my perspective. i have no idea what was going on in the tower. it was pretty gnarly looking. >> i'm guessing he was supposed to give us a left turn? >> this is the third incident in recent weeks where passenger planes got too close for comfort. a similar incident over newark airport and another over the pacific ocean near hawaii, all involving passenger planes. >> the latest faa numbers from 2012 show planes got too close nearly 4,400 times a year, that's more than 12 times a day. 41 of those were considered high risk. carol? >> rene marsh reporting. thank you very much. let's bring in david soucie, cnn safety analyst and author of "why planes crash" and mary schiavo, former inspector general for the department of transportation. welcome to you both. i'm listening to the air traffic control chatter and it's a little freaky. how close was this incident to disaster? >> this was very close to disaster. more importantly, this is a