once again, and air canada flight. kpix5 has sandra as born -- osborne live with the details. >> reporter: the fda -- the faa is investigating and they told us air traffic controls cleared canada flight 781 to land on runway 28 r sunday night but then instructed the crew to execute what they call a go around. they were not sure another airplane would be clear of the runway at the time. the air canada crew did not acknowledge the instructions, later citing a radio problem. >> canada 781, go around. canada 781, go around. canada 781, go around. air canada 781, go around. >> reporter: air canada sent a statement this morning saying that the air canada flight was traveling from montrell to san francisco on the evening of october 22nd and they were cleared to land and proceeded to do so and landed normally. upon landing they were informed that the tower had tried to unsuccessfully contact the aircraft. air canada is investigating the circumstances. a supervisor had to use a red light gun to alert the crew, standard protocol

<air canada 781 go around. air canada 781 go around. air canada 781 go around. air canada 781 go around. air canada 781 go around.air canada 781 go around. > this is the second this is the this is the second dangerous incident involving an air canada flight.in july, you can see in this video that an air canada plane almost landed on the taxiway instead of the runway at sfo.kron 4's will tran is headed to sfo and will have more details in a live report in our next half hour. (terisa) breaking news we are following from overnight... a man is shot and killed in the east bay. the search is on this morning for the gunman who killed a man in front of an antioch convenience store just off of highway 4. the shooting happened in the parking lot of bonfare. the victim died at the scene. right now, there is no description of the gunman. ( terisa ) new this morning. we have learned that a man who was shot over the weekend in antioch has died. we first told you about this shooting yesterday on the kron 4 morning news. the victim was found sunday night bleeding in his driveway on cashew court and alm

the air canada plane kept oncoming. we found the audio. n hear the air traffic control tell them to go around at least five times. >> air canada 781, go around. air canada 781, go around. [ inaudible ] >> that's pretty evident. air canada 781. >> the last part of that audio was pilots telling controllers the plane had a radio problem. that was after it landed safely. the faa says pilots ignored a red light gun. that is used as a last result by controllers. so far, the issue has not been explained. faa and air canada are investigating. >>> 6:44. details on google's expansion in san jose. this morning, we are getting a closer look at the time line of when this could happen. the mercury news is reporting the construction of the village in downtown san jose is likely to begin eight years from now. this was the after bart's high speed rail connection station is completed. the time line is outlined in a city memo by mercury news. google and partners are snatching up property. they have already purchased 20 different parcels in the area seen highl

air canada 781, go around.>> reporter: six times the air traffic controller requested the plane go around the faa says they then used a backup mode of medicating flashing a red light from the tower. seen in this example from youtube. the plane still landed in 9:26 pm.>> they called six times to go around. it could've been disastrous.>> reporter: air canada released a statement. after receiving proper clearance to land it did so. upon landing the crew was informed the tower had attempted unsuccessfully to contact the aircraft. however, the message was not received by the crew. the faa says the crew told the tower they had a radio problem.>> for someone who is experienced in san francisco, i do not hear anything on the frequency for more than 30 seconds, there is something wrong.>> reporter: and retired united airlines pilot with 53 years in aviation says it was an unintentional medications impasse. something went wrong. frequency was switched or radios were switched. that i know. they did not do it deliberately.>> reporter: he said it is unrelated to another incident three months ago. when

moments after the plane got out of the way. >> air canada, 781, tower. after the landing the tower made three attempts to reach the air canada plane before finally hearing from the pilot. claiming there was a problem with the airliner's radio. >> that's pretty evident. >> i'm afraid the fellows were almost clueless. >> retired airline captain who often flew into san francisco. >> gheoing into a place from sa francisco if i don't hear any transmission on a busy frequency for 30 second i know i have a problem. i either switch radios. get a radio check. >> in july an airliner came waiting to take off from san francisco. in that incident the air canada pilots mistook the taxiway for the runway. ntsb investigation is ongoing. >>> in a statement, air canada says its flight was initially cleared to land when it was six miles out. the airline will investigate what happened. the faa is investigating as well. anthony. >> kris van cleave on the near disaster there, thank you, kris. fbi released 1500 pages from the its investigation into the 2012 massacre in newtown

