NTSB Convenes Runway Incursion Forum

In response to an increasing number of runway incursions, many involving regional aircraft, the National Transportation Safety Board scheduled a one-day forum on March 27, 2007, focusing on airport runway incursions and accidents, and potential safety solutions.
“The NTSB has investigated several near collisions in the past few years that could have been catastrophic if it hadn't been for sharp-eyed flight crews and luck,” Rosenker said.
One of the most recent investigations was a January 5 incident at Denver involving a Key Lime Air Metroliner and a Frontier A319. The Metroliner inadvertently entered a runway as the A319 was on short final to the same runway. The A319 crew saw the Metroliner as it descended out of clouds and executed a missed approach. The airplanes missed colliding by about 50 feet.
The forum set for 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in the NTSB Board Room and Conference Center, 429 L'Enfant Plaza, S.W., Washington, DC. A live and archived webcast of the forum will be available on the Board's website at www.ntsb.gov. Industry is invited to set up display booths to present technologies related to runway incursion prevention. Contact daniel.bartlett@ntsb.gov by March 8.