FAA cites collision risk in LAX runway incident
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From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Aviation officials said Friday there was a significant chance of collision last month when two airplanes came within 37 feet of each other on the north runway of Los Angeles International Airport. The Federal Aviation Administration categorized the incident as the second-most serious kind of runway incursion.
Another incident in August was declared less serious because the two planes involved came only within 1,000 feet of each other.
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