The Key Lime Air Flight had just arrived from Washington state, and was transporting the Gonzaga University’s men’s basketball team to LA, ahead of a match with UCLA the following day.
“Air traffic controllers directed Key Lime Air Flight 563 to hold short of crossing a runway at Los Angeles International Airport because a second aircraft was taking off from the runway at the time,” the FAA said in a statement, shared with The Independent.
“When the Embraer E135 jet proceeded to cross the hold bars, air traffic controllers told the pilots to stop. The jet never crossed the runway edge line… The FAA will investigate.”
Universities have private planes to transport their basketball players? wtf?
Edit: Here’s the video of the incident: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qx-iVaFKnoc
Why do you think tuition keeps going up
private planes are often chartered to others like taxis, earning the owners extra while also being available to them as needed.
