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bret: breaking tonight the effort to avoid a disaster involving commercial airlines. there have been several very close calls lately we told you about them yesterday. today the held a safety summit to come up with solutions. mark meredith leads us off from reagan national airport. good evening, mark. bret, good evening to you. the top aviation the skies are safe. after a number of near misses and close calls, including one at this airport just last week, the government is also examining if more can be to avoid potential disasters. we have seen an uptick in serious close calls that we must address. transportation secretary pete buttigieg kicked off today s aviation safety summit with a warning. more mistakes than usual are happening across the system, on runways, at gates when planes are pushing back, in control towers and on flight decks. the government says it s investigating six runway incursions this year alone, including one at washington s reagan air ....
Investigating six runway incursions this year alone, including one at washington s reagan airport 8 days ago after a regional jet crossed active runway as an airbus was taking off. scan take off clearance. aborting take off united 2003. no one was hurt but an investigation is ongoing. the ntsb still examining why a fedex jet came very close to colliding with a southwest 737 last month in austin, texas in animation spotlights the dangers 231 people on two planes faced. there have been far too many close calls and near collisions recently any of which could have is had devastating consequences. officials insist overall the u.s. aviation system remains safe. america s aviation safety net remains strong. the national air traffic controller s association says it needs help watching the nation s ....