00:00The Federal Aviation Administration is now investigating the incident
00:05that took place on Friday when a private airplane carrying the Gonzaga-Mentz Basketball Team
00:12almost crashed on the runway while there was a collision with another airplane flying in Los Angeles International Airport.
00:20According to the FAA, air traffic controllers stopped the Keyline Air aircraft
00:27The Gonzaga-Mentz Basketball Team was there while the Delta Flight 471 was about to take off
00:33when the aircraft immediately stopped before it could cross the runway edge line
00:38and was again not injured in the incident.
00:41According to a live stream video,
00:44the controller heard the pilot of the Keyline Air Flight 563 stop several times
00:51where it was immediately followed by the airplane.
00:54In a statement by Gonzaga University, they said that
00:58the players had no idea about what was happening while on the airplane
01:02and they are thankful that everyone was saved.
01:05The Gonzaga-Mentz Basketball Team continued their West Coast Conference Opener on Monday
01:11where they beat Pepperdine in a score of 89-82.
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