Why Runway Collisions Happen And How Honeywell Plans To Stop Them

Honeywell is developing a series of new cockpit alerts, known as “Surf-A” for surface alert, aimed at preventing collisions at or around airports. Serious aviation accidents are rare, but the United States is the busiest aviation market in the world, and safety experts have urged more advanced cockpit warnings for pilots. Honeywell expects the Federal Aviation Administration to approve Surf A next year. Once approved, airlines can opt to purchase it as an additional feature to its other runway safety products like Smart X already on the market and in use with Alaska Airlines and Southwest Airlines. CNBC flew in the cockpit of a Boeing 757 that serves as a test plane for Honeywell’s new suite of cockpit alerts.

Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
2:17 Alarming Close Calls
3:19 Avoiding Collisions
8:54 Advancing Technology

Produced, Shot and Edited by Erin Black
Reporter Leslie Josephs
Additional Camera Magdalena Petrova
Animations Emily Park
Senior Director of Video Jeniece Pettitt

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Why Runway Collisions Happen And How Honeywell Plans To Stop Them

Post from CNBC on September 28, 2025

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