Runway Incursions

Runway Incursion Forces Jet to Abort Takeoff
NEW YORK - JetBlue says one of its planes aborted a takeoff at Kennedy International Airport when another aircraft suddenly crossed the runway.

JetBlue spokesman Rick Clark says Flight 1295 to Austin, Texas, was cleared for takeoff on Saturday evening and rolling down the tarmac at full speed when the pilot was forced to put on the brakes.

Clark says there were no injuries.

The JetBlue plane returned to the gate and took off for Austin three hours late.

Clark says he doesn't know exactly how close the two planes were.

JetBlue officials say Caribbean Airways Flight 526 crossed the runway without authorization. No one was immediately available for comment at Caribbean Airways.

The Federal Aviation Authority did not immediately respond to a call seeking comment.

Bombardier Global 5000 Runway Excursion (Philippines)

Narrative:

A Bombardier Global 5000 corporate jet, registration RP-C9363, sustained substantial damage in a runway excursion accident at Tacloban Airport (TAC), Philippines. The fifteen occupants of the plane were not injured.

Executive Secretary Paquito Ochoa and Communications Secretary Herminio Coloma Jr. were on board the private jet that departed following the visit of Pope Francis to Tacloban.

The airplane suffered a runway excursion during takeoff for as of yet undetermined reasons. It ran onto wet grassy terrain where the left hand main gear and nose landing gear collapsed. Weather was poor at the time of the accident due to Tropical Storm Amang (Mekkhala).
Tacloban has a single runway 18/36, 2138 m x 45 m.