Fa A News Today

>>. >> delta 94, cancel takeoff times. tonight, close calls. >> it would have been catastrophic had a collision taken place. >> bird strikes. >> its really hard to know how long we were going to survive trying to breathe in that. >> dangerous turbulence. >> this felt like a roller coaster. it is one of the days you count your blessings. >> unruly passengers. system meltdowns. >> we have been delayed three times. there are no more flights today that would get us there on time. >> amer...

But the really close calls have actually come down from a high in 2007. heres one reason. the fa as data for these types of incursions this year, it only goes through january. yet, the rate that were seeing this year is concerning. so to understand what were talking about, lets examine what they mean by near miss. on one hand, there is the official aviation definition of near miss. but on the other, a near miss is already way too close for comfort for anyone. take what happened at new yorks jfk ...

Some of the first runway incursions that we have been talking about for several weeks now. when you look at it all, are you seeing a broader trend at play? >> there is certainly an uptick on the hunrunway incursions. were already investigating six. >> is -- is there a through line? is there -- everyone wants to know that there is -- it would -- it would feel good to know that there is one thing that can be fixed that would make it stop. >> well, i think a great example is what happened at jfk. t...

Following the recent news of near plane collisions and severe turbulence, CNNs Kate Bolduan takes an in-depth look at the troubles in Americas aviation...

Special starts right now. good evening. im kate baldwin. the faa is holding a safety summit to figure out whats happening in americas skies and tonight were getting answers with a visual in depth look at some of the biggest concerns. we have simulations and first-hand accounts. the cnn transportation correspondent takes up into the plane. and captain sully takes inside a flight simulator. first lets start with all of these near collisions. were seeing far too many close calls on u.s. runways. ...

What keeps pilots from making mistakes that could be deadly. >> there are a lot of layers built in here, a lot of protections to prevent even when something does go wrong from it becoming catastrophic. >> five cameras are rolling to show some solutions are as simple as markings on taxi ways that lead to runways. the yellow hold short line reminds pilots not to enter a runway, a holy grail of paint matched by crucial phrases between pilots and air traffic control. >> move up to hold and wait for ...

That the ntsb has been pushing for for 23 years. technology warning pilots -- technology will warn pilots of an impending collision, which sounds pretty important. whats stopping him? >> the federal aviation administration has not moved forward on that. they have stated, though, as a result of the summit that theyre going to evaluate new technologies and technologies to prevent runway incursions, but thats one thats been out for 23 years. and we have others that have been out for a number of yea...

Appropriations bill that deals with infrastructure and reauthorization of measures such as the fa a can county as infrastructure legislation. aside from the things in other bills, will there be an infrastructure bill yes, or no. >> ever? i dont know if there will be one by the end of the year. the administration secured some funding for infrastructure project and laid out priorities that we want to see in the infrastructure packang. and well continue to look at ways to improve the nations infras...

Any doctor or hospital that accepts medicare patients. and there are no networks. you do your push-ups today? prepare to be amazed. [ male announcer ] dont wait. call today to request your free decision guide and find the aarp medicare supplement plan to go the distance with you. go long. fox news alert. the faa is prohibiting all u.s. airlines for flying in israel in the next 24 hours, this after reports of rocket fire near the tel aviv airport. meanwhile this. new video of the violence ragin...

Territory. 200 rockets have been fired by hamas. the fa a will monitor and send out updates as they get conditions in their office. they will inform us. and we learned that office in health row that the flights were cancelled. and we are getting reports of reuteres and air france is suspepping flights. well continue to bring you information as we get it. >> those folks in tel aviv and ended up in paris will have work to do getting back to israel it would assume. >> timing is everything and presi...