约27秒钟后,机场活动区安全系统发出了即将发生碰撞的声音警告,当地管制员指示天西航空的客机尽快制动,并传达指令:“呃,天……天西呃……五拐四幺,停住!停住!停住!”(英語:"uh, sky-, skywest uhh fifty seven forty one HOLD HOLD HOLD.")天西的飞机停在1L 和 28R 跑道的交汇处,而共和航空的飞机在此时起飞并飞越了它。美国联邦航空局最初的塔台报告估计飞机距交叉处约300英尺(91米) ,但天西方面推测飞机距交叉处有30英尺(9.1米)至50英尺(15米)[3]。
^Lee, Henry K. Turboprop narrowly misses hitting jet at SFO. San Francisco Chronicle. Hearst Communications Inc. June 11, 2007 [July 14, 2007]. (原始内容存档于June 13, 2007). Two passenger planes almost collided, missing each other by only 50 feet, at San Francisco International Airport because of a controller's mistake two weeks ago, federal investigators said today.
^ 3.03.13.23.3NTSB Identification: OPS07IA004A. US National Transportation Safety Board. [July 14, 2007]. (原始内容存档于June 22, 2007). On May 26, 2007, at 1336 Pacific daylight time, Republic Airlines flight 4912 (RPA4912), an Embraer 170 regional jet, and Skywest Airlines flight 5741 (SKW5741), an Embraer Brasilia turboprop, nearly collided in the intersection of runway 1L and runway 28R at San Francisco International Airport, San Francisco, California. Both aircraft were operating as scheduled passenger flights under 14 CFR part 121 and were operating on instrument flight plans. There were no reported injuries to occupants and no reported damage to either aircraft.
^ 4.04.14.24.3Abramson, Mark. FAA: Runway near miss at SFO was serious. Palo Alto Daily News (Daily News Group). June 30, 2007 [July 14, 2007]. (原始内容存档于July 3, 2007). Federal Aviation Administration officials are calling a near-collision at San Francisco International Airport the most serious incident of its kind at the airport in at least a decade.
^LARAnews.net Editorial Team. NTSB Investigating runway incursion at San Francisco. LARAnews.net. June 11, 2007 [July 13, 2007]. (原始内容存档于2022-09-28). The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating a runway incursion in San Francisco two weeks ago.
^NTSB Advisory. National Transportation Safety Board. June 11, 2007 [July 14, 2007]. (原始内容存档于June 22, 2007). The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating a runway incursion in San Francisco two weeks ago in which two airliners may have come within 50 feet of each other on intersecting runways.
^Abramson, Mark. Adrenaline keeps air traffic controllers flying high on the job. Palo Alto Daily News (Daily News Group). June 24, 2007 [July 14, 2007]. (原始内容存档于July 3, 2007). In the wake of a near-miss at San Francisco International Airport last month due to an error by an air traffic controller with two decades of experience, several local controllers shared their experiences in the field with the Daily News.