NTSB Animation Runway Incursion Providence, Rhode Island United Airlines Flight 1448 December 6 1999

Courtesy NTSB

On December 6, 1999, at about 8:35 p.m., United Airlines flight 1448, a Boeing 757, was involved in a runway incursion on runway 5 Right at Theodore Francis Green State Airport, near Providence, Rhode Island. At the time of the incident, it was dark and the reported visibility was one-quarter mile.

After United 1448 landed on runway 5 Right, the tower controller instructed the flight crew to proceed to the terminal using taxiways November and Tango, and report crossing runway 16. During their taxi in the fog, the flight crew became disoriented and turned onto taxiway Bravo by mistake. They then provided incorrect position reports to the tower controller. The airplane ended up at the intersection of Runway 16 and Runway 23 left. Note that Runways 23 Left and 5 Right are opposite ends of the same runway. Shortly afterward, a Federal Express aircraft taking off from runway 5 Right passed very close to United 1448. The subsequent conversation between the tower controller and United 1448 shows continued uncertainty about the aircraft's position. For example, there will be several references to Runway 23 right while the airplane is actually on 23 left.

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[lutonduke]

Five star for the US Air pilots who refused the take off clearance when the situation looked dodgy.

[AgentMulder3667]

@7:24 "United has no idea where they are."

Funny, from what I heard the United crew knew exactly where they were, the controller on the other hand, was clueless.

[Tjita1]

Wow, this isn't 240p, this is 2.4p...

[obese1konobe]

A great lesson in owning up ASAP you think you are not where you should be.

[ChrisPlugged]

Could have been messy if the pilot had gone on her call. Wise decision indeed

[Cerberus957]

@damank9 More like as high as the space shuttle

[phobal]

@AgentMulder3667 Incorrect. UA1448 took a wrong turn down bravo, then provided incorrect positioning to the tower. Both were clueless, listen to how the pilot mixed up 23R and 23L whilst making the situation way more stressful.

[phobal]

@simpledudeable hey man, visibility was low that day...

[phobal]

@AgentMulder3667 Incorrect. UA1448 took a wrong turn down bravo, then provided incorrect positioning to the tower. Both were clueless, listen to how they reference 23R.

[simpledudeable]

And that's why women should stay in the kitchen

[simpledudeable]

If i had a penny for every pixel in that video, i'd have one penny...