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Anderson Cooper 360-20140524-00:26:00

collision course with another plane departing houston bush intercontinental airport. the two planes take off at roughly the same time, united flight 601 turns right as directed and is now in the path of the other plane. within seconds, according to the faa, the controller realizes his mistake. >> 601, stop the turn right there, sir, stop your turn, stop your turn, flight 601. >> the two planes came within a mile of each other, at takeoff speed that means they were mere seconds from possible impact, passengers from both flight might not have been aware of the near disaster, but the pilots were stunned. >> hey, 601, you know what happen there had? >> yeah, basically crossed over the top of each other. that is what it looks like from my perspective. i have no idea what was going on in the tower, but it was pretty gnarly looking. >> this is yet another high

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20140524:11:38:00

the cause of these frightening close calls. >> reporter: the close calls involve air traffic controllers on each end of the country. may 9th in houston, united flight 601 was departing from vancouver on runway 9 as united flight 437 was leaving from mexico city on runway 15. the controller apparently made a serious mistake. >> 601, thank you, heading 340. >> instead of telling the vancouver flight to turn left he told him to turn right into the path of the other plane. the controller then quickly realized his mistake. united 601, stop your climbing and stop your turn, united 601. >> reporter: the planes came 400 feet vertically, .8 miles laterally. seconds away from disaster. arriving united 737 flew right over the top of a departing express jet regional flight that had been cleared for takeoff on an intersecting runway. >> do you have him in sight? maintain visual. >> oh, yeah, he's real close.

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CNN Newsroom-20140523-14:28:00

close in the skies and this morning we know the faa is now investigating. >> 601, a right turn. two more passenger planes get too close in the skies. on may 9th, united flight 601 and united 437 took off from bush intercontinental airport in houston at roughly the same time. shortly after takeoff, flight 601 is told to turn right putting it in the path of the other plane. moments later, the controller seems to realize the mistake. >> 601, stop the turn right there, sir. stop your turn. stop your climb. stop your turn 601. >> reporter: the two planes came within nearly a mile of each other. 300 passengers on both flights may not have been aware of the close call but the pilots were left with questions as to what went wrong. >> 601, you know what happened there? >> basically crossed directly

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CNN Newsroom-20140523-18:50:00

my perspective. i had no idea what happened. it was gnarly looking. >> a left turn. >> renae marsh is our aviation correspondent. >> don, it has happened again. two planes with passengers on board get too close in the skies and we now know the faa is investigating. >> turn right. right turn. >> two more passenger planes get too close in the skies. on may 9, united flight 601 and united 437 took off from bush international airport in houston at roughly the same time. shortly after take-off, flight 601 is told to turn right, putting it in the path of the other plane. moments later the controller seems to realize the mistake. >> 601, stop the turn right there, sir. united 601, stop your climbing, stop your turn. >> the two planes came within

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