investigating. >> reporter: that's air traffic control trying to make a change for a landing of an air canadaal after it already received permission to land at sfo. air traffic control repeated the instructions five times. without a response a supervisor used a flashing red light to alert the crew to go around. the jet landed safely just before 9:30 never having acknowledged the orders. >> i think it's pretty convincing that there was a problem with the radios of one sort of or another, whether they had accidentally switched it to another frequency, whether or not something had gone south. >> reporter: air canada was involved at another incident in sfo in july. an air canada plane came within 53 feet of crash land noog other planes at sfo, the pilot miss took the taxi way for the runway. matt keller, abc 7 news. >>> more problems in the air, a jetblue plane made an emergency landing in new york after a bird strike. the plane hit birds shortly after takeoff from boston's logan airport on a flight to las vegas, it was going to return to boston but they were forced to land in new york because of

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air canada 781, go around. >> reporter: with air canada flight 781 closing in on runway 28 right sundayht, air traffic controllers at san francisco's airport made six calls to the pilots to abort the landing. there was no response from the m ight from montreal with 149 on board. controllers feared a previous arrival wouldn't be clear of the same runway in time. e supervisor in the tower resorted to using a red light to alert the plane, which landed anyway, only moments after the other airplane cleared the way. erter landing, the tower made three more attempts to reach the air canada plane before finally hearing from the pilot, claiming there was a highway with the airliner's radio. ty that's pretty evident. es i'm afraid these fellas were almost clueless. >> reporter: ross aimer is a retired airline captain who often flew into san francisco. >> going into a place like san francisco, if i don't hear any transmission on a very busy frequency for more than 30 seconds, i know i have a problem, and i either switch radios or get a radio check. >> reporter: in july, a different air canada a320

was not a close call, our, the faa is taking this very seriously. >> air canada 781, go around. >> still there. >> reporter: that's air traffic control trying to make a change for the landing of an air canada flight from montreal. air traffic control repeated the instructions five times and without a response a supervisor ended up using a flashing red light to alert the crew to go around, the air canada jet landed safely just before 9:30. never having acknowledged the orders. >> air canada 781, tower. >> [ inaudible ]. >> >> that's pretty evident. >> i think it's pretty convincing that there was a problem with the radios of one sort or another, whether they had accidentally switched it to another frequency, whether or not something had gone >> reporter: -- told abc 7 news upon landing the crew was informed the tower had attempted unsuccessfully to contact the aircra aircraft. air canada was involved in another incident back in july. at that time an air canada plane came within 53 feet of crash landing, the pilot mistook the taxi way for the runway. >>> happening today the father of kate

we got no response from air canada. a supervisor used flashing red lights to alert the crew to go around, standard protocol when the aircrew does not respond and those signals were also ignored. in the end come the plane landed safely around 9:30 sunday night with the air canada crew telling the tower that they had a radio problem. you may recall this summer that and air canada plane shows the taxiway for the runway and pulled up to avoid crashing the plane, waiting to take off. for the incident on sunday, they are investigating. at sfo, kpix5. >>> cal fire released new numbers on the current rash of wildfires in northern california. an estimated 84 homes and buildings have been in destroyed and 42 deaths are linked to the fires. 100,000 people have been displaced and firefighters are still battling 10 active firefighters pick the good news is that they now have more than 80% containment of all the major wildfires and new really -- newly released photos provide a better look at the scope of damage. on the left, the sant

internationa >>> our top story at 6:30, another runway scare at san francisco international airport, an air canadarew ignores repeated orders by air traffic controllers to abort their landing. the tense moments came sunday night after the jet was first cleared to land. >> then as jackie ward reports, the control tower desperately tried to reach the air canada crew to wave them off. ers at sfo light 781 from m >> reporter: once again, the faa is investigating what went wrong during the landing of an air canada jet at sfo. the faa says air traffic controllers at sfo cleared air canada flight 781 from montreal to land on runway 28r, but then the tower operators told 781 to execute a go around because they were unsure the runway would be cleared in time. the air canada pilots were told six times in 30 seconds to go around, but the pilots didn't respond. >> 781 go around. 781 go around. air canada 781 go around. e was another close call... there was another close call... canada 781 go around. canada 781 go around. >> reporter: at least 45 seconds go by when finally the tower hears from the plane after

once again, an air canada flight. sandra osborne is live at sfo with the details. >> reporter: good morning. another faa investigation is launched after a close call and questionable landing at sfo. the faa tells us that air traffic control cleared air canada flight 781 to land on the runway sunday night. then, they issued a go around because they weren't short another airplane would clear the runway in time. the air canada crew did not acknowledge those extractions. take a look at this. >> 71, go around. 781, go around. canada 781, go around. >> air canada 781, go around. >> reporter: they ask for a go around five times in the supervisor used a red light gun to alert the crew. that is standard protocol if no radio response. the air canada jet landed safely until the the tower they had a radio problem. the faa is investigating and this is not the first time in air canada jet has been in the hot seat here at sfo. in july, a passenger flight from air canada nearly landed on a busy sfo taxiway instead of a runway. they we

