rollercoaster. unruly passengers [bleep] get off system meltdowns we have been delayed three times, there are no more flights leaving today that would get us there on time. america s aviation industry, facing headwinds and life and death questions about the safety of passengers and the future of flying. cnn takes you into the air on the runway, and inside the tower to get the answers. flight risk, a cnn primetime special starts right now. good evening, i m kate baldwin. the faa is holding a safety summit to figure out what is happening in americas skies. and tonight we are getting answers with a visual in-depth look at some of the biggest concerns. we have simulations and firsthand accounts. pete muntean, cnn transportation correspondent, and certified pilot even takes us up in a plane. and captain sully sullenberger takes us inside of a flight simulator. first, let s start with all of these near collisions. we are seeing far too many close calls o
delayed on the runway, there is a whole lot more going on behind the scenes and you would think. you just go around the corner with, this if we went all the way to the university of north dakota, one of the best schools in the country for this, they brought us into our air control simulator. not just to show us how they train students, but also to give us insight into what these air traffic controllers may have been seeing during some of the more recent, significant incursions that we have seen at u. s. airports. north dakota, home to one of the largest aviation schools in the country. you can place planes anywhere you want, you can change the weather. at the university of north dakota, air traffic control can be simulated. really slow, to really busy, we can have aircraft coming in, we can have no aircraft. or for when things don t go as planned. in the january incident, an american airlines flight cross the runway in front of a delta airlines flight cleared for takeoff. whi