Norwegian involvert i trafikk-konflikt på Milwaukee General Mitchell Intl. - Curt Lewis

Incident: Norwegian B738 at Milwaukee on Mar 23rd 2017, rejected takeoff on ATC instruction A Norwegian Air Shuttle Boeing 737-800, registration LN-NGZ performing flight DY-9856 from Milwaukee,WI (USA) to Cancun (Mexico), had been cleared for takeoff from runway 19R and was accelerating for takeoff about 55 seconds after the takeoff clearance when ATC called "Stop!", the crew acknowledged, rejected takeoff at low speed, tower queried whether they could make taxiway "M", the crew affirmed and slowed the aircraft safely. About 3:40 minutes prior to the takeoff clearance tower had cleared an Expressjet Embraer ERJ-135 on behalf of United Airlines, registration N15980 performing flight UA-4088 from Cleveland,OH to Milwaukee,WI (USA), to land on Milwaukee's runway 25L. A passenger, who had also consulted LiveATC tower recordings of Milwaukee Airport, reported they had lined up runway 19R at taxiway F and were accelerating for takeoff from runway 19R when at about crossing the runway threshold the brakes came on and the aircraft rejected takeoff at low speed. The passenger wrote: "The reason for the rejected takeoff became clear when an E135 that was ExpressJet flight ACQ-4088 landing on crossing runway 25L appeared suddenly out of a backdrop of a bright low rising sun and clouds maybe 100-200ft on very short final that then continued for a safe landing." The Boeing 737 vacated the runway, returned to the holding point runway 19R at taxiway F and departed without further incident about 5 minutes after the rejected takeoff. Aerodrome Chart (Graphics: FAA):