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Serious a near miss this was. >> it is the latest example of a top concern of aviation regulators. known as a runway incursion. federal figures show more than 1400 incidents reporting in airports large and small last year. >> there were plenty visual cues from a flight crew to know that they were in the wrong place. at the wrong time. >> orrantia speed mentioned director peter polls suggest now invest gets would want to see the cockpit voice recorder even from -- after the incident that crew has to tower if they made a mistake. >> the last class we are given workers across. >> the confusion wa...

Anderson Cooper takes viewers beyond the headlines with in-depth reporting and investigations.

The last time two planes came this close to colliding in the US was when an Air Canada plane almost landed on an active taxiway in 2017.

Those pilots seeing that airplane pull out in front of them. they're already going 150 miles an hour and they have to stop before getting to them. >> reporter: they stopped 1,000 feet, that's a little more than three football fields. >> 1,000 feet is not as far as you might think. it might be about a city block or so. when you're going those speeds and trying to stop an airplane of that magnitude at that speed, it's very, very scary. >> reporter: after that incident an exchange with the american airlines plane and air traffic control showed some apparent confusion. someone in the american's pl...

Crossing its path. that's a little more than three football fields. >> 1,000 feet is not as far as you think. might be about a city block. but when you're going those speeds and trying to stop an airline of that magnitude at that speed, it's very, very scary. >> after the incident, an exchange between the crew of the american airlines plane and air traffic control showed apparent confusion. someone asked the controller this. >> the last clearance we were cleared, we were cleared to cross. is that correct? >> the controller replies they'll have to listen to the tapes. the not clear if the ameri...