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Serious a near miss this was. >> it is the latest example of a top concern of aviation regulators. known as a runway incursion. federal figures show more than 1400 incidents reporting in airports large and small last year. >> there were plenty visual cues from a flight crew to know that they were in the wrong place. at the wrong time. >> orrantia speed mentioned director peter polls suggest now invest gets would want to see the cockpit voice recorder even from -- after the incident that crew has...

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The last time two planes came this close to colliding in the US was when an Air Canada plane almost landed on an active taxiway in 2017.

Those pilots seeing that airplane pull out in front of them. theyre already going 150 miles an hour and they have to stop before getting to them. >> reporter: they stopped 1,000 feet, thats a little more than three football fields. >> 1,000 feet is not as far as you might think. it might be about a city block or so. when youre going those speeds and trying to stop an airplane of that magnitude at that speed, its very, very scary. >> reporter: after that incident an exchange with the american air...

Crossing its path. thats a little more than three football fields. >> 1,000 feet is not as far as you think. might be about a city block. but when youre going those speeds and trying to stop an airline of that magnitude at that speed, its very, very scary. >> after the incident, an exchange between the crew of the american airlines plane and air traffic control showed apparent confusion. someone asked the controller this. >> the last clearance we were cleared, we were cleared to cross. is that c...

Air lines 737 on runway 4 left at jfk. the other airplane is an american airlines 777, it crossed the runway as the delta flight was accelerating for takeoff. listen to the air traffic control audio. you get to hear the urgency in the controllers voice as he realized what was developing in front of him. >>. [ bleep ] cancel takeoff plans. cancel takeoff plans. >> rejecting. >> rejected takeoff, something that pilots take off all the time in the simulator. rare in real life. now the faa and the n...

When an american airlines 777 pulled out onto the runway in front of it. that delta was accelerating for takeoff. i want you to listen now to the air traffic control recording where you can hear the urgency in the air traffic controllers voice. listen. >> [ bleep ]. cancel takeoff plans. delta 1943, cancel takeoff plans. >> rejecting. >> reporter: a rejected takeoff, something pilots often only do in the flight simulator. they realized these planes came within about 1,000 feet of each other whic...

Disaster was averted but only with seconds to spare. thanks to the quick action of the air traffic controller and the jfk control tower but also the quick reaction by the delta airlines flight crew. look at the animation. it shows that delta airlines 737 lining up for takeoff and listen to what the controller heard and realized that an american airlines triple 7 was taxiing across the same runway. listen. >> delta 1943, cancel takeoff clearance. cancel takeoff clearance. >> rejecting. >> now the...