LAX may not meet runway safety deadline

LOS ANGELES Congress set the safety deadline for the year 2015. But airport officials say LAX faces significant hurdles in repairing two northern runways that have smaller safety zones than have been required by law for airports since 1988.

A report by the U.S. Department of Transportation found that in the past ten years, 75 aircraft in the U.S. overran or veered off runways, killing 12 people and injuring 200.

The report says safety constraints require upgrading at 10 other major airports, including John F. Kennedy International in New York, Baltimore Washington International, and Boston Logan. Investigators say they all lack adequate safety areas around some of their runways.


MORE LOCAL HEADLINES FROM LOS ANGELES

USEFUL LINKS:
SEND TIP || REPORT TYPO || TWEET @abc7 ||  WIDGET

Copyright © 2024 KABC Television, LLC. All rights reserved.