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The Federal Aviation Administration says an air visitors controller’s directions saved an American Airways flight from hitting mountains close to Honolulu Worldwide Airport in Hawaii.
The company is investigating the incident on American flight 298 simply after takeoff, certain for Los Angeles early Wednesday morning. Open-source flight monitoring knowledge from ADS-B Trade reveals the flight took off from Honolulu’s runway 8 Left pointed east towards the Koʻolau mountain vary.
“An air visitors controller instructed American Airways Flight 298 to carry out an expedited climb after the crew didn’t make the assigned flip whereas departing from Honolulu Worldwide Airport,” the FAA says. “The controller’s actions ensured the plane remained safely above close by terrain.”
Audio from LiveATC.web captures the Honolulu air visitors controller telling American 298 to “expedite your climb … by way of terrain” and to show proper.
In a press release, American Airways says, “through the climb out of Honolulu on November 13, the crew of American Airways flight 298 requested and acquired right-turn clearance and complied with controller directions” and factors out “there was no Enhanced Floor Proximity Warning System (EGPWS) alert as there have been no points with terrain clearance based mostly on the trajectory of the plane.”
The EGPWS is triggered when an airplane is in danger for colliding with the terrain.
Flight monitoring knowledge reveals by the point the flight reached the terrain, the flight was at the least 1,500 ft above mountain peaks.