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collision course friday night. hold position. reporter: air traffic control recordings detail how the american flight was told to go to the end of jfk s runway 4 left, but instead crossed that runway, in the path of the delta flight that was taking off. a mistake caught by air traffic controllers with just seconds to spare. delta 1943, cancel takeoff plans. delta 1943, cancel takeoff plan. reporter: the delta pilot slammed on the brakes, stopping approximately 1,000 feet before where the american airlines flight had just crossed the runway. it would have been catastrophic had a collision taken place. reporter: former ntsb managing director peter goals thinks investigators will now dig into whether the fault lies with the pilots of the american flight, apparently confused over directions from air traffic control. the last class we were given, we were cleared to cross, is that correct?

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