CHICAGO (AP) — Air traffic controllers at O'Hare International Airport raised safety concerns following five runway mishaps, including one in which a jumbo jet going 100 mph burned out its brakes trying to avoid a small plane.
The controllers attribute the problems, which all occurred since April 1, to the relocation of a small-plane service center and the closure of an airport catering to small planes.
Small planes now must cross two runways to get to their take-off destination from the service center.