Southwest Flight Couldn’t Wait 2 Minutes And Took Off From Closed Runway

Southwest Flight Couldn’t Wait 2 Minutes And Took Off From Closed Runway

Photo: Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto (Getty Images) A Southwest Airlines flight took off from Portland, Maine on June 25 for a seemingly routine trip to Baltimore, Maryland. There was only one problem; air traffic control never cleared the plane to take off because the runway and the tower were still closed that morning. The scheduled opening was only … Read more