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Learjet did not have takeoff clearance. the crew was told to line up and wait on the raun we oig for the blu jetblue flight but began taking off instead. all were unharmed. >> pilots did an incredible job. we came in, it was a scary situation. but it was very smooth. >> reporter: the incident is the fifth of its type this year following similar close calls at jfk, austin, honolulu and burbank. one of many challenges facing the faa still without a permanent leader. wednesday senators took up the nomination of phil washington to head the agency but called into question his lack of aviation safet...

The FAA is now working to determine how close those planes came to each other during the incident.

D each other. >> the controller kept mixingntl up right and left in her radioer calls. the planes were lessth thaann a a mile apart at one point, and four objects moving as fastt as airplanes. >> that's very close. now, thi'sy s is similar to anos incident that happened earlier this month in austin, texas, ino that case, a fedex cargo jetfee came within a hundred feet ofs l a southwest airlines jet after the fedex jet was cleared to land on a runway. were the southwest jet wasuldn'b taking off. that shouldn't be allowed. that shoullowed. d never happen. . but it's happening quite a bit.e on mo...

The Learjet, which is used to fly the Taoiseach, senior ministers and the President around the world, is coming to the end of its life cycle.

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