Name: RDU plane crash poses questions about runway design
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Description: WRAL Investigates takes a look at runway layout and how it impacts planes landing at RDU Airport.

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OF PEOPLE WHO SAY THEY BECAME SICK AFTER SPENDING TIME IN >> ACCORDING TO A PRELIMINARY REPORT, THIS SMALL PLANE THAT CRASHED AT RDU INTERNATIONAL YESTERDAY BOUNCED WHEN IT LANDED. IT ENDED UP GOING OFF THE RUNWAY OVER ANOTHER RUNWAY USED BY COMMERCIAL PLANES BEFORE IT CAME TO A STOP. HOW CLOSE WAS IT TO COLLIDING WITH ANOTHER PLANE? THE BUREAU INVESTIGATES SARAH KRUEGER ANALYZED AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL COMMUNICATIONS TO GET SOME ANSWERS. >> THE GOOD NEWS IS BOTH THE PILOT AND THE DOCTOR ON BOARD ARE EXPECTED TO BE OKAY WITH THE CRASH. DOES RAISE SOME CONCERNS FOR ONE AVIATION EXPERT ABOUT THE LAYOUT OF THE RUNWAYS HERE. >> THE SINGLE-ENGINE 6 SEATER PLANE CAME TO REST IN A PATCH OF GRASS AFTER RUNNING OFF THE AIRPORT SHORT RUNWAY AND CROSSING ONE OF THE AIRPORT'S LONG RUNWAYS. THIS IMAGE FROM GOOGLE EARTH GIVES US A BETTER IDEA OF THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE PURPA AND A KILLER RUNWAYS ABOUT THE LENGTH OF A FOOTBALL FIELD. >> AVIATION EXPERT JIM CROW SAYS THAT SET UP IS PRETTY CALM AND THEIR VARIOUS CONFIGURATIONS OF AIRPORTS THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES. BUT THIS IS NOT UNUSUAL ARRANGEMENT TO HAVE A SECOND THERE. ODDS ALREADY RUNWAY OR 2 FOR 2 >> BUT THAT INTERSECT THE MAIN RUNWAYS. WE FOUND CHARLOTTE'S AIRPORT HAS A SHORT RUNWAY THAT ENDS ABOUT THE SAME DISTANCE FROM A MAJOR RUNWAY HOUR. GOOD MORNING, OVER THERE RADIO TRAFFIC SHOW'S PILOT ARE JOHNSON TOLD THE TOWER HE PLANNED TO LAND ON RUNWAY. 32. THAT'S DOWN HERE ON THE DIAGRAM. FORTUNATELY TOWER COMMUNICATION SHOWS TO COMMERCIAL PLANES ARE USING THE LONG RUNWAY ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE AIRPORT. 23 ARE. >> AMERICAN AIRLINES FLIGHT 18? 95 FROM CHARLOTTE LANDED AT 10, 10 ABOUT THE SAME TIME THE PLANE WAIT. >> WHILE THE RADIO TRAFFIC IS DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND, IT DOES APPEAR TO OTHER SMALLER PLANES WERE USING THE RUNWAY AROUND THE TIME. THE OUT OF CONTROL PLANE CROSSED >> WHILE >> AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL WILL ALLOW AIRCRAFT TO USE BOTH RUNWAYS AT THE SAME TIME, CROW SAYS THEY'LL TRY TO AVOID HAVING PLANES ON BOTH RUNWAYS AT THE SAME TIME, HOPEFULLY IN THE AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL LANDING SEQUENCE AND THE TOWER SEQUENCING. >> THERE'S ENOUGH ROOM BETWEEN THOSE AIRCRAFT THAT THEY'RE NOT. POTENTIALLY A CONFLICT. ONE TO THE OTHER. SARAH KRUEGER

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RDU plane crash poses questions about runway design

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