Panic as plane narrowly avoids runway collision at site of 2025 tragedy

18 Apr 2026 • 2:22 AM MYT
The Independent
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Panic as plane narrowly avoids runway collision at site of 2025 tragedy

  • A UPS cargo plane was forced to abort landing at Louisville's Muhammad Ali International Airport this week after a small plane crossed the runway.
  • An air traffic controller shouted “Skylab 25, stop!” to the small plane and ordered the UPS plane to perform a go-around maneuver. Right after the cargo plane safely pulled up, the controller asked “Skylab 25, what are you doing?” The pilot responded “Skylab 25, yeah, sorry about that.”
  • The near miss just after midnight Tuesday comes after a UPS plane crashed at the same airport last November, killing 14 people.
  • Other recent close calls include the Air Canada crash at LaGuardia airport that killed two in June, and another close call in Los Angeles last week.

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