American B738 at Dallas on Apr 7th 2016, continued takeoff despite runway incursion

Last Update: June 2, 2017 / 14:38:37 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Apr 7, 2016

Classification
Incident

Flight number
AA-2408

Aircraft Registration
N896NN

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800

ICAO Type Designator
B738

An American Airlines Boeing 737-800, registration N896NN performing flight AA-2408 from Dallas Ft. Worth,TX to Atlanta,GA (USA), was accelerating for takeoff from Fort Worth's runway 35L when an Embraer 505 business jet crossed the runway downfield. The B738 flight crew continued takeoff and the flight landing safetly in Atlanta.

On Jun 2nd 2017 the NTSB reported that the closest distance between the aicraft was 2800 feet when the Boeing was just at 120 KIAS. Visual meteorologic conditions prevailed, the occurrence was rated an incident and is being investigated.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Apr 7, 2016

Classification
Incident

Flight number
AA-2408

Aircraft Registration
N896NN

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800

ICAO Type Designator
B738

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