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| Date: | Sunday 2 December 2007 |
| Time: | 20:22 LT |
| Type: |  Canadair CRJ-100ER |
| Owner/operator: | Comair |
| Registration: | N781CA |
| MSN: | 7312 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1999 |
| Engine model: | GE CF34-3A1 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 53 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | Serious incident |
| Location: | Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport, MD (BWI/KBWI) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport, MD (BWI/KBWI) |
| Boston-Logan International Airport, MA (BOS/KBOS) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Comair flight 5412, a Canadair CRJ-100ER (N781CA), departed runway 15R and over flew America West flight 83, an Airbus A320, that had landed on runway 10 at Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI), Maryland during night visual meteorological conditions.
Weather conditions were: wind calm, visibility 5 statute miles, light rain and mist, ceiling 1,000 feet broken and 3,000 feet overcast.
The tower controller had cleared AWE83 to land on runway 10 and AWE83 was approximately 6 mile on final approach when the ATC local controller cleared COM5412 for takeoff on runway 15R. COM5412 was on taxiway A about 500 feet short of runway 15R when the takeoff clearance was issued. AMASS alerted. COM5412 rotated at taxiway F and over flew AWE83, at the intersection of runways 10 and 15R. The initial report from the Federal Aviation Administration stated that COM5421 over flew AWE83 by 300 feet. AWE83 exited runway 10 at runway 22.
Probable Cause: The probable cause of this incident is local controller's failure of maintaining awareness of the situation and failing to provide the appropriate separation between the two aircraft operating on intersecting runways. Providing separation between aircraft is a first duty priority, in accordance with FAA Order 7110.65.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB OPS08IA002
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Mar-2024 08:30 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
| 25-Jun-2025 08:00 | ASN | Updated [Total occupants, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative, ] |
| 25-Jun-2025 12:03 | ASN | Updated [Narrative, ] |
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