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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 americas skies. and tonight we are getting answers with a visual in-depth look at some of the biggest concerns. we have simulations and firsthand 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 c ....
To see the actual runway environment. fog and low visibility worthy where the conditions in austin, texas in february. a fedex plane was approaching the international airport to land as a southwest plane was supposed to have taken off from the same runway. with the weather, it would have been hard to visually confirm. maybe by now, that southwest should be off the ground, maybe i should be able to see on my radar. southwest aboard fedex is on the go. at the last minute, fedex pulled up and an action led by the pilots, the two planes came within just 100 feet of each other. they are the types of scenarios that the school transfer in the simulator. contact departure i think what is most important is i can learn from any mistakes that happened in the real world or even our simulation. treat it as a learning opportunity. we are always trying to look at the positive side and prevented for the future. what would you say the weight of the job is? you hold peoples lives i ....
may officially get behind him or will they? we have details meetings, planned ahead. and birds cause another scare in the sky. this is the second one this week. a flight with 54 people on board turns around after geese smack into the windshield. ew! and president obama slow jamming on student loans with jimmy fallon. now is not the time to make school more expensive for our young people. oh, yeah. the president going late night to grab some young voters. we ll have the highlights for you. he looks too serious in the background. mitt romney so close to the republican nomination now he can taste it. the former massachusetts goer sweeping to victory in the biggest day of the gop primary voting since super tuesday winning new york, connecticut, pennsylvania, rhode island and delaware. it seems inevitable he will clinch the nomination next month. last night he tore into president obama, promising a better america under his watch. because he has failed, he wil ....
Joining us. that was fun. thank you, brenda. up next this is 171 cleared for takeoff. cleared for takeoff. contact departure, adios. the kid friendly skies may not be safe, but it sure can be profitable. the name ready to soar 50%. first, it was cash for clunkers. then cash for cluckers. what? ....
Since that time, the new york daily news reports pilots have been signing off with the word adios. why? take a listen. air mex 403, contact departure. adios. contact departure. aeromexico 403. adios. contact departure, adios amigos. adios amigos. over departure, jetblue 195. fred is an pilot and aviation attorney. good morning to you, fred. good morning. how about control towers, are passengers put in danger? from this incidence, not at all and in general, no. i spent 30 years, alex, flying in this part of the country, and i can tell you that our air traffic control system is the best in the world. what this guy did was in the legal arena, it s a bonehead move because he s undermined the public confidence in that, but they really don t need to be worried about that, and i can tell you why. there s a lot of things that go on at kennedy that could have ....