Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - KGO - 20110208:10:34:00
Jets to the same altitude, 22,000 feet. in radio transcripts obtained by "the new york post," the c-17 controller tells the other controller, i said stop the american at 21,000. but it's too late. a collision alert in the american airlines cockpit warns the pilots to descend. they do. narrowly avoiding a midair disaster. the c-17 pilot, "this is going it to be close." the american pilot, "that was not good." the planes were less than one mile apart horizontally and just 200 feet apart in altitude. >> the impact of a breakdown in communications can be very serious. in this circumstance, technol...