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The order repeated six times in 37 seconds. >> air canada 781, go around. >> reporter: but the pilots dont respond. even to a warning light flashed from the tower. they land safely and finally call in. >> air canada 781. theres something with the radio here. >> pretty evident. >> a professional job by the controller and this was a dangerous situation that they did a good job in averting. >> reporter: air canada and the faa havent said what the radio problem was. those pilots were cleared to land...

Good reporting. thank you. lets bring in our senior aviation analyst, miles obrien, former ntsb managing director, peter goelz and tom few weuente. miles, anything stand out to you? >> its the response four, maybe five times. what happened in that case? initially i thought maybe they were politely trying to ask for a different altitude. they were at the altitude that they filed for. heres the thing. the recording is done on the ground, obviously. so air traffic control might very well have been ...

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