flight 417 taking off for palm beach. the ground controller realizes. >> jet blue hold. right there. hold. hold. >> flight 1264 hears him, stops, crisis averted. jet blue tells cnn that because flight 1264 never entered an active runway it doesn't fit the definition of a near collision and the airline said the process by the airline, pilots and atc, that's air traffic control, designed to prevent and mitigate inadvertent errors. the system worked. 91 people on board the flight. the airline not able to tell us how many passengers were on the other aircraft but this was one of the busiest travel days of the year. john, kiran? >> not classified as a near collision but it actually was. i'm wondering the consequences for the pilot? anything? >> reporter: as far as we know there weren't any. it's a nonissue.