and landings were happening. but over here the delta jet is gearing up for takeoff, already going more than 100 miles an hour. that is when the delta pilots hear this. [ bleep ]! delta, cancel takeoff plans. delta 1943, cancel takeoff plans. ejecting. now, pete is here with how these busy runways look. what s interesting is this is unprecedented. seven dramatic runway incursions back-to-back. we re talking about planes hundreds of feet apart, seconds away from disaster. the official term is called a runway incursion. but we just wanted to show folks how close planes can get, where the problems areas are and where the safe guards are to avoid an incident that could be a
simulation, we see that it may have simply come down to communication. most likely the american aircraft was on gun control so they re on a different position. as the controller, that is controlling, delta not actually talking to the american traffic. i am here. i am on ground control. i have got american airlines, meanwhile you are in your own world talking to delta. some yes, we want to do something with my delta aircraft for us, tell them to takeoff clearance, traffic on the runway. the actual radio traffic? it sounded a little different. [inaudible] cancel takeoff plans. delta 1943 cancel takeoff plans. air traffic controllers use a combination of radar communication with pilots, and relying on what they can see from the tower. at least when they can see. okay. now i am stressed. the controller from their vantage point at the tower is not able
near miss is already way too close for comfort for anyone. take what happened at new york s, jfk airport in january. an american airlines triple seven was getting ready to depart for landin. at the same time, a delta 7:37 was getting ready to take off for the dominican republic. keep in mind, this is jfk. there are four runways. on average, this airport handles more than 1000 flights every day. the american jet was on an active runway, meaning that takeoffs and landings were happening. but over here, the delta jet is gearing up for takeoff, already going more than 100 miles per hour. that is when the delta pilots here here this. delta 9 to 43, cancel takeoff plans. delta 9 to 43, cancel takeoff plans. we now, pete muntean is here
floodwaters can contaminate fields, so that is a big problem and that is going to put farmworkers out of business. the governor announced today, they are all eligible for $600 relief checks. norah? norah: looks like water forever in those strawberry fields. carter evans, thank you. back here in washington, the faa held a long-awaited safety summit today following a series of near collisions at airports across the country. transportation secretary pete buttigieg says there have been more mistakes than usual but added u.s. aviation remains exceptionally safe. cbs s kris van cleave is at reagan national airport with more. afteron tfr a disruptive passenr attacking a flight attendant with a spoon, to more than two dozen injured in severe turbulence. cancel takeoff plans. reporter: in a series of at least seven close calls on runways in the last three months alone. the faa held its first emergency
burbank airport on wednesday. is he off the runway yet reporter: mesa airlines flight 5826 forced to go around after the pilot noticed he had been directed to land on the same runway a skywest jet wa taking off from. we re going around. continue your climb. reporter: it follows similar close calls. in austin, animation of a fedex plane taking evasive measures to avoid a southwest plane. at jfk airport when an american plane taxied in front of a departing delta flight 1943 cancel takeoff plans. reporter: and new details of a close call in honolulu when a united flight taxied in front of a landing cessna cargo plane the ntsb now says the united captain indicated that he lost situational awareness on the runway. ntsb chief jennifer homendy. are you concerned at all as the faa chief is right now that we ve had too many of these incidents in a very short period of time from our standpoint there are too many incidents that occurred in too short