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They actually had taken off. at the same time, one was coming in from the north and making its landing so at last minute they steered the landing plane out of the way of the other to that were taking off and they came 1 1.5 miles of each other and 800 vertical feet so it is a near miss. the transportation secretary held a news conference. here is what he said. >> at no point, were these planes on a head to head collision course. there was going to be no head to head collision of the planes. but because of a well-trained controller at dca tower who immediately recognized the situation and worke...

They got too close, in the standard separation this is called a "near mission." ray lahood held a news conference today and had this to say about it. >> at no time were these planes on a head to head collision course. there was going to be no head to head collision of the planes. there was a loss of separation. it shouldn't have happened. because of a well-trained controller at dca tower, who immediately recognized the situation and, worked to fix it. >>reporter: that means they got closer than 1,000' vertically and closer than three miles in distance, nautical miles. this has caught the atten...