Increase in runway mishaps reported

Planes and other vehicles broke rules at Honolulu Airport 14 times in a year

By Dan Nakaso

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Oct 03, 2012

~~<p>Honolulu Airport saw a slight jump to 14 from nine in the number of runway incidents during the past year involving planes or other vehicles that failed to obey runway rules or instructions.</p>
<p>Two of the 14 Honolulu incidents, or "runway incursions," reported in the fiscal year that just ended involved a maintenance truck that was driven onto a runway without permission and a plane that failed to stop at a designated stop line while being towed, said Caroline Sluyter, spokeswoman for the state Department of Transportation.</p>
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Honolulu Airport saw a slight jump to 14 from nine in the number of runway incidents during the past year involving planes or other vehicles that failed to obey runway rules or instructions.

Two of the 14 Honolulu incidents, or "runway incursions," reported in the fiscal year that just ended involved a maintenance truck that was driven onto a runway without permission and a plane that failed to stop at a designated stop line while being towed, said Caroline Sluyter, spokeswoman for the state Department of Transportation. Login for more...