Cactus 289 News Today

Behind the scenes at a school grooming the next generation of air traffic controllers. >> reporter: a plane in trouble. >> mayday, mayday, mayday. cactus 289 has a flame. >> reporter: its a 757. >> 289, roger. >> request immediate landing anywhere we can. w >> reporter: this is grant paladino. hes handling this emergency, and what hes done is redirect the aircraft to where? >> sanford. >> reporter: you might wonder why i would pester an air traffic controller in the middle of a crisis. that answ...

Job. one in miami, and the other in knoxville. five similar events at airports nationwide have been revealed since march. okay. so, air traffic controllers, getting a bad rap over the last couple of weeks, but there are some very capable skilled ones out there, and as cnn marty savidge reports in depth today, there are plenty of men and women ready to roll up their sleeves and get to work. >> reporter: a plane in trouble. >> mayday, mayday. cactus 289 with engine two flame out. >> reporter: it...