<air canada 781 go around. air canada 781 go around. air canada 781 go around. air canada 781 go around1 go around. >this is the second dangerous second this is the second dangerous incident involving an air canada flight. in july, yu can see in this video that an air canada plane almost landed on the taxiway instead of the runway at sfo. kron 4's will tran is headed to sfo and will have more details in a live report in our next half hour. (terisa)breaking news we are following from overnight... a man is shot and killed in the east bay.the search is on this morning for the gunman who killed a man in front of an antioch convenience store just off of highway 4.the shooting happened in the parking lot of bonfare. the victim died at the scene. right now, there is no description of the gunman. ( terisa ) new this morning. we have learned that a man who was shot over the weekend in antioch has died. we first told you about this shooting yesterday on the kron 4 morning news. the victim was found sunday night bleeding in his driveway on cashew court and almondridge drive. he was taken to the ho

. > air canada 781 go around. >> new at 11:00, confusion at sfo. air canada explains what went wrong as a flight approached a runway sunday night. good evening. i'm dan ashley. >> and i'm dion lim. if this sous familiar, air canada was invold in yet another incent back at sfo in july. >> katie marzullo is live a the airport to explain what happened th time. >> reporter: dan, dion, the faa told us tonight unlike in july, this was not a close call. this plane did not almost hit another plane. still an aviation analyst told us authorities need to figure out how this happened and keep it from happening again. on suny nuth, an air cana flight from montd re all received permission to land at sfoment then air traff control made a change, believing anoth ple might be in the way. controllers repeated the instructio five times and without a response, a supervisor used a flaing red light to alert the crew to go around. the air canada jet lded safely just befor 9:30 never having acknowleed the orders. air canada 781, tower. >> reporter: the faa is investigatin

the air canada jet landed safely just before 9:30 never having acknowledged the orders. >> air canada 781, tower. >> reporter: the faa is investigating the incident. analyst john nance said no pilot would ignore a radio call on purpose. >> i think it's pretty convincing there was a problem with the radios of one sort or another, whether they had accidentally switched to another frequency. >> reporter: air canada told abc7 news in a statement that the flight was given proper clearance to land. the statement goes on to say, quote, upon landing the crew was informed the tower had attempted unsuccessfully to contact the aircraft. however, the message was not received by the crew. >> i'm very comfortable with the airlines. i mean hearing this i'm a little nervous, but i wouldn't really change who i fly with. >> reporter: in july, an air canada plane came within 59 feet of crash landing into other planes at sfo. the pilot mistook the for the runway. >>> we do have some breaking news coming into the abc7 newsroom out of san jose tonight. at least one person has died following a crash on high

<air canada 781 go around. air canada 781 go around. air canada 781 go around. air canada 781 go around. air canada 781 go around.air canada 781 go around. > (grant) in july, you can see in this video that an air canada plane almost landed on the taxiway instead of the runway at sfo. at one point... the plane flew as low as 59 feet above a plane on the ground. the pilots in one of the planes on the ground alerted air traffic controllers... saying the air canada plane appeared to be headed right towards them. the tower told the incoming jet to go around and at the last second the air canada pilot pulled up and flew over the other planes. (grant) the oakland raiders will be without their most popular running back this weekend.(vicki) coming up on kron four news at five... hear from players about the suspension of marshawn lynch. (grant) a public feud explodes between republican senators and president trump.... just as the president heads to capitol hill to pitch tax reform. we'll have the details on the conflict within the g-o-p. (vicki) plus after the break... a hit and run in the east b

