landings, that s the operation investigators blame for a near miss last week at reagan international airport in d.c. they say air traffic controllers directed planes to come in from the on sis direction to avoid the bad weather but that a miscommunication let three u.s. airways planes get dangerously close to each other. at a news conference last week investigators played a radio recording to explain exactly what happened. are you with me. yeah, with you on the river. 3329 turn south heading 180. the controller has just turned 2339 to turn south. you see something developing there. and a disaster was diverted when one plane swerved to get out of the way. federal safety regulators are looking to hammer american airlines with the largest fine they have ever imposed. this came out in documents and the airline s bankruptcy case. the f.a.a. is going after americans for more than $156 million for alleged problems with aircraft maintenance.