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Another Near-Miss: Should Airport Runways and Taxiways Be on a Collision Course with RFID?

Author: Michael Liard, Research Director, Security and ID

Published: 16 Jul 2009

On June 18, a construction vehicle and a commercial airliner nearly collided on a runway at Boston Logan International Airport. The vehicle, a Ford Explorer operated by a construction contractor, was on a taxiway and apparently failed to follow safety procedures at the runway intersection by not stopping and receiving clearance from the tower to cross. The incident was classified as the most serious type of runway incursion short of a collision (Category A) by the Federal Aviation Administration.

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