A Thursday night flight from New York JFK Airport to London Gatwick Airport saw the captain required to slam the brakes, narrowly avoiding a mid-takeoff catastrophe, after it had to avoid another aircraft on the runway. 'Potential obstruction on the runway' Z0702, operated by Norse Atlantic Airways, departed shortly after 18:00 local time on October 4. As the aircraft thundered down the Queens airport runway, it noted a 'potential obstruction on the runway,' according to the airline .
Using data from Flightradar24 , Simple Flying can see the flight destined for London Gatwick. The flight reached 87 knots (100 miles per hour) as it was traveling down the runway at JFK before abruptly slowing down and exiting back onto the taxiway. The flight then taxied again, but it was able to depart successfully.
The aircraft was bound for Seattle. Get all the latest aviation news for North America here An intersecting aircraft According to the NY Post , a Norse steward who remained anonymous said the London-bound flight was expected to depart at the same time as another flight using an intersecting runway. However, the other aircraft was at the crossing runway's far end.
Passengers onboard were startled by the incident; however, according to Angela Blevins, the stop was unexpected, but everyone remained calm: “No one really screamed, except maybe a few sudden utterances because we stopped so quickly. It didn’t feel like a crash or that we were in danger.” Norse Airlines noted that th.
