Near Miss at SFO: Two Planes Abort Landings Due to Southwest Jet on Runway

Two planes aborted landings at San Francisco International Airport after a Southwest Airlines jet was seen taxiing across runways on which the other planes had been cleared to land. The FAA said the Southwest plane cleared the runways when the other planes passed directly overhead, and the decision to abort the landings was “precautionary.” The incident comes after a half-dozen close calls in recent months that are being investigated by safety officials. The FAA is investing $100 million in improvements at 12 airports to reduce the number of “runway incursions,” when a plane or airport vehicle is on a runway when it should not be.