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china news service, september 13th. according to comprehensive us media reports, two passenger planes almost collided at nashville international airport in tennessee, usa on the 12th local time, but fortunately no casualties were reported.

image source: screenshot of the new york post report

according to reports, an alaska airlines passenger plane that was scheduled to fly to seattle was allowed to take off at nashville international airport in tennessee that day, with 176 passengers and 6 crew members on board.

but at the same time, another southwest airlines flight, scheduled to fly to jacksonville, florida, was also cleared to cross the end of the same runway.

alaska airlines spokesperson said the pilot realized that "a collision might occur on the runway" and aborted the takeoff to prevent the incident from escalating. fortunately, no injuries were reported. however, the tire of the passenger plane burst during braking.

both the federal aviation administration and the national transportation safety board said they are investigating the matter.

abc pointed out that in the past two years, a series of dangerous situations or "runway incursions" have occurred at u.s. airports, raising concerns about the safety of u.s. air travel. the chairman of the national transportation safety board, homendy, once said that these incidents show that the u.s. aviation system is under considerable pressure.

it is reported that on september 10, 2024, local time, at hartsfield-jackson atlanta international airport in the united states, two delta airlines passenger planes collided and were damaged while taxiing. the on-site video showed that the tail of one of the passenger planes was knocked to one side and almost broke off.