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If you're going to abduct a bunch of Earthlings, at least have a plan.

If you're going to abduct a bunch of Earthlings, at least have a plan.

If you're going to abduct a bunch of Earthlings, at least have a plan.

Special starts right now. good evening. i'm kate baldwin. the faa is holding a safety summit to figure out what's happening in america's skies and tonight we're getting answers with a visual in depth look at some of the biggest concerns. we have simulations and first-hand accounts. the cnn transportation correspondent takes up into the plane. and captain sully takes inside a flight simulator. first let's start with all of these near collisions. we're seeing far too many close calls on u.s. runways. the hard numbers, though, they can be confusing. over the last two decades, the number of what...

We all became familiar with bird strikes, with ambassador sully and the miracle on the hudson more than a decade ago, and they're still reeking havoc in the air. a flight from cuba recently made an emergency landing. we go inside a simulation. >> reporter: a passenger jet takes off, climbing rapidly over 200 miles an hour. >> birds. >> reporter: then calamity. birds slam into the nose, wings and engine. that happened to captain sully leaving new york in 2009. >> we lost thrust on both engines very quickly, almost simultaneously. >> reporter: the effect was