incidents almost back to back at a major airport is an alarmer bell ringer. with today, a jetblue plane filled with passengers was pushing back from the gate when itothe struck the tail section of another empty jetblu e plane lif parked at a gate. the incident was not life threatening, but it comes just aifew days after what could have been a disastrous collisioc contron. the air traffic control tapes show that a delta 737 heading to the dominican was taking off on runway four lefeft.t on amern airlines. triple seven heading to london was given clearance to cross hen runway. thirty one left.instead instead, the americathe amern ph crossed runway four leftlt and the delta pilot, now going one hundred five miles per hour, was told frantically by air traffic control to abortm the takeoff. the delta pilomed t slammed on the brakes, clearly forcingod every passenger on board to lunge forward. fee delta plane stopped a thousand feet short of05 the american plane. but imagine at miles one hun
close in aviation terms. this is a run way incursion. these happen all the time according to the faa, 1600 of them in 2022, typically not as dramatic as this one, although the consequences are written in blood, the disaster in 1977, two 747s hit each other on the runway. 500 people killed, the single worst airplane clash in aviation history, poppy. that delta pilot, calm. very calm. can i ask you something pete. the delta plane was about to take off. was it gaining momentum or was it the beginning of the taxi? reporter: they were accelerating for takeoff. this is something that pilots practice all the time in the simulator. they re typically not often confronted with it in real life. so they were just about before the speed that you need to takeoff, you have to commit at a certain point so once you hit the speed you have to keep flying. they did not get there just yet
flooding. the road falling apart here. there are people, especially the officials who are worried about extreme weather. we ll talk about that next. and way too close for comfort at jfk airport. a delta pilot slams on the brakes during takeoff to avoid crashing into an american airlines plane. that s next. tomize your car insurance. so you only pay for what you need! whoo! we gotta go again.n. only pay for what you need. liberty liberty liberty libeberty