American Airlines flight crew in JFK runway incursion will comply with NTSB subpoena

The American Airlines pilots involved in a near-collision on a runway at John F. Kennedy International Airport last month will comply with a subpoena to testify before the National Transportation Safety Board, their union said. “The pilots intend to appear for their interviews in accordance with the subpoenas,” the Allied Pilots Association said. “All parties to the investigation (other than the NTSB) are prohibited from speaking about the investigation while it is pending under NTSB rules,” the statement said. The pilots had originally objected to testifying because the NTSB intended to record the interviews. The NTSB responded by subpoenaing their testimony. The NTSB issued the subpoena last week. In a preliminary report, the NTSB says the American Airlines 777 crossed an active runway without clearance from air traffic control, causing a Delta 737 to abort its takeoff on Friday, January 13. The report says the two aircraft came within 1,400 feet of each other.<br/>