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We're just getting this in. two airliners were about 14 seconds from colliding at sarasota, florida, an airport runway there. this happened february 16th. >> the ntsb said air traffic control cleared an air canada flight which was taking off, when an american 737 was coming in for a landing. the american flight aborted the landing. the two ultimately came within over half a mile each from each other. the report said that there were 194 people aboard the air canada rogue aircraft and 178 aboard the american airlines plane. the incident is one of seven close calls since the beginning of this yea...

Very much. another major hearing on capitol hill today the faa's active administrator facing lawmakers after six major incidents and close calls already this year. flight safety in the u.s. is a growing concern and just yesterday in florida two small planes collided in midair. officials say all four occupants of those two planes were killed. let's bring in cnn's aviation correspondent pete muntean. pete has been following the hearings today. so, pete, what did we learn today from these hearings on the hill? >> reporter: well, this is the second appearance by faa acting administrator billy no...

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Reported close calls on airport runways. >> and it's not just on the tarmac. this week, as you'll recall, a man was arrested for allegedly right to stab a flight attendant in the cabin. cnn's pete muntean is live in washington. so, pete, what stood out to you from today's, at time, difficult hearing? >> both of those things came up today. that unruly passenger incident just the other day, the chief of the faa, acting administer, billy nolan, says the faa still has a zero-tolerance policy against these unruly passenger incidents. the number of those have actually gone down in recent years. it w...

Trump wanted to nuke a hurricane. you guys won't even throw a dart at a balloon? there was outcry in america as to why a massive spy balloon had not been spotted and shot down earlier. but that meant in the next few days, they were now seeing many more of what were described not as balloons, but objects. if anything enters into our airspace, whether we know what it is or not, we will monitor it and we'll take appropriate action. one was seen over alaska and shot down near a place called deadhorse on february 10th. the next day, another object was shot down over the yukon in canada. and then, o...