781 go around, pause, air canada 781 go around, air canada 781, air canada 781, air canada 781 .....uelo 781 de "air canada" debia de aterrizar en la pista 28 pero otro avion se acercaba y la "faa" ...el vuelo 781 de "air canada" debia de aterrizar en la pista 28 pero otro avion se acercaba y la torre de control comenzo a preocuparse y procedio a avisar por radio que era posible que esa pista ya no estuviera disponible. --pero cuando no hubo respuesta de los pilotos en ese vuelo, la torre de control, dirigio una luz roja intermitente al avion 781 como ultimo recurso para avisar que debian abortar el aterrizaje, y eso tampoco funciono., este recurso segun la administracion de aviacion, rara vez se a tenido

air canada 781 go around. canada 781 go around. air canada 781 go around. >> the person in the control tower instructed the pilot to go around six times with no response. the flight had been given clearance to land when it was six miles from the airport. as it got closer air traffic control was worried there was another plane that have not clear the runway. that's where they get the instructions to come around. >> reporter: air traffic control got no response the uc red light gun to get the pilot's it tension. that did not work the runway was clear and the plane landed without problem. >> it could be very serious. it was not in this case. >> reporter: and air traffic control radio recording, you can hear the pilot explained he lost radio communications. >> it's evident. air canada 781. >> reporter: the question now is why? >> i can only think of one really and that is that a frequency was missed tuned. i've seen this for a long time. i've been frequency at the wrong time. fortunately i've caught it or the othe

--nats-so the tower tells the air canada jet to go around not just once, but 6 times natsbut the air canada jet does not confirm the go around and keeps coming sfo's tower then flashes a red light gun to alert the crew to go around and nothing. at 9:26pm air canada lands safety on runway 28r the runway was in fact clear and that's when the air canada crew indicates they are having problems with their radio.--nats-sot i had it happen to me in dallas we were cleared to land and we lost all radiocaptain dick deeds is a retired commercial airline pilot. while not common he says losing communication does happen sot capt. dick deeds/ retired commercial airline pilot 115-120did the radio fail, was the frequency dialed in wrong, they given the wrong frequency. deeds says he can also understand why pilots may not have seen the red light gunsotthat gun is in the tower, i'm landing here and the tower is over here, when i'm getting low to land i am looking at the runway and nowhere elseit was back in july when another air canada jet had a close call, almost hitting jets on the ground when it mist

the air canada crew reported radio problems which drew this response from air traffic controllers. >> that's pretty evident. >> reporter: retired captain ross aimer said he flew into sfo hundreds of times. his explanation for this confusion? >> i'm afraid these fellows were almost clueless. i would look back at these guys' scheduling practice, see if they're dead tired or whatever it is. this is kind of sloppy radio discipline. >> reporter: it's unsettling for air canada passengers like paul childs who are already nervous about flying. >> i just don't want anything to go wrong to be honest with you and i'm going to fly back to toronto next week. so yeah, it's a bit of a worry. >> reporter: air canada released a statement saying their crew tried to communicate with the tower but that their message wasn't received. now they're looking into the details. coming up at 6:30 we'll hear more from captain aimer who explains sfo's landing system and why it may have added to the confusion for the pilot. >> air traffic control said we're not sure this runway is clear, but the pilot is looking out

air traffic control ordered air canada a number of times to go around. >> air canada 781, go around. air canada 781, go around. >> that's pretty evident. air canada 781. >> the end was a little hard to decipher. it was the air canada pilots acknowledging they had a radio problem. the air canada flight landed safely. the faa says it turns out the proceeding flight had cleared the runway in time. air traffic control did shine a bright flashing red light at air canada as a last resort to get the plane to abort its landing. air canada need heeded that warning. we did look into this light system. according to the faa, air traffic control towers have light guns to shine different colors at aircraft when radios fail. flashing red indicate it's not safe to land, a signal that is rarely used according to an aviation expert we spoke with. the faa is still investigating another air canada incident here at sfo. this took place in july. an aircraft with that airline nearly hit four other loaded passenger airlines on a taxiway parallel to the runway. it came within 51 feet of the ground, according

faa and air canada will explain. this is the second recent high profile incident involving an air canada plane at sfo in a matter of months. in july, an arrivinging flight was 60 feet from landing on the taxiway where at least four planes were lined up to take off. pilots lifted at the last second. faa issued new rules for nighttime landing at sfo. >>> a red cross service center opened in napa. people impacted by the fires like this one here, the pockets, tubbs or nun's fire, the red cross says families will be able to meet with trained caseworkers who will assess specific needs and possibly provide financial assistance. they need proof of address. the united methodist church on randolph street open from saturday through 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. this morning, there are no longer evacuations in place for the bear fire. the final orders were lifted on monday. 400 acres have burned and four homes destroyed. the fire remains 85% contained. the cause is still under investigation. >>> if you watch these stories and want to h

