of airports nationwide to make air travel safer for passengers. this after a troubling number of close calls between planes both on the ground and in the air. nbc correspondent tom costello reports on the surge and close calls at airports. reporter: nbc new has learned the fa ax has ordered urntant meetings after a surge in close calls. in san diego, a citation business jet nearly landed on top of a southwest 737. in austin last february a fedex plane nearly landed on a southwest flight both cleared for the same runway. at jfk airport in january delta 1943 cancel take off plans. reporter: an american plane already speeding towards take off. and this photo taken from a jet blue cockpit landing in boston as a business jet suddenly pulled onto the same runway without permission. more cases in sarasota, burbank,
drill down on runway safety after a troubling number of close calls between planes both othe ground and in the air. here s tom costello. reporter: at more than 90 airports nationwide nbc news has learned the faa is ordering urgent runway safety meetings after a surge in very close calls. ten days ago in san diego. go around. missed approach. reporter: a citation business jet nearly landed on top of a southwest 737. in austin last february a fedex plane ne ly landed on a southwest flight, both cleared for the same runway. at jfk airport in january delta 1946 cancel takeoff pls. reporter: an american plane cut off a delta flight already speeding toward takeoff. and this photo taken from a jetblue cockpit landing in boston as a business jet suddenly pulled onto the same runway without permission. more cases in sarasota, burbank, miami and san francisco.
lawsuit your organization is has filed or is about to file? has filed. we filed early this morning. and, you know, i think what we re seeing now is the real human cost immediately of president trump s muslim ban orders and his anti-refugee moves. you know, the one of the petitioners in our case, one of the people who got held up at jfk airport is somebody who had been working for the u.s. military in iraq for ten years. to ban people like this as so-called national security risks und risks, trying to improve national security is laughable. it s d it s the government is discriminating against people
ininterpreter. one was granted refugee status. his family had been in the u.s. for about two years at this point. we spoke to one of the lawyers working on this case. he said that they tried to access their clients. they spoke to some of the border patrol officials. asking why they couldn t speak to their clients, who they could talk to. the border patrol officials told them to speak to donald trump. fred. all right, rachel crane, thank you so much. men time let s bring in an attorney working with the two people detained at jfc airport in new york. joining me on the phone is mark dos. he is the supervising attorney at the international refugee assistance project. he is worki mark thank you fo being me on the phone. what more can you tell me about where things stand? these two travelers being
welcome back. i m fredericka whitfield. the power of the pen already impackii impacting people in the u.s. and around the world after president trump signed an executive sperndispern suspending some refugees from entering the u.s. at jfk airport two iraqis who had been granted visas are being detained after arriving last night. one is a man who worked with the u.s. government in iraq. another was visiting his wife and child in the u.s. they have now filed a lawsuit saying their detention is illegil illegal. lawsuits are already being filed following these detainments. joining me now to discuss is omar. he is the director of the immigrants rights project for the aclu. thank you for being me. what can you tell me about the