Air traffic control intervenes to avoid plane collision on LAX runway - The Key Lime Air Flight 563 was directed to ‘hold short’ of crossing a runway where a second plane was taking off

Air traffic controllers ordered a chartered flight carrying Gonzaga University men's basketball team to stop as it neared a runway where another plane was taking off.

Around 4:30 p.m., air traffic controllers told taxiing Key Lime Air Flight 563 to stop before crossing a Los Angeles International Airport runway because a second plane was taking off from the runway, the Federal Aviation Administration said in a statement.