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Whilst completing a circuit at Dunkeswell Aerodrome in Devon, a Boeing Stearman A75N1 (N68427) landed on top of Cessna 182B (G-OMAG) on the runway, 20 August 2021.

Number one to two. >> jim, youve logged thousands and thousands of hours flying commercial for 29 years. have you ever willfully cut ground communication with ground control? >> never. never. thats your lifeline. you depend on air traffic controllers because they let you know if there is traffic that you should know about or any other fact that would be interesting to you and the safety of your flight and the comfort of your passengers. no. i cannot imagine any reason for leaning over and shutti...

Planes. >> thats good stuff. >> thats the word from delta airlines. at least one other major carrier is on board with delta opposing the government plan. cnns chris lawrence is following the story live at reagan national airport. what do we know? >> reporter: yes, chris, you can add jetblue is the other major carrier. add southwest to the list as well, all three basically say no, were not going to do this, even if the fcc lifts that ban. delta with the furthest, basically saying their employees ...

>> ground communication, you need to talk to somebody... northeast... okay. possibly clarence, that area right in there, akron area, either state police or sheriffs department, we need to find out if anything is on the ground, this aircraft was 5 miles out, all of a sudden -- we have no response. bill: a jet crashed outside of buffalo new york and 50 people died, and when it plunged to the ground in darkness, 49 on board on one on the ground and raising concerns over pilots vulnerability to fati...