American Airlines flight aborts takeoff at LAX

An American Airlines flight was forced to abort takeoff after a cargo flight entered the same runway without authorization, according to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The runway incursion happened at Los Angeles Airport around 10:35 p.m. local time on Sunday when AeroLogic flight 619 was taxiing to its gate and crossed in front of American Airlines flight 2453, which had been cleared for takeoff by an air traffic controller. The American Airlines jet was going at a speed of around 154 mph and was nearly airborne when the controller immediately instructed the plane to abort takeoff. The two planes were around 5,200 feet (1 mile) at their closest points, according to the FAA. "What was fortunate here is that the runway the American jet was taking off on is almost two and a half