NTSB investigates aircraft near-collision at SRQ

Air Canada and America Airlines aircraft came within 3,100 feet of each other in a near-runway incident on Feb. 16.

By Andrew Warfield
| 11:00 a.m. March 7, 2023
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The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating an incident at Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport involving two aircraft. On Feb. 16, an Air Canada Rouge A-321 was cleared for takeoff on Runway 14, the same runway where American Airlines B-737 was cleared to land.

NTSB reports the American Airlines crew self-initiated a go-around to avoid collision. A preliminary report is expected in two to three weeks.

“After the controller advised the American flight crew that Air Canada was departing, the American flight crew discontinued their landing,” read a statement from the Federal Aviation Administration. “The FAA estimates the aircraft were approximately 3,100 feet apart when the American jet began its climb-out.”

This article originally appeared on sister site YourObserver.com.

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Andrew Warfield

Andrew Warfield is the Sarasota Observer city reporter. He is a four-decade veteran of print media. A Florida native, he has spent most of his career in the Carolinas as a writer and editor, nearly a decade as co-founder and editor of a community newspaper in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina.