"Stop, stop!"...Basketball National University's Yeo Jun-seok chartered plane avoided a major accident.

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The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is investigating a charter flight carrying the prestigious Gonzaga University basketball team almost collided with another aircraft on the runway of Los Angeles International Airport on the 30th (local time).

South Korea's national team player Yeo Jun-seok is active in this team.

According to local reports such as the New York Times, the charter flight carrying the basketball team arrived in LA around 4:30 p.m. for the next day's game against UCLA.

The chartered plane was crossing the runway for movement after landing, when Delta Air Lines' passenger plane took off and was in danger of a major crash.

Fortunately, the air traffic controller who discovered it urgently ordered the plane to stop, avoiding a collision between the two flights.

The video containing the dizzying situation was also reported by local media in LA. In the video, the controller instructed the charter flight with the basketball team on board to "Do not cross the take-off runway on Delta Air Lines Flight 471," and then said, "Stop! "Stop! Stop!" was the voice of an urgent cry.

The Federal Aviation Administration said the charter flight carrying the basketball team "did not cross the runway edge line" but said it was investigating the incident.

The New York Times quoted the FAA's 2023 survey as saying, "Close proximity between planes is occurring more than before." The Times also cited a NASA database containing an aviation safety report, saying, "Records just before flight collisions have more than doubled over the past decade."

Reporter Lee Yu Na from Digital News Team.