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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
David Koenig

SHOCKING: A learjet pilot thought he was cleared to take off he wasn t luckily jetblue pilots saw him - You Need To See This

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Federal investigators said Thursday that the pilot of a charter jet took off without permission, creating a “conflict” with a JetBlue plane that was preparing to land on an intersecting runway at Boston's Logan International Airport in February.

A screen grab from video shot from the JetBlue cockpit captures the moment that the Learjet operated by charter service Hop-A-Jet crossed the runway just in front of the JetBlue plane.

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