Air Crash Investigation – Runway Collison At LAX HD Part 1/5

On 1 February 1991, usair 1493, registration number N388US, departed Syracuse, making stops at Washington, DC and Columbus, Ohio before continuing to Los Angeles (LAX). On its final leg, the aircraft carried 83 passengers and a crew of six. Shortly after 6 PM local time, as usair 1493 was making its final approach to LAX, skywest Airlines Flight 5569, a twin-engine Fairchild Metro III (N683AV), a commuter flight bound for Palmdale with 10 passengers and two crew members on board, was cleared by LAX air traffic control (ATC) to taxi into its takeoff position.[1] Due to traffic, Skywest 5569 was cleared to taxi to Runway 24L and enter at the intersection of taxiway 45, some 2200ft from the runway threshold. The same local controller then cleared US1493 to land on the same runway. US1493 touched down near the runway threshold and shortly thereafter slammed into the Skywest aircraft. Both aircraft skidded down the runway, the Metro crushed beneath the 737′s fuselage. The wreckage came to rest on the far side of the taxiway against an empty building, then caught fire.[1]