this was quite an old plane. a vintage boeing b-17 flying fortress, these were the bombers that helped ally forces win world war ii. the plane was trying to land when it crashed at the end of the runway at bradley international airport just north of hartford. we know one person on the ground was injured and there were 13 people on board all together. ten passengers and through cree members. one of the pilots had asked air traffic control to return to the airfield. listen to the conversations pilots had with air traffic control. we d like to return to the field. say again. what is the reason for coming back? number four engine, we d like to return. i want to make sure because we have jet traffic coming in. do you need to be on the ground right now? the b-17 soon crashed running into a deicing facility there on the ground off to the side of the runway. the plane belonged to a collings foundation, a private nonprofit
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airline safety officials are investigating a pretty scare close call as planes j s jam thy this memorial day. the near-collision happened in air space over reagan national airport just outside washington, d.c., as the busy holiday weekend was just beginning. our brian todd is joining us from reagan national. what happened, brian? reporter: wolf, this happened not far from where i m standing. you know, this suite behind me, the tarmac at reagan national, the potomac river and points sweeping further north of here, this is an area where a lot of helicopter traffic mixes in with near-constant jet traffic. and recently they didn t mix so well. just how close did a regional passenger plane come to hitting a military helicopter in the skies over washington? listen to the plane s pilot on
officials at federal aviation administration report he tested over the legal blood alcohol limit this month during a random screening at a regional traffic control center outside of denver which handles jet traffic between airports and officials released few details but said this controller was a veteran who tested above the agency limit. and they did the test more than six hours into the 8-hour shift. drinking on the job? and now the news from our newsroom. jonathan, what else do we know of the controller? jonathan: he is a veteran air traffic controller. there are some reports he was once a union rep testing above the f.a.a. limit of .04 which obviously lot we are than the driving limit, the legal driving limit which is .08 but it should be lower for people who are directly air traffic across a number of states as this controller was.