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With how these busy runways actually look from the pilots perspective. pete, what did you find? >> what is so interesting is that this is unprecedented. seven traumatic runway incursions back to back. we have never seen a string like this. we are talking about planes hundreds of feet apart, seconds away from disaster. the official term based on the faa definition is called a runway incursion, but we just wanted to show folks simply how close plans can get, where the problem areas are, and where ...

The one she says this rescue caused her "physical, emotional, and psychological injuries and damage." we just heard from the fire chief who said she was a little dizzy right afterward, but otherwise appeared fine. but who can forget the images of her starting to spin slowly and then faster and faster until she literally looked like a human helicopter? and then the pilot on board, who obviously did not foresee this happening, but they are trying their darndest to get her up to the chopper so they...