The United States National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) and the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) are investigating an incident involving an Air Canada passenger jet departing from a Florida airport.
The NTSB announced the investigation in a March 6 post on Twitter, after an apparent air traffic control mixup.
On Feb. 16, an Air Canada Rouge Airbus A321 was cleared to take off on runway 14 at Sarasota Bradenton International Airport, at the same time that an American Airlines Boeing 737 jet was being cleared to land on the same runway. It was not stated if more than one air traffic controller was involved in providing the landing and take-off clearances….