Southwest plane in terrifying near-miss at Maine airport

A Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 flying to Baltimore from Portland, Maine had a heart-stopping incident on Tuesday morning. The plane departed from runway 29 at 5:43 am, just two minutes before it was scheduled to open for traffic. Alarmingly, the runway was undergoing a safety inspection at the time, with a ground vehicle present. While no one was hurt in the incident, the situation raised serious concerns. After the near-miss, the ground vehicle driver contacted the control tower, baffled as to why the plane had been cleared for takeoff from...