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Seconds. a packed airliner wandered into the path of another plane during takeoff at new york's jfk airport. the accident happened last june. trace gallagher is back with us now with the details. we are just learn being there is unbelievable event. >> reporter: we knew in june this was a close call but we had no idea how close until the faa came out with this report. this was near seconds away from being the worst commercial airline disaster in u.s. history. the plane was barreling count runway. an egypt air boeing 777 with 346 people onboard, instead of turning left on the exaksy way, it kept...

That luftansa plane. hidden to the audio. >> cancel takeoff plans. cancel takeoff plans. >> all traffic is stopped right now. hold your position as you see what's going on. no need to speak about it on frequency. >> that was quite a show. show it was going to be a short career. >> reporter: you heard the nervous laughter by the air traffic controller. that plane as it came toward the runway. 37 feet away from actually making it onto the runway. when you are talking about airplanes that's a razor thin margin. the worst disaster in history, two planes collide on the