ST. LOUIS, Mo. (First Alert 4) – An Air Canada flight was stopped at St. Louis Lambert International Airport on Tuesday, just seconds before another plane landed on the runway it was headed for. No one was hurt.
First Alert 4 Investigates obtained audio from air traffic control showing the incident, which happened just after 9 a.m.
What the audio shows
The audio shows the tower giving an Air Canada plane clearance to take off for Toronto. The tower then quickly called off the takeoff to avoid a Southwest plane approaching from Minneapolis for a landing.
According to the audio, air traffic control told Southwest 3082 it was cleared to land on runway 12R. Southwest 3082 confirmed the clearance…