We got thaaaat close....

[otsap]

I believe the appropriate radio call would be:

"Tower, Key Lime Air, ....whoops"

DENVER, Colorado (AP) -- A Frontier Airlines jet attempting to land Friday at Denver International Airport came within 50 feet of a smaller charter plane that had inadvertently entered the runway, federal aviation officials said.

The Frontier crew spotted the Key Lime Air plane in time, aborted the landing and continued flying until it could land the jetliner a short time later, authorities said. No injuries were reported.

Frontier and Key Lime officials declined to comment. Neither the airlines nor the investigators would say how many passengers were on the two planes. The National Transportation Safety Board and Federal Aviation Administration are investigating.

The NTSB said the Frontier Airbus A-319 from St. Louis, Missouri, had emerged from low clouds as it was about to land about 7:30 a.m. when the flight crew saw the charter plane.

The charter plane was to fly from Denver to Garfield County Regional Airport in western Colorado.

It was snowing and misty at the time, with half-mile visibility, but NTSB spokesman Ted Lopatkiewicz said there was no way to tell whether those conditions contributed to the incident.

[Bergman]

Originally posted by otsap:

It was snowing and misty at the time, with half-mile visibility, but NTSB spokesman Ted Lopatkiewicz said there was no way to tell whether those conditions contributed to the incident.

Yeah, because if it had been CAVU the Frontier guys would still have waited until 50' to initiate a go-around from a runway incursion. I think Ted may be in the wrong line of work.

[Guest Rainman A-10]

Kind of like a stupid Army guy on NVGs pulling out onto the Bagram runway when you you are trying to land on the 70' wide unlit strip of shitty runway after a 4.5 hour combat mission.

Defintely works better than a cup of coffee to wake you up at 0330 in the morning.

[Guest Xtndr50boom]

Originally posted by Bergman:

Yeah, because if it had been CAVU the Frontier guys would still have waited until 50' to initiate a go-around from a runway incursion.

Before you laugh, it has happened before. Contrary to popular opinion pilots are not infallible