CNN The Lead With Jake Tapper June 4, 2024 21:34:00
Collision course friday night. >> hold position. >> reporter: air traffic control recordings detail how the american flight was told to go to the end of jfk's runway 4 left, but instead crossed that runway, in the path of the delta flight that was taking off. a mistake caught by air traffic controllers with just seconds to spare. >> delta 1943, cancel takeoff plans. delta 1943, cancel takeoff plan. >> reporter: the delta pilot slammed on the brakes, stopping approximately 1,000 feet before where the american airlines flight had just crossed the runway. >> it would have been catastrophic had a ...
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