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Jon: pretty scary stuff if you ever fly on commercial airlines. the faa is investigating air traffic controllers at denver international airport for apparently thinking a pilot's call for help was a hoax! the pilot of a united airlines flight radios a tower to report smoke in the cockpit and asks for emergency help on the ground. but the air traffic controllers, they thought the call was, quote, bs, and did nothing. turns out there was a fire and smoke in the cockpit, but the plane got on the ground safely. let's talk about it with jason friedman, a former prosecutor and doug burns, a criminal...

The pilot. and we know that communication breakdown can be a recipe for air disasters, it's just an awful thing that happened. i'm glad the faa is looking into this. jon: yeah, one of the things, doug, you're supposed to do, if you're a pilot and you have some kind of a prorks the first thing you're supposed to do is fly the airplane. you aviate before you communicate. so yeah, maybe the pilot did clip the 5912, maybe, you know, in his rush to key the microphone, he's telling the control tower the wrong number or maybe they just misheard the wrong number, but why not scramble the fire departme...

>> we're evacuating. smoke in the cabin. >> 5912, the equipment is on the way. >> 19 passengers on board evacuated safely. one with injuries. the ntsb is now investigating. little comfort for the apparent confusion on the runway. >> harris: justin joseph a fox affiliate reporting. a former teacher left his wife and kids to move in with a student. he once taught. now police have arrested him. but on charges related to another teenager. and, now he -- you know what we have all been there before. told to shut off our smart device and listening devices. i never have a listening device. i wonder wh...

In denver because there was smoke in the cockpit. >> a 912 emergency. keep the low please. >> who is that? >> 5912. >> united 12. what's your position? did you hear that? >> yeah. >> i know that's b.s. i know it is. >> you know what? >> united 12. do you know of a united 12 anywhere? >> alisyn: the controllers went back to directing traffic for 30 seconds before the pilot made another emergency call. this time he said the plane had landed and was evacuating on the runway. only one of the 22 passengers on board went to the hospital but is now doing okay. the ntsb is investigating this incident....

Inbound in snowy weather when the pilot first asked permission to land. >> >> 34 right is one of the runways at denver international airport. someone in the tower cleared the plane and within the next few minutes the pilot declared emergency there was smoke in the cockpit. the pilot asked for emergency equipment to be waiting but that never happened. when the plane final lands, it's clear the controller is still unaware there is an emergency. he asked the pilot to hurry off the runway. >> minimum time on the runway. >> the problem is the controller never rolled emergency equipment to help the ...