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>>. >> delta 94, cancel takeoff times. tonight, close calls. >> it would have been catastrophic had a collision taken place. >> bird strikes. >> it's really hard to know how long we were going to survive trying to breathe in that. >> dangerous turbulence. >> this felt like a roller coaster. it is one of the days you count your blessings. >> unruly passengers. system meltdowns. >> we have been delayed three times. there are no more flights today that would get us there on time. >> america's aviation industry facing headwinds and life and death questions about the safety of passenger...

rollercoaster. >> unruly passengers -- >> [bleep] >> get off -- >> system meltdowns -- >> we have been delayed three times, there are no more flights leaving today that would get us there on time. >> america's aviation industry, facing headwinds and life and death questions about the safety of passengers and the future of flying. cnn takes you into the air -- on the runway, and inside the tower to get the answers. flight risk, a cnn primetime special starts right now. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> good evening, i'm kate baldwin. the faa is holding a safety summit to figure out what is happening in ...

But the really close calls have actually come down from a high in 2007. here's one reason. the fa a's data for these types of incursions this year, it only goes through january. yet, the rate that we're seeing this year is concerning. so to understand what we're talking about, let's examine what they mean by near miss. on one hand, there is the official aviation definition of near miss. but on the other, a near miss is already way too close for comfort for anyone. take what happened at new york's jfk airport in january. an american airline was getting ready to depart for london at the same tim...

Accounts. pete muntean, cnn transportation correspondent, and certified pilot even takes us up in a plane. and captain sully sullenberger takes us inside of a flight simulator. first, let's start with all of these near collisions. we are seeing far too many close calls on u. s. runways. near-collision incidents have been reported at multiple airports just this year. the hard numbers, though, they can be confusing. over the last two decades, the number of what the faa calls runway incursions has been climbing. but the really close calls have actually come down from a high in 2007. here is one r...