AeroMéxico plane nearly lands on top of Delta Air Lines 737 taking off

Two planes astir collided connected the runway successful Mexico City connected Monday, arsenic an AeroMéxico determination pitchy coming successful for landing flew implicit and touched down successful beforehand of a Delta Air Lines Boeing 737 pitchy already opening to instrumentality off.

Delta Flight 590 was starting to rotation down the runway astatine Aeropuerto Internacional Benito Juárez with 144 customers and six unit members connected committee erstwhile the pilots saw different level onshore straight successful beforehand of it, the hose said successful a statement.

Flight tracking website Flightradar 24 shows AeroMéxico Connect formation 1631, an Embraer 190 determination jet, flew little than 200 feet implicit the moving Delta level past landed successful beforehand of them connected runway 5R.

The pilots stopped the takeoff and returned to the terminal. The level yet took disconnected connected its formation to Atlanta astir 3 hours late.

Delta said it reported the incidental to Mexican aviation authorities, arsenic good arsenic the Federal Aviation Administration and National Transportation Safety Board successful the United States.

“Delta volition afloat cooperate with authorities arsenic the circumstances astir this formation are investigated,” the hose said successful a statement. “We admit the formation crew’s actions to support situational consciousness and enactment rapidly – portion of Delta’s extended training.”

AeroMéxico and the Mexican civilian aviation authorization did not instantly respond to CNN’s petition for comment.

Mexico’s aviation information standing was downgraded by the FAA successful May 2021 for non-compliance with minimum planetary information standards. The apical level “category one” presumption was restored successful September of 2023 after, “the FAA provided expertise and resources via method assistance… to resoluteness the information issues that led to the downgrade,” the bureau said astatine the time.

CNN’s Alexandra Skores contributed to this report.

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