Delta B772 at Tel Aviv and New York on Jan 9th 2016, incomplete arrival
Last Update: January 12, 2016 / 21:51:31 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jan 9, 2016
Classification
Incident
Airline
Delta Airlines
Flight number
DL-408
Departure
Tel Aviv, Israel
Destination
New York JFK, United States
Aircraft Registration
N703DN
Aircraft Type
Boeing 777-200
ICAO Type Designator
B772
The airport reported, that a radar system detected the debris and issued an alarm, the tower controller subsequently operated surveillance cameras but in the darkness just before midnight could not see the debris and cancelled the alarm believing it was false. Five aircraft operated on the runway during the night until the runway inspection discovered the debris.
Unions argued in defense of the controller however, that not all runway surveillance cameras were operational.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jan 9, 2016
Classification
Incident
Airline
Delta Airlines
Flight number
DL-408
Departure
Tel Aviv, Israel
Destination
New York JFK, United States
Aircraft Registration
N703DN
Aircraft Type
Boeing 777-200
ICAO Type Designator
B772
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