An investigation is underway after a jet carrying a Gonzaga team was ordered to stop as it neared a runway where another aircraft was taking off at LAX.

The Key Lime Air Flight 563 was directed to ‘hold short’ of crossing a runway where a second plane was taking off

“Key Lime, stop, stop stop,” an air traffic controller said on the livestream before the plane came to a rest. The Delta plane appeared to take off without incident. NBC Los Angeles reported the charter jet was carrying the Gonzaga University men’s basketball team. The FAA is investigating the situation.

Frightening video footage released by Airline Videos Live showed Gonzaga’s charter slowly taxiing toward a runway when Air Traffic Control hurriedly told GU’s plane to “stop, stop, stop” just as a Delta plane takes off nearby. The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating the incident, the Los Angeles Times reported.

The Federal Aviation Administration has launched an investigation following a close call on a runway at Los Angeles International Airport. The incident occurred around 4:20 p.m. Friday, as an Embraer E135 charter jet carrying the Gonzaga University Men’s Basketball team from Spokane,

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