FAA safety chiefs to tour risky airports after dozens of near misses

Air safety bosses will hold ‘runway safety meetings’ with beleaguered air traffic controllers at 90 of the most dangerous airports after 46 close calls in July alone.

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has admitted to seven 'serious runway incursion events' since January including a near crash between a Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 and a Cessna Citation 560X business jet at San Diego on August 11.

A FedEx cargo plane and another Southwest Boeing came within 100ft of each other on the at Austin in in February after they were simultaneously cleared for take-off.

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