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Transcripts for CNN CNN Newsroom 20240604 14:54:00

america s runways from hawaii to the latest incident at reagan national airport outside washington, d.c.. take off clearance. aborting takeoff. 2003. today the federal aviation is holding a safety summit bringing together pete buttigieg, investigators and regulators and follows seven so-called runway incursions involving commercial airliners since the start of this year, an issue that landed on capitol hill last week. the numerous recent near-misses by airlines just this year are very troubling. it was the latest grilling for faa acting administrator billy nolan who insisted to lawmakers and passengers that flying is safe. in announcing the summit, nolan said the faa will examine which mitigations are working and while others appear to not be as effective as they once were. the faa absolutely has a grasp on this situation and it s something that we look at every day. also in the meeting,

Transcripts for CNN CNN Newsroom 20240604 19:46:00

recommendations over and over and over again? so you can hear the frustration that some of these agencies are feeling as all of these incidents are unfolding. you certainly can. gabe cohen, thanks for the reporting. let s bring in our cnn aviation analyst and former managing director at the ntsb. peter, good to see you. rust, the secretary says. good to see you. what does that mean that there is rust? what does it mean for a pilot for an airline? well, you know, the secretary and the administrator, the acting administrator, were largely talking in generalities and platitudes this morning. the only person that went forward with specific steps to be taken today to make the skies safer was jennifer homandi from the ntsb. as mr. cohen pointed out there are seven open recommendations on runway incursions that go back years. the faa needs to either act on

Transcripts for CNN CNN Newsroom 20240604 19:48:00

that s right. the system we have in place is the ntsb as an independent agency makes recommendations to the faa. the faa has a period of time to either respond affirmatively or to explain why they re not responding. they frankly have not responded on runway incursions effectively. so there are seven recommendations that the ntsb has sitting out there that have not been acted on. i think if the secretary wanted to take a step immediately, he would ask acting administrator nolan to report back to his office on the status of all open ntsb recommendations that are older than six months and say, why aren t they being implemented? why can t we do these today? well, you called most of what

Transcripts for KNTV NBC Nightly News With Lester Holt 20240604 23:10:00

travel incidents, today the faa held a rare emergency summit. we can t wait for the next catastrophic event to seek the warning signs of today. reporter: so-called runway incursions have been on the rise since 2017. up from 1,300 back 1,600 last year as the acting head of the faa told lester, that s raised eyebrows. we can never be complacent. over the past few months there have been several more serious near collisions including one in january at jfk and one at washington s reagan national where a regional jet pilot rolled in front of a departing united airbus jet right before takeoff. cancel takeoff clearance. aborting takeoff. aborting takeoff. reporter: today s summit drew representatives from airlines, airports, unions and regulators. is the airline industry overstressed right now? that s something we have to look at. reporter: jennifer homendy chairs the national transportation safety board. what s going to

Transcripts for CNN The Lead With Jake Tapper 20240604 20:30:00

continue to climb outside of miami and reagan airport. aborting takeoff 2003. reporter: the faa is investigating a total of seven dramatic runway incursions since the beginning of this year. in an interview, buttigieg told me there s an uptick in nation s airports. what we re finding, pilots, ground crews and controllers alike seem to be experiencing this uptick, some who describe it as kind of a rust. but that needs to turn into a concrete diagnosis and specific action steps. reporter: airlines insist safety is always their top priority. but labor unions say airlines are pushing the limits, as they struggle to bounce back from the pandemic. the dot is right behind you. it s happening out there. these incidents, things we ve been talking about well over a year ago are starting to show up on the flight deck and operations. reporter: so far, the faa sees no apparent common trigger

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