. delta 94, cancel takeoff times. tonight, close calls. it would have been catastrophic had a collision taken place. bird strikes. it s really hard to know how long we were going to survive trying to breathe in that. dangerous turbulence. this felt like a roller coaster. it is one of the days you count your blessings. unruly passengers. system meltdowns. we have been delayed three times. there are no more flights today that would get us there on time. america s aviation industry facing headwinds and life and death questions about the safety of passengers and the future of flying. cnn takes you into the air. on the runway and inside the tower to get the answers. flight risk, a cnn prime time special starts right now. good evening. i m kate baldwin. the faa is holding a safety summit to figure out what s happening in america s skies and tonight we re getting answers with a visual in depth look at some of the biggest concerns. we have simulations and fir
rollercoaster. unruly passengers [bleep] get off system meltdowns we have been delayed three times, there are no more flights leaving today that would get us there on time. america s aviation industry, facing headwinds and life and death questions about the safety of passengers and the future of flying. cnn takes you into the air on the runway, and inside the tower to get the answers. flight risk, a cnn primetime special starts right now. good evening, i m kate baldwin. the faa is holding a safety summit to figure out what is happening in americas skies. and tonight we are getting answers with a visual in-depth look at some of the biggest concerns. we have simulations and firsthand accounts. pete muntean, cnn transportation correspondent, and certified pilot even takes us up in a plane. and captain sully sullenberger takes us inside of a flight simulator. first, let s start with all of these near collisions. we are seeing far too many close calls o
incidents. and the way he put it is he said that the faa absolutely has a grasp on the situation. jennifer, do you think they have a handle on this? what do you think about that? i think that that this has served as a wakeup call for the faa. but i want to see us move beyond just staring at the data and talking to each other. we need action. and the ntsb has essentially given the faa a road map to move forward with safety change. one thing that i think, some of the things that are discussed seem long term. is there a quick fix? there is not a quick fix, but many of the nearly 300 recommendations we have issued could be implemented today. could have been implemented years ago when we issued them, preventing collisions and preventing some of the incidents that we re seeing now. wow. chair of the ntsb. thank you for soming in.
but i want to see us move beyond just staring at the data and talking to each other. we need action. and the ntsb has essentially given the faa a road map to move forward with safety change. one thing that i see is some of the things that are discussed seem long term. is there a quick fix? there is not a quick fix. but many of the nearly 300 recommendations that we ve issued could be implemented today, could have been implemented years ago when we issued them, preventing collisions and preventing some of the incidents that we are seeing now. chair of the ntsb, jennifer homendy, thank you for coming on. thank you so much. so, there s another layer to all of this. airlines also have to deal with unruly passengers right now. two flight attendants on the front lines of this battle are next. ever better. it s when disruption hits your supply chain and ryder makes sure you re ever delivering with freight brokerage to transportation management,