paso, texas. u.s. officials have not confirmed the asylum. but they don t normally comment on individual cases. he testified about the threat to a u.s. senate committee last year. drug gang violence against journalists in mexico is on the rise. meanwhile, audio tapes released after a packed u.s. airways jet and a small cargo plane nearly collided mid air. plane came to within they re estimating 50 to 100 feet from each other shortly after taking from the minneapolis/st. paul airport. ok, we just had a we just we heard the guy go by. the tower. radio contact, maintain 17,000. get out of there. investigators say the cargo plane failed to turn as directed. fortunately, the u.s. airways jet s collision alarm system went off and the pilots were able to climb and avoid the cargo plane. fists flying during a debate but not between the candidates.
missing each other by 50-100 feet. i want to show you the animation here. you had the cargo plane, left run way, the airbus a320 with 90 people on board on the right runway taking off at the same time. as they go down the runway the flight controllers tell them they are both supposed to veer left, the cargo plane does not veer left, the us airways plane does. look at that. right overboard, 50-100 feet. it s 1500 feet, there were so many clouds they couldn t see each other. now listen to the us airways pilot talking to the tower. listen: what s this guy doing off the left side? okay, we just had a we heard the guy go by. maintain 17,000. he gave us a left turn coming out of there. yeah, i think off to your right, it was off the same runway. i m not sure but i ll ask