Investigators Eye Engine Run-Up Time In Austin Near-Collision Probe

Acting FAA Administrator Billy Nolen
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Routine cold-weather engine run-up procedures may have played a role in putting a departing Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-700 in the path of an arriving FedEx Express 767-300 at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport (AUS), resulting in a near-collision between the two aircraft, sources familiar...
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