the air canada crew reported radio problems which drew this response from air traffic controllers. >>hat's pretty evident. >> reporter: retired captain ross amer who's flown into sfo hundreds of times says pilots need to be more cognitive when flying into busy airports like sfo. >> due to the runways being so close together there could be massive delays, that's why they issue several landing clearances before the preceding aircraft cleared the runway. >> reporter: air canada says their crew tried to communicate with the tower but the message wasn't received. now they're looking into the details. the faa is also investigating. near sfo, jackie ward, kpix 5. >> in july another air canada plane came within 50 feet of colliding with four airliners waiting to take off. the close call prompted the faa to change requirements for night landings at sfo. >>> tonight construction has begun on a critical part of california's bullet train. sky drone 5 giving us the exclusive view of the area high above the san luis reservoir. tonight we're learning about a big change to the project. the high speed

--nats-so the tower tells the air canada jet to go around not just once, but 6 times natsbut the air da jet does not confirm the go around and keeps coming sfo's tower then flashes a red light gun to alert the crew to go around and nothing. at 9:26pm air canada lands safety on runway 28r the runway was in fact clear and that's when the air canada crew indicates they are having problems with their radio.--nats-sot i had it happen to me in dallas we were cleared to land and we lost all radiocaptain dick deeds is a retired commercial airline pilot. while not common he says losing communication does happen sot capt. dick deeds/ retired commercial airline pilot 115-120did the radio fail, was the frequency dialed in wrong, they given the wrong frequency. deeds says he can also understand why pilots may not have seen the red light gunsotthat gun is in the tower, i'm landing here and the tower is over here, when i'm getting low to land i am looking at the runway and nowhere elseit was back in july when another air canada jet had a close call, almost hitting jets on the ground when it mistook

air canada 781 go around. canada 781 go around. >> back in july, you may remember a similar incident like this happening when an air canada pilot almost landed on the taxi way. coming within seconds of crashing with two other planes. the plane landed safely and avoided the collision. in regards to sunday night's event, air canada released a statement. upon landing, the crew was informed the tower had attempted unsuccessfully to contact the aircraft. however, the message was not received by the crew. air canada is investigating the circumstances. after flight 781 landed safely and only after the landing did they finally get in touch with the tower and say that they were having radio problems. the faa is now investigating. near sfo, jackie ward, kpix5. >>> los angeles police saying the fire sent thick smoke over the area forcing traffic to stop on a major freeway. two cars were also damaged by the brush fires. crews got the fires under control within an hour. >>> fire danger is a concern all over the state right

an air canada flight failing to respond to six separate calls from the tower to abort their landing. authorities fearing there was already a passenger plane on that runway. here's abc's senior transportation correspondent david kerley tonight. >> reporter: the message was clear. >> air canada 781, go around. >> reporter: a jet cleared to land in san francisco sunday. >> air canada 781, go around. >> reporter: told six times in just more than 35 seconds to abort its landing. >> air canada 781, go around. >> reporter: the problem? controllers worried that an aircraft already on the ground might not get off the runway in time. controllers tried the radio three more times, even using a flashing red light gun to no avail. the a-320 landed, safely. finally contacting the tower. >> air canada 781, there's something with the radio here. >> that's pretty evident. >> reporter: this, after the july incident at the same airport, same airline. a jet lined up to land on a taxiway occupied by four other jets. a disaster avoided as the air canada pulled up, just feet from one of the aircraft. >> any

. >>> air canada 781 go around. air canada 781 go around. >> up next a scare in the air at sfo.rning repeated to pilots ignored. the faa investigating what happened. the live coverage continues at sfo. >>> after more than two weeks on the fire lines they are heading home. what's next for the strike team who risked lives during the north bay fires? >>> after a record setting 91 in lufrm currently dropping to 83. still very warm oud. weal have details on the weekend and a look at the long raj forecast at 6:to tonight. fire near the lincoln park golf course at lands end. >>> we are following breaking news in san francisco. a fire near the lincoln park golf course. at lands end. we've been talking about the hot and dry weather. the fire started about 30 minutes ago. you can see the area that's burning right there. let's get to the sky ranger, live pictures now. what you see in the brush that's where the smoke and fire is. fire boats are in the water just riveting to help battle the blaze. firefighters tell us the fire is less than an acre. if you wush in you can see the smoke. no st

