Archive: https://archive.today/66dhO From the post: >>Two packed passenger jets reportedly came within five seconds of crashing midair in Los Angeles last week after a pilot ignored instructions during take-off. A catastrophic accident was avoided thanks to an air traffic controller who managed to alert pilots, according to Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera. The incident unfolded on Friday afternoon at LAX when an Ita Airways flight, which was headed for Rome, was cleared for take-off from runway 24 and was instructed to take a left by an air traffic controller. Immediately after, an American Airlines jet bound for JFK Airport in New York was also told they were in the clear, and departed from runway 25, with the pilot told to take a right after takeoff, according to data collected by flight traffic sites, Corriere reported.