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Technology to Reduce Runway Incursions

Steve Scott

Monday, August 27th, 2007

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On August 15, 2007, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and more than 40 aviation leaders from airlines, airports, air traffic control and pilot unions, and aerospace manufacturers, agreed to quickly implement a five-point short-term plan to improve runway safety at U.S. airports. Recent close calls at some of our nation's busiest airports show that action needs to be taken to reduce the risk of runway incursions and wrong runway departures. A runway incursion is an incident on a runway involving…

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