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Already heading where it wants to, it's not wasting any fuel. when we get up to speed the copilot will push the button to release the rocket. at that point the aeroplane is off all the way to the right hand side and we're going to watch the rocket. our system is portable. it's an aeroplane with a rocket and a few skids with equipment on it. so we can move it anywhere, we can enable space launch anywhere. any airport that can handle a 747. there is a growing space economy here in the uk. the uk has been one of the leaders

Is no way the delta flight would have been able to get airborn in e in time to avoid a collision. big time save here by the air traffic controller. in the past two years runway incursions across the u.s. have risen significantly, though it's unclear exactly why. and remember, the deadliest aviation incident ever was a runway collision in spain back in 1977. two 747's collided, killed 583 people. tucker? >> tucker: unbelievable. trace gallagher, thank you so much. >> you got it. >> tucker: trace is available for your viewing every week night midnight eastern on fox news at night. cannot let civ...

>> reporter: the delta jet traveling at 115 miles per hour was just seconds from impact. slamming on the brakes, it stopped 1,000 feet short of the american plane. passenger brian healey was on the delta flight. >> i felt then adrenaline and there was total quiet on the plane and then there was relief when the plane came to a stop. >> where was the miscommunication between the american crew and the air traffic controllers? >> reporter: a very close call that reminds some experts of the horrific runway crash in 1977 involving two fully loaded 747s in tenerife that killed 583 people and led to a...

A standard practice for presidents' personal homes. lester? >> monica alba, thank you. now to that close call with seconds to spare at jfk airport. the faa and ntsb investigating how an american airlines jet came to cross the runway just as a d flight was about to take off. here's tom costello. >> reporter: at first the radio conversation sounded routine. >> runway 4 left ready for takeoff. y 4 left ready for takeoff. a d >> reporter: a delta airlines 747 cleared for departure. but seconds later controllers saw an american airlines 777 instructed to taxi across a different runway suddenly cu...

In 2022, but rarely this dramatic, though we have seen the consequences, the disaster of 1977 when two 747s hit each other on the runway. 580 people killed. aviation experts i've been talking to say this is very, very similar. >> way too close for comfort. i do want your take on this, we just got some more information about that plane crash in nepal. learning now that the pilot had asked to change the landing runway just minutes before the crash. you're not just our correspondent here, i know you're a pilot, you're a flight instructor. what do you make of that information and this sudden chang...