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Nearly a mile of each other. the roughly 300 passengers on both flights may not have been aware of the close call but the pilots were left with questions as to what went wrong. >> 601, you know what happened there? >> basically crossed directly over the top of each other. thats what it looks like from my perspective. i had no idea what was going on in the tower but it was pretty gnarly looking. >> it was supposed to be a left turn. >> this is the third incident in recent weeks where passenger pl...

>> some of this is the system and just changing people at the top may appear to represent change but its the culture, its the system, and its the challenge that they face. >> this isnt about one person. this isnt about the secretary. its about the entire system underneath him. and the general can leave and we can wait around for months to go through a nomination process and we get a new person but the disaster continues. >> complicated situation. i want to bring in tom foreman to help us parse t...

Seems to realize the mistake. >> 601, stop your heading, stop the turn right there. stop your turn. stop your climb and stop your turn. >> the two planes came within nearly a mile of each other. the roughly 300 passengers on both flights may not have been aware of the close call but the pilots were left with questions as to what went wrong. >> 601, you know what happened there? >> basically crossinged directly over the top of each other. >> thats what it looked like. i had no idea what was going...

Close in the skies and this morning we know the faa is now investigating. >> 601, a right turn. two more passenger planes get too close in the skies. on may 9th, united flight 601 and united 437 took off from bush intercontinental airport in houston at roughly the same time. shortly after takeoff, flight 601 is told to turn right putting it in the path of the other plane. moments later, the controller seems to realize the mistake. >> 601, stop the turn right there, sir. stop your turn. stop your...

>> 601, turn right, right turn. >> reporter: two more passenger planes get too close in the skies. on may 9th, united flight 601 and united flight 437 took off from bush enter continental airport in houston at roughly the same time. shortly after takeoff flight 601 is told to turn right, putting it in the path of the other plane. moments later the controller seems to realize the mistake. >> 601, stop your heading, stop your turn right there. united 601, stop your turn, stop your climb and stop y...

Violation of federal air regulations. this is whats called an operational error. that means the air traffic controller made a mistake. theyre supposed to be three miles apart. depending upon the phase of the flight, 2,000 feet or more. so this was very, very close. >> david, i know newark airport changed its rules regarding runway use for takeoffs and landings. does every airport need to do this? >> theres a lot of things that had to do with newark airport, including the closure of one of the ai...