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Next week. among those still expected to testify, several students who witnessed the massacre. lester? maggie vespa, thank you. tonight the faa and ntsb are investigating a very close call in the skies over south florida. an allegiant airlines plane and a private jet forced to take evasive action to avoid a collision at 23,000 feet. here is tom costello. reporter: allegiant air 485 had just taken off from fort lauderdale, headed for lexington, kentucky when it happened. the pilot forced to make a sudden extreme climb, 600 feet in seconds to avoid another plane, throwing flight attendants to the floor and terrifying passengers, including jericka thacker and her family, flying to kentucky after a caribbean cruise. it was honestly the scariest thing i ve ever been through. it felt like when you go on the top of a roller coaster and you go straight down from the highest point. reporter: the faa says it happened when controllers put the allegiant flight and a ....
Gulfstream business jet on intersecting routes both at 23,000 feet. climb, climb. reporter: that s when both planes collision avoidance systems known as tcas activated, notifying the allegiant to climb and the gulfstream to descend. if not for tcas, they would have gotten very, very close or potentially collided roar the air traffic controller instructed flight 45 to turn eastbound at an altitude of 23,000 feet when it crossed in front of a northbound gulfstream business jet. our flight tenants got injured. reporter: while none of the passengers were injured, one of the flight attendants was hurt. we re going to declare an emergency on your behalf. reporter: allegiant tells nbc news flight 485 returned where a flight attendant was treated for injuries. but for jericka thacker, it was all too much. she and her family drove back to kentucky. i went 21 years ....