Gonzaga men's basketball charter nearly collides with departing Delta flight in scary scene at LAX

The Gonzaga men's basketball team's charter plane was nearly hit by a Delta flight taking off at LAX, leading to an FAA investigation. (Credit: Airline Videos Live)

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has launched an investigation into what was nearly a catastrophe as a Delta flight almost crashed into the Gonzaga men’s basketball charter plane at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) on Friday. 

Footage of the moment showed that Delta Flight 471 was about to take off when an air-traffic controller was heard screaming, "Stop, stop, stop!" at the charter plane carrying the men’s basketball team across the runway. 

Luckily, the warning worked as the Atlanta-bound flight took off without crashing into the Gonzaga charter. 

At the time of the incident, the team had recently landed at LAX on a flight operated by Key Lime Air, a Colorado-based airline that provides charter services.

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A near-collision took place at LAX on Friday, where Delta and Key Lime Air jets nearly hit each other. (Airline Videos Live)

A plane spotter, Kevin Ray, also uploaded footage of the incident on YouTube, and they could be heard saying, "Wow!" as it was extremely close to being a very serious situation. 

Most commercial planes reach between 150 and 180 miles per hour before takeoff, depending on the weight of the aircraft. So, the impact of the charter plane could have been lethal.

"In the years I’ve been doing this, I’ve never heard a ATC controller tell a plane to ‘Stop, stop, stop,’" the plane spotter was heard saying. 

Delta told Fox News Digital on Monday it was unaware of an FAA investigation into the incident.

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