Near‑miss at Houston IAH after departing jet turns into parallel departure path, triggers TCAS RA

A United Express regional jet departing Houston George Bush Intercontinental narrowly avoided a mid‑air collision after a neighboring departure, operated by Volaris, turned the wrong way into its path. The United crew received a TCAS resolution advisory seconds after liftoff while still low and in proximity to the other aircraft.

Discovered 2025-12-28T03:20:58.221569-08:00 | 2025-12-28T03:20:58.221569-08:00

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The flight received a TCAS resolution advisory seconds after takeoff — the last automated safety layer in a departure‑phase close call — underscoring how quickly errors can escalate after liftoff. See the JTSB's interim report into a Haneda runway collision for similar human‑factor lessons: https://hype.aero/?story=bfd87f69-802a-478e-87e4-472ebcc1fdd0
This incident joins a string of recent near‑misses and procedural lapses under investigation, including the FAA probe into a Boston Logan intersecting‑runway clearance and the case where a 737 began takeoff from a parallel taxiway at Orlando, highlighting recurring verification and surveillance vulnerabilities: https://hype.aero/?story=4ee7e62c-3707-47c2-8514-9a88cddf9aad and https://hype.aero/?story=a89625eb-4d17-4e5c-8e56-cda96dea9542
NTSB findings on tower distraction and missed crew instructions in recent ground and near‑miss incidents provide direct operational context for the Houston event and the focus investigators will bring to communications and monitoring practices: https://hype.aero/?story=99cf9a84-3330-42b0-be03-37331c09c73c

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