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https://www.wsj.com/articles/airplane-accidents-near-collisions-summer-travel-cc85e3a8

Summer Travel Worry: Increasing Runway Near Misses

Airlines and regulators are scrambling with incidents on track to break records; personnel strains stemming from the pandemic may be a factor

A Southwest Airlines plane prepares for takeoff while another lands at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport. Sergio Flores for The Wall Street Journal

By Andrew Tangel

, Micah Maidenberg

and Alison Sider

May 25, 2023 12:01 am ET

Riding a 14-year streak without a fatal major airline crash, the skies over the U.S. have never seemed safer. That wasn’t the takeaway from an unusual meeting of senior aviation-industry officials and regulators in March.

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