aviation correspondent pete muntean. this is, what, the fifth incident involving a commercial airliner this year. give us the details. we re talking jfk, austin, burbank, honolulu, and now in boston last night as this jet blue flight 206 was coming in for landing at the airport, and the faa says a private jet was taking off on the intersecting runway in front of it. the latest data from flight radar 24. this is preliminary data. said the two planes came within 565 feet of colliding. that is very, very close. worse yet, the faa says that private jet did not have clearance to take off. the faa saying in a statement, quote, the leer jet pilot read back the instructions clearly but began a takeoff role instead. that plane was supposed to wait on the runway for that other airplane to land. the faa says the pilot of the jet blue aircraft took evasive action and initiated a climbout
the faa investigating a close call at chicago s midway airport. a southwest jet had been cleared for takeoff, began rolling down the runway at the same time an air traffic controller noticed a delta jet beginning to take off from an intersecting runway without permission. the controller yelled for the delta plane to stop. a collision was narrowly avoided. in earlier air traffic audio the controller tells the pilots they keep answering for each other, suggesting there was some type of confusion. now major developments in the search for those escapees in upstate new york. prosecutors have confirmed that the prison employee now under arrest plotted with two escapees to have her husband killed. they also said that joyce mitchell had a sexual relationship with one of the men. with more, here s abc s marci gonzalez. reporter: roadblocks reopened the search surrounding the prison scaled back. police saying after meticulously scouring this 16-square-mile area, there is no sign of the two c
in. the faa investigating a near-collision at chicago s midway airport. two jets were taking off at the same time on intersecting runways when an air traffic controller yelled for one of the planes to stop. here now, abc s david kerley. reporter: at chicago s midway airport, two jets on a collision course with similar flight numbers, trouble on the radio. runway 3-1 center clear for takeoff. the wind 0-6-0 center. reporter: that s a southwest jet, flight 3828, getting cleared. but a delta flight, 1328, is lined up on an intersecting runway and it starts rolling for takeoff, too. the two jets, gaining speed, heading towards each other. the controller sees it. 1328 stop! stop! i am holding. he s stopping. both jets slam on the brakes, stopping short of each other. for southwest on 3-1 center. were we the ones cleared for takeoff? yes. you were doing what you were supposed to be doing. the delta was rolling also?
muntha saleh, in a boston marathon-style attack. saleh was arrested this weekend after he studied how to build a pressure cooker bomb and researched potential targets. aaron katersky, abc news, new york. a close call at chicago s midway airport. a southwest jet cleared for takeoff began rolling down the runway. at the same time, an air traffic controller noticed a delta jet beginning takeoff from an intersecting runway without permission. the controller yelled for the delta plane to stop and a collision was narrowly avoided. the planes had similar flight numbers, and that was part of the reason for confusion. a fiery scene at the airport in kazakhstan. no passengers aboard as an oxygen canister exploded, sparking this fire. the plane was being prepared for its next flight. the crews extinguished the flames. burned a large hole ooh, as you can see there in the body of that boeing 737. hundreds of thousands of haitians living in the dominican republic could face deportation. th
of each other as they were both taking off in houston. all this comes as the faa investigates claims a flight from hawaii to l.a. went into a steep dive to avoid hitting another plane over the pacific ocean. and two days before that, an express jet cleared for takeoff at newark airport just as the united airlines flight was landing at an intersecting runway. you might be asking, what the heck is going on? and are we still safe to fly? joining me now is mike boyd, aviation security analyst with boyd group international. are we safe to fly? i think we re safe to fly. it can be a whole lot safer. these things were particularly the one in newark and houston, it was caught at the last minute. the other ones were a little less severe. they shouldn t be happening at all, and the faa has put an update of our air traffic control system on a back burner, more on a political burner. until we get the right people running the place, until we get better equipment, these things are going to continu