reporter: underscoring the high stakes of air traffic control, thursday s near collision involving two passenger jets at reagan national airport in washington. 2937, stop. reporter: the faa now investigating whether controller error played a role. it comes after a series of high-profile close calls and a national controller shortage. many controllers complain they re exhausted working mandatory overtime and alternating between day and overnight shifts. today, the faa ordered changes. controllers must get ten hours of rest between shifts rather than the nine currently required and 12 hours before starting a midnight shift, putting controllers on a par with pilots and flight attendants. our goal is to have a rested voice on both ends of the microphone. reporter: for the next three days, the faa is accepting new controller applications hoping to hire and train 1,800 this year after adding 1,500 last year. every day controllers handle 45,000 flights,
two passenger jets just missing one another in washington, d.c. a jetblue flight cleared for takeoff, a southwest plane cleared to cross over the same runway. then the fran sick calls with the control tower. the two passenger jets just seconds from a collision. here s gio benitez. reporter: tonight, the heart-stopping moment at one of the nation s busiest airports. listen to the panic in the control tower as two packed passenger planes narrowly missed colliding at washington s reagan national airport. jetblue 1554, stop. jetblue 1554. stop. southwest, stop! southwest 2937, stop! > we stopped. we were cleared to cross runway 4. reporter: federal investigators say an air traffic controller instructed that southwest flight bound for orlando to taxi across a runway. seconds later, a boston-bound jetblue flight was cleared for takeoff, engines roaring, rolling down that same runway, setting both planes on a path to collision. listen again as air traffic controllers realized what was
two passenger jets just missing each other. first tonight, the judge in donald trump s criminal trial, telling the court, we have our jury. seven men, five women, plus one alternate already. what one juror said during questioning right in front of donald trump. aaron katersky at the courthouse. also tonight, that near collision at reagan airport in washington. southwest 2937, stop. david: a southwest jet cleared to taxi right in front of another southwest jet. the frantic calls with the control tower, seconds from a collision. in new york city tonight, the nypd, some officers in riot gear, descending on columbia university, arresting dozens of pro-palestinian demonstrators. why they moved in. the severe storms we re watching at this hour. multiple states. possible tornadoes, damaging winds. this then moves east. rob marciano with the newest track. tonight, we are learning more, after those horrific images after a homeowner with a begin who shot and killed a
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