. >> reporter: with air canada flight 781 closing in on sunday night air traffic controllers made six calls to the pilots to abort the landing. there was no response from the flight from montreal with 149 on board. controllers feared a previous arrival wouldn't be cleared of the same runway in time. a supervisor in the tower resorting to using a red light like this to alert the unresponsive crew of the possible dangerous. the a-320 landed anyway, moments after the other plane got out of the way. after the landing, the tower made three more attempts to reach the air canada plane before finally reaching the pilot, claiming there was a problem with the airliner's radio. >> i'm afraid these fellows were almost clueless. >> reporter: ross ail aimer is a retired pilot. he often flew in to san francisco. >> going in, if i don't hear any transmission on a very busy frequency for more than 30 seconds, i know i have a problem and i either switch radios or get a radio check. >> reporter: in july a different air canada came within feet of colliding with four airliners waiting to take off. in that

. >>> the faa is investigating another questionable air canada incident at sfo. this time the pilots missed multiple orders to abort a landing on a flight from montreal sunday night. air traffic control gave instructions to go around, believing another plane might be in the way. in an audio recording, you can hear air traffic control telling the pilots to go around six times within 33 seconds. but the pilots never acknowledged the order. the plane landed safely around 9:30 p.m. >> 781, tower. >> yeah, air canada 781. there's a problem with the radio here. >> i think that's pretty evident. >> i think it's pretty convincing there was a problem with the radios. whether they had accidentally switched it to another frequency. >> in a statement to abc 7 news, air canada said the flight was given proper clearance to land. the statement goes on to say, quote, upon landing, the crew was informed the tower had attempted unsuccessfully to contact the aircraft. however, the message was not received by the crew. air canada was involved in another incident at sfo back in july i

air canada 781 go around. air canada 781 go around. nu. >> reporter: now, you can hear the calm measure voice of someone in the control tower telling the pilot to go around and not land on the runway. they were worried that the runway wasn't clear yet. the person in the air tower said go around six times with no response from the pilot of the plane. they were having radio problems and couldn't hear the instructions. the air traffic controller also used a red light gun to try to get the pilot's attention. another way to signal him not to land in that particular spot. that also did not work. luckily the runway was clear and the air canada flight landed without any problem. now, this comes three months after another air canada flight narrowly missed crashing into other planes at sfo when the pilot mistook a crowded taxi way for the runway. that pilot came as close as 60 feet to another plane and three others on the tarmac before finally pulling up and aborting the landing. because of that near disaster, the f.a.a. and its subsequent chang

they estimate a thousand were let go. >> the faa has launched an investigation with air canada over a communications failure between air traffic control and the pilot. >> >> flights in an out of sfo every day from the air traffic controller to the inbound 781 sunday night. >> air canada 781 go around. >> the flight was cleared to land 6 miles out. when the tower wasn't sure another plane would clear in time he instructed the crew not to land. >> go around. >> 6 times the traffic controller requested go around. the faa said the controller used a back up mode of communicating flashing a red flight from the controller. at 9:26 p.m. >> atc falling 6 times to go around. this could have been disastrous. >> after receiving proper clearance to land. the tower had attempted unsuccessfully to contact the aircraft. >> someone who is experienced in places like san francisco, when i don't hear anything on a frequency for more than 30 seconds, there is something wrong. >> a retired pilot with 53 years in aviation think it was an unintentional mishap. >> something went wrong, frequency or radios swi

the air canada pilots never responded. they landed anyway. it worked out safely. back in july, another plane mistook a taxi for a runway. >> world news tweeted about a new report that says climate change will cost the u.s. hundreds of billions of dollars in the coming decades. the office of management and budget says it could drastically affect health, labor, agriculture and other injuries. republican senator bob corker called the president today saying he is debasing the presidency. of course, president trump fired back calling him incompetent and little. live >> reporter: neither president trump nor senator corker seemed like they are interested in backing down there this feud any time soon. you add to it the comments sfr senator flake and it seems like the harshest criticisms are coming from his own party. a senate leader who was once vetted as a possible running mate for candidate >> i was one of the many people who hoped he would rise to the occasion as president and he aspired to lead our nation instead of dividing it. >> severe words from bob corker who que

