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>> 1943 cancel takeoff planes. >> reporter: they use radar, communication with pilots and relying on what they can see from the tower, at least when they can see. >> okay. >> reporter: now i'm stressed. the controller from their vantage point in the tower is not able to see the actual runway environment. fog and low visibility were the conditions in austin, texas, in february. a fedex plane was approaching austin's international airport as a southwest plane was taking off from the same runway. with the weather it would have been hard to visually confirm. >> southwest should be off the ground a...

>> [ bleep ]! >> cancel takeoff plans. delta 1943, cancel takeoff plans. >> rejecting. >> air traffic uses radar, communication with pilots and relying on what they can see from the tower, at least when they can see. >> okay. now i'm stressed. >> the controller is not able to see the actual runway environment. >> fog and visibility were the conditions in austin, texas in february. a fedex plane was approaching to land as a southwest plane was supposed to have taken off from the same runway. with the weather, it would have been hard to visually confirm. >> by now southwest should be off the gre...

That will be our first turnoff to the right. >> yank key 6 is the runway we use to exit the runway. telling where to get off the ground is just as important as the commands in the air. >> turn right at yankee 6 or yankee 7. contact ground. >> over to ground. >> bill points out to me how he's using an ipad app to track where we are on the airport grounds. >> how important is being aware of where you are in the airport, especially in a busy airport like dulles here. >> very important. we have airplanes coming in and out of the terminal there, both directions all the time. in an airport like this...

>> how important is being aware of where you are in the airport, especially a busy airports like dallas here? >> that is absolutely critical. look where we are right here, we have airplanes coming in and coming out of the terminal right there. both directions, all the time. in an airport like this there are multiple different runways aligned with one another. but i feel like if it comes to even more precarious at a airport that it is crisscrossing runways. when things make the news, like runway incursions, and you have to be almost extra vigilant as you are flying. runway environment, especial...

To see the actual runway environment. >> fog and low visibility worthy where the conditions in austin, texas in february. a fedex plane was approaching the international airport to land as a southwest plane was supposed to have taken off from the same runway. with the weather, it would have been hard to visually confirm. >> maybe by now, that southwest should be off the ground, maybe i should be able to see on my radar. >> southwest aboard -- fedex is on the go. >> at the last minute, fedex pulled up and an action led by the pilots, the two planes came within just 100 feet of each other. they ...