SEATTLE, WA — The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is investigating after a charter plane carrying a men’s basketball team nearly hit another flight.
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A private jet carrying the Gonzaga University men’s basketball team nearly crossed the runway as a Delta flight was taking off Friday at Los Angeles International Airport, according to our sister station KIRO TV in Seattle.
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Air traffic controllers ordered the chartered plane to stop as a Delta jet took off.
“Air traffic controllers directed Key Lime Air Flight 563 to hold short of crossing a runway at Los Angeles International Airport because a second aircraft was taking off from the runway at the time,” the FAA said in a statement. “When the Embraer E135 jet proceeded to cross the hold bars, air traffic controllers told the pilots to stop. The jet never crossed the runway edge line.”
KIRO TV reports that the chartered plane was operated by Key Lime Air.
A plane-spotting livestream shows the incident and captured audio of an air traffic controller telling the Key Lime Air flight to “stop, stop, stop.” The flight immediately stopped and then proceeded after a few moments.
No one was hurt.
Gonzaga was in Los Angeles to play two basketball games, UCLA on Saturday, and Pepperdine on Monday.
KIRO TV and the Associated Press both contributed to this report.
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