US airplane near misses keep coming. Now officials are talking about averting 'catastrophic' incidents | CNN

Since the start of the year, there have been a concerning number of high-profile “near misses” as planes involved in airport landing or taking off procedures came perilously close to potential disaster.

The litany of incidents that have clocked up less than three months into 2023 have prompted such concern that this week the US Federal Aviation Administration convened a “Safety Summit” The National Transportation Safety Board is now investigating all six events.

There were 22 runway incursions in 2007, the peak in the past two decades.

FAA administrator calls on industry to discuss “concrete steps” to make the system safer.

The United States’ last fatal accident was in 2009, when Colgan Air flight 3407 crashed.

FAA revised duty times for pilots as a result, cutting them to a maximum of 14 hours.

Staffing of positions including pilots, air traffic controllers and ground crew was frequently cited as a pressure point among industry leaders at the summit.

The loss of experienced workers was also a key concern.

The good news is that all we’ve seen so far are incidents, not accidents.