Delta jet aborts takeoff to avoid collision with plane landing in Mexico City
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Delta flight 590 was taking off from Benito Juarez International Airport, Mexico's largest and busiest airport, when AeroMéxico Connect flight 1631 appeared overhead and in front of them, according to Delta and data from Flightradar24 confirmed by National Post.
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At 7:28 a.m., the two-person flight crew of the Delta Boeing 737-800 had accelerated to 62 knots (115 km/h) when the AeroMéxico Embraer 190 regional jet, a slightly smaller aircraft, proceeded to land ahead of it and decelerate.
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In air traffic control recordings obtained by ABC, one of the Delta pilots is heard saying they will hold on the runway, followed by another thus-far unidentified voice saying 'Wow' and another chiming in with 'Increíble,' Spanish for incredible.
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Delta said its aircraft promptly returned to the gate after the close call, where it took on additional fuel and conferred with its safety and flight operations officials. It sent flight 590 on its way about two hours later.
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'We appreciate the flight crew's actions to maintain situational awareness and act quickly,' the airline wrote in a statement to National Post.
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It promised to work with authorities and said it has already contacted aviation authorities in Mexico, the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board and the Federal Aviation Administration.
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In a statement provided to CBS, AeroMéxico said it, too, was liaising with authorities.
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National Post has contacted the airline, the NTSB and Mexico's Federal Civil Aviation Agency. The FAA, when contacted, deferred to the airline and Mexican officials.
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