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Aeromexico flight to mexico city, 403. caught on tape of radio transmissions. >> flight 171, clear for take-off. >> clear for take-off. 171. >> reporter: this reportedly happened in the presidents school holiday week. the association says this is not indicative of the highest standards controllers set for themselves. even though the children were being supervised but the real danger is controller distraction. doug lato, aviation lawyer, says there is no excuse. . >> the fact that someone was not...

Each other on a situation like this where they know its not right but, oh, hes a cute kid, let him talk to the aircraft for a little bit. jon: there were suggestions of controller distraction when that midair happened over the hudson this past summer. >> exactly. jon: theres not a lot of room for error and, you know, you feel bad for the kids and maybe even bad for the dad, but somebody wasnt thinking. scott brenner -- >> absolutely. jon: -- former chief spokesman for the faa. thanks, scott. >> ...

Aeromexico flight to mexico city, 403. caught on tape of radio transmissions. >> flight 171, clear for take-off. >> clear for take-off. 171. >> reporter: this reportedly happened in the presidents school holiday week. the association says this is not indicative of the highest standards controllers set for themselves. even though the children were being supervised but the real danger is controller distraction. doug lato, aviation lawyer, says there is no excuse. . >> the fact that someone was not...

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