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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 ...

Gulfstream business jet on intersecting routes both at 23,000 feet. >> climb, climb. >> reporter: thats 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 flig...