Parallel Runways News Today

United states and a gateway to europe and asia. take a look at this diagram we have for you now to give you an idea of what happened. two parallel runways at sfo, the one on the left is closed for repair and thus the big x. there is a big flashing light out there with an x on it. the one on the right is where planes were alternating taking off and landing. just to the right of that is the taxiway where four planes are waiting the take off where air canada was aimed not at the runway but at the t...

Everyone is expected to be okay. >> rick: a new report revealing just how close of a call a jet had with four other planes at the san francisco international airport. apparently there was a blind spot that prevented air traffic controllers from immediately spotting the near disaster. >> the report notes a few rather unsettling facts especially those on the five planes that were involved. take a look at the diagram, it will help explain the whole situation on what went down here in san francisco....

And joins us with the details. this is scary stuff, rene. >> it certainly is. its not what you want to hear when youre a passenger on a plane and tonight we know exactly how it happened. 2,000 feet above queens, new york, a dangerously close call in one of the countrys busiest airspaces. >> 172, turn left now. >> a delta jumbo jet nearly collides with a delta regional aircraft. the planes a half a mile apart horizontally. theyre required to be at least three miles apart. windy conditions set off...

Which protect whistleblowers, referred 44 of those cases to the d.o.t. for investigation and all but five were substantiated, but now the special counsel is saying that the faa is taking inadequate steps to correct the concerns of employees who reported that first responders helicopters dont have proper night vision equipment, that air traffic controllers in the new york area are sleeping and using personal computers at work, that small planes leaving new jerseys peterboro airport are allowed to...