. >>> there's questions this morning about why an air canada plane ignored repeated ordered by an air-traffic controller at sfo. the flight from montreal was given clearance to land sunday night. when the air bus a320 was six miles out, an air-traffic controller wasn't clear if another airplane would clear the -- they instructed them to abort the landing and gave six orders to go around. the air canada flight landed without incident. the pilot reported the problem with his radio. >> as someone who is experienced in places like san francisco, when i don't hear anything on a frequency for more than 30-seconds, there's something wrong. >> now, the faa says a radar replay shows the plane arrived before the air canada flight was cleared of the runway when that air canada flight landed. >>> it is 4:37. a federal judge issued a temporary restraining order at a bar to -- last saturday bart police issued 72 hour eviction noticed at the two homeless camps including here, there homeless camp. it's named after the giant's steel plated sign where martin luther king jr., ray, and stanford street meet at th

they ordered air canada five times to go around. >> air canada 780, go around. air canada 781, go around. [ inaudible ] >> that's pretty evident. air canada 781 -- >> reporter: the end was hard to decipher. it was the air canada pilots acknowledging they have a radio problem. the air canada flight did land safely. faa says the preceding flight cleared the runway in time. air traffic control shined a red flashing bright light at air con da to get the plane to heed the warning. they never did heed it. they have light guns to shine different colors at aircraft when radios fail. flashing red, which was shown on sunday night, that indicates it is not safe to land. it's a signal that is rarely used, according to an aviation expert. faa is investigating another incident that took place in july with that airline that nearly hit four other loaded passenger airlines on a taxiway. it came within 59 feet of the ground, according to a preliminary faa airport and endangered the lives of thousands of passengers. bob redell, "today in the bay." >> certainly, another scary one a

we learned of a communication break down moments before the air canada flight landed last night. a lot of questions. >> tom jen sen is live. what have you learned? >> reporter: the air traffic controllers had to use a spotlight to shine on that aircraft to message not on the land because they said that the pilot and co-pilot failed to respond to their commands several times not to land that aircraft because they feared there could be another airliner on the runway they were about to land. this happened after 9:00 last night. you may remember back in july another air canada aircraft nearly hit four other airliners on a traffic way, that aircraft came within 59 feet of the ground according to a preliminary far preliminary faa investigator report. that incident is still under investigation by the way. now nbc aviation expert mike mccarron told me tonight that both of these incidents are extremely rare and potentially dangerous and deadly situations. he says these are a few of the steps the faa will likely conduct as this investigation now gets under way. they will go back and listen

to land when air traffic control believed another plane was on the runway. >> air canada, 781, go around. >> air traffic control repeated the instructions to go around six times. the pilot did not respond. the tower operator then activated a flashing red light to alert the crew. >> the light is very bright, hand-held by the tower operator, usually breaks it down out of the ceiling, holds it in his hands, aims it directly at the cockpit. >> harry sarf is a retired delta pilot who has flown some three decades. >> the lights are so bright and so effective, that they're very difficult to miss. >> fortunately, the air canada jet landed safely. but the crew never acknowledged the tower's radio orders or the warning lights. >> air canada 781, tower. >> 781 here. >> that's pretty evident. >> the question now, what happened? air canada issued a statement which says in part upon landing, the crew was informed the tower had attempted unsuccessfully to contact the aircraft. however, the message was not received by the crew. a broken radio, maybe? >> it's almost impossible for me going on that long i

. >>> the faa investigating the second near miss at sfo involving an air canada crew. this happened sunday night. air traffic control gave air canada permission to land. minutes later a control -- a controller told the pilot six times to execute a go around. now, that's a maneuver where the pilot aborts the landing and circles around the airport. the pilot did not respond to that and did not respond to a light shined into the cockpit. he said he had radio problems and safely landed the plane. in july an air canada pilot mistook a you had kroed taxi way as a runway and came within 59 feet of hitting another plane. >>> from the live desk, ridgy, more problems in the air. this just coming in. a jetblue plane that had to make a safe emergency landing in new york after a bird strike. i want to show you video of the plane landing last night at jfk international. it hit some birds on a flight to las vegas. it was going to return to boston but they were forced to land in new york due to weather. a jetblue spokeswoman said the plane was diverted out of an abundance of caution, a

