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asl · August 20th, 2004, 11:31

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A little bit off topic here but when I was hanging around the airport once, ATC gave a SWA 737-700 clearance to takeoff while a 172 was a little more than 5 miles out to land. Why would they do that or was it a mistake?

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Try listening to somewhere like BOS Tower on liveatc you'll find that they give take-off clearances when there is jet arrivals on 3 mile finals!

August 20th, 2004, 11:31	#19
asl Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Dartford,UK (near London) Posts: 246	Re: ATC descent clearance into terrain [ QUOTE ] A little bit off topic here but when I was hanging around the airport once, ATC gave a SWA 737-700 clearance to takeoff while a 172 was a little more than 5 miles out to land. Why would they do that or was it a mistake? [/ QUOTE ] Try listening to somewhere like BOS Tower on liveatc you'll find that they give take-off clearances when there is jet arrivals on 3 mile finals!