB's investigation report released Thursday. The pilot told the NTSB he was "not feeling completely well and had a stuffed nose."Īccording to the FAA, runway incursions peaked between late 2022 and earlier this year.Ī charter pilot has been cited by the National Transportation Safety Board, or NTSB, for taking off without clearance - and nearly causing a collision with a JetBlue plane in Boston in February. Screen capture from jump-seat occupant’s video recording showing Lear 60 crossing runway centerline (left), and Flight tracks of both JetBlue (JBU206) and Hop-a-Jet (HPJ280) with yellow circle indicating incursion area (right) National Transportation Safety BoardĪ charter pilot was cited for taking off without clearance, leading to a near-collision with a JetBlue plane.
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