once again involving an air canada flight and a questionable landing. the faa tells us air traffic control cleared flight 781 to land on runway 28r last night. they then instructed the crew to execute a go around since it wasn't sure another plane would be clear of the runway. the air canada crew didn't acknowledge the instructions, so a supervisor used a red light gun to alert the crew. the air canada jet landed safely and told the tower they had a radio problem. the faa is investigating. seconds of crashing into 2 other planes full of passengers .. ot almost landed >> back in july an air canada jet came within seconds of crashing into two other planes full of passengers when the pilot almost landed on the taxiway. that plane made a go around and also landed safely. >>> and now sexual assault claims at one of san francisco's priciest gyms. here's more on the yoga lesson the man says he'll never forget. >> reporter: collin has done roughly 1,000 hours of yoga in his lifetime, but it was a few months ago at this equinox gym in san francisco that he says h

air canada issued a statement, upon landing the crew the tower had attended unsuccessfully. the message was not received by the crew. a broken radio maybe. >> it's almost impossible for me to comprehend a radio failure going on in a modern environment with modern radios. >> reporter: this was a second time air canada was involved if a potential serious incident at sfo. in july their planes came within 59 feet of crash landing into other planes. the pilot mistakenly thought the tax way was a run way. vick lee, abc 7 news. >>> adriaez will be tried as an adult in the brutal killing of his 8-year-old neighbor. the santa cruz county judge says that adrian's lack of remorse and calm misdemeanor after the killing was the most heinous he'd seen in his years on the bench. he luredler into his pardon me, tied her up, sexually assaulted her, killed her and threw her bottle into a recycling ben. he will be arraigned next month. >>> police arrested people hitting two cyclist. the first un was saturday afternoon when police say a man bumped a bicycle who had minor injuries. investigators

there was another incident involving an air canada flight. we will tell you about the miscommunication between air traffic control and a pilot. >>> a local lawmaker wants to protect neighborhoods from gentrification. we will tell you what's happening today and what it means for the people living there. >>> good morning. traffic is moving along relatively well on 280 in san jose. it is a nice drive getting up to highway 17. >>> about 90 degrees for nearly everyone today. maybe some record highs. >> reporter: the faa is investigating an incident at sfo. the pilot of an air canada flight failed to respond to instructions from the control tower before landing. what we know about what happened and what the pilot said went wrong. >> if he intended to shoot the gun, wasn't reckless or was in an accident? that will be the focus of the case. >>> a murder trial in san francisco getting national attention. emotional testimony in the trial of a man accused of killing kate steinle. what lawyers say happened on the san francisco pier. >>> mornings on 2 cont

time air canada was involved if a potential serious incident at sfo. in july their planes came within 59 feet of crash landing into other planes. the pilot mistakenly thought the lee, abc 7 news.ay. >>>ian gonzalez will be tried as adult in the brutal killing of his 8-year-old neighbor. the santa cruz county judge says that adrian's lack of remorse and calm misdemeanor after the killing was the most heinous he'd seen in his years on the bench. he luredler into his pardon me, tied her up, sexually assaulted her, killed her and threw her bottle into a recycling ben. he will be arraigned next month. >>> police arrested people hitting two cyclist. the first un was saturday afternoon when police say a man bumped a bicycle who had minor injuries. investigators say he hit two more cyclist. both of those people with severe injuries. >>> we have new information about a hit-and-run that injured two young children. the pa lay owe police released images of a vehicle that may have been connected last night. a white four door with a sunroof. the two girls should be

. >>> an air canada flight failed to respond. >> reporter: the message was clear.jet cleared to land in san francisco sunday. >> canada 781 go around. >> reporter: told six times in just more than 35 seconds to abort its landing. >> 781, go around. >> reporter: the problem, controllers worry thad an aircraft already on the ground would not get off the ground in time. they even used a flashing red light gun to no avail. finally contacting the tower. >> reporter: this after the july incident at the same airport, same airline. a jet lined up to land on a taxiway occupied by four other jets. a disaster avoided as the air canada pulled up just feet from one of the aircraft. >> anytime you have two instances of something that are very similar, it's a red flag. is there a problem with procedures? a problem with training? of crews flying into this particular airport? >> reporter: air canada says the pilots were cleared to land and will look into why they didn't receive the instructions from the tower, but the airline is now subject of two faa investigations. >> the faa iss