Air Traffic Controllers Incident at Nashville Airport

Date: September 12

Air traffic controllers cleared an Alaska Airlines jet for takeoff at Nashville International Airport on the same runway where a Southwest Airlines plane had been cleared to cross.

The incident led Alaska Airlines Flight 369, a Boeing 737 MAX 9 with 176 passengers and six crew members, to abort takeoff to prevent a potential collision. The pilots quickly applied the brakes, which resulted in blown tires to avoid escalation.