B735/B733, Dallas-Fort Worth TX USA, 2001

B735/B733, Dallas-Fort Worth TX USA, 2001

Summary

On 16 August 2001, a Continental Boeing 737-500 which had just landed on runway 18R at Dallas-Fort-Worth crossed runway 18L in daylight in front of a Delta Boeing 737-300 which had originally been believed to be holding position but was then seen to be taking off from the same runway. The Delta aircraft rotated early and sharply to overfly the crossing aircraft and suffered a tail strike in doing so. Clearance was estimated to have been about 100 feet. Both aircraft were being operated in accordance with valid ATC clearances issued by the same controller.

Description

On 16 August 2001, a Boeing 737-500 being operated by Continental Airlines on a scheduled passenger flight from Cleveland OH to Dallas Fort Worth TX and a Boeing 737-300 being operated on a scheduled passenger flight from Dallas Fort Worth to Oakland CA almost collided in normal day visibility when the just-landed aircraft crossed the runway on which the departing aircraft was taking off. The latter was able to get airborne just in time to pass over the taxiing aircraft but returned to land because a suspected - and subsequently confirmed - tail strike sustained during the avoidance manoeuvre.

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