Aero-News: Quote of the Day

ANN's Quote of the Day usually derives from current news, though we reserve the right to pick quotes out of history that have a bearing on the day's events and issues.

Sometimes, you'll find them timely and in keeping with the content of the day's news... and sometimes, they'll just be thought-provoking.

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Aero-News Quote of the Day

JFK ATC: "Sh#t! Delta 1943 cancel takeoff clearance! Delta 1943 cancel takeoff clearance!”

Delta 1943: “Rejecting.”

JFK ATC: “Alright, whew, Delta 1943. Delta 1943, are you able to taxi, or do you need a couple of minutes to run checks?”

Delta 1943: “Yeah we can get off the runway Delta 1943.”

Alertness on the controller’s part and the Delta air-crew’s excellent airmanship and solid training saw the 737 come to a controlled and linear stop within approximately three-hundred-meters of the American 777.

Against a backdrop of glowing-hot brake pads, down-spooling turbofan engines, and thundering hearts, air traffic control addressed American 106:

American 106: “The last clearance we were given, we were cleared to cross is that correct?”

JFK ATC: “American 106 Heavy, we’re departing runway four left, I guess we’ll listen to the tapes but you’re supposed to depart runway four left, you’re currently holding short of runway three-one left.”

Source: Part of the dialogue at KJFK this past week when a runway collision was narrowly averted.

FMI: www.ntsb.gov