a muslim girl said she was singled out by an air canada wao make sure it does not happen to anyone.s really a question of security versus religious rights. >> well, about to canada an agent me w pulled her aside telling her to remove her head scarf. >> i remember being angry and frustrated. >> reporter: this 12-year-old is speaking up after being singled out by an air canada employee at sfo. the squash player was traveling with the u.s. national team. an employee stopped her at the gate telling her to remove her head scarf. >> he said you are going to need to take that off. i was confused at first. he said that. i said i can't. he said you have to. >> a female employee took her into a corner, not a private room. >> i was scared. be separated from mym teammates. i didn't want to be late. >> she boarded the flight she texted her family. her sister tweeted about the incident askingplain. >> i want to make sure it does not happen to anyone again. we don't want it to happen again. >> air canada apologized on twitter and said although such checks are required by law we will review this si

|j air canada at significant cost, so where do you stand now?ak to ba, but it is virtually impossible because every time you ring, it is either you cannot get through. we managed to get through and press number one, whatever it was we had to press and then the phone went dead. we have still got to co nta ct phone went dead. we have still got to contact ba oh them to contact us, would be nice. you are now under the impression, am i right in saying, the flight you thought was cancelled is now back on? yes, then in the evening we got another e—mail saying the flight is back on. ok, you now have got potentially the ba flight that you had originally and an air canada flight and you are how much out of pocket? 2500. any word on what might happen to that 2500? no. what would you like from ba at this point? i would like a flight and a refund. the efforts to do that are involving what, from your point of view? i would like ba to phone me, why should i have to be on the phone all the time trying to get hold of them. we are their customers, they should be

. >> reporter: on that night, the pilots of an air canada jet were heading for a landing on what they thought was a runway. it was a taxiway with four jets lined up containing 1,000 passengers. seconds before disaster, they pulled up. >> we have made aviation safe enough that we can no longer define safety solely as the absence of accidents. >> retired airline pilot sully sullenberger of danville stood

as we said, we know british airways, etihad, air canada and aer lingus will continue as normal.now is those allies that cancelled their flights and whether they will be reinstated to this is luftha nsa, they will be reinstated to this is lufthansa, qatar, air portugal and a few others. the advice is to check before you travel because you just don't know what the situation is. hearing from some passengers leave yesterday they were getting very little at information from airlines about whether they would be going on monday or not there was confusion. what rights do passengers have in this situation? contact your airline to see if you can get compensation for disruption. but what the civil aviation authority say is what they would call an extraordinary circumstances because it is the airport cancelling flights, not the airlines. under those circumstances you are not actually going to get compensation but that does depend on the commercial agreements tween airlines and the airport. they may get compensation that they can pass on. but this comes at the worst possible time, right in t

it happened from a air canada employee. and now her family does not want it to happen to anybody else. >> i remember being angry and frustrated. >> reporter: 12-year-old girl is speaking up about being singled out by an air canada employee to remove her hijab. after a security check, an employee stopped her at the gate and asked for an i.d. check. >> at the gate, he said that you would have to take it off and i was confused at first, and he said that you have to take that off, and i said, oh, my scarf, and so she said i can't. and he removed her to a private room to remove the head scarf. >> i was separated from my teammates and i did not want to be late or have something go wrong, and i was like fine. >> reporter: after she arrived she contacted her family to tell them what happened. >> i don't want this to happen to anybody whether they are 12 or anybody, we don't want to see it happen again. >> and air canada apologized and said that although such checks are required by law, we will review this situation with the airport

the air canada missed one jet by 60 feet. sullenberger landed a badly damaged jet on the hudson river in 2009. >> helping build relationships between the community and first responders. >> first we want to thank javier for this picture. sunrise over the bay. it is beautiful. share your pictures with the hash tag abc7 now. you may see it on air or online at abc news.com. i'm ama daetz. coming up at 6:00, only on abc7 news, dan noyes sits down with the father of a bay area teenager implicated in the killing of italian police officer. what he knows about what allegedly happened that night. >> also, a fake vacation rental listing in bodega bay. the people who actually live there full time and hear their advice that could help you from falling victim to a phony listing. all that plus much more coming up in half an hour at 6:00. dan, kumasi. >> see you then. a neighbors across the bay area are gathering to mark the 35th annual national night out. >> this is a live picture from the eagle hill neighborhood. residents just getting sta

safe landings act and it was inspired my a near miss incident here at sfo 2 years ago in that case air canada flight 7, 5, 9, i was improperly lined up to land on a taxiway were multiple aircraft. i were waiting to take off. fortunately disaster was averted in that case and since then the song has worked with airline safety experts and pilots to try to find ways to keep this from happening again. now the proposed legislation would require the f a a to implement safe systems requiring air traffic controllers and pilots to be alerted when a plane is improperly aligned to land and create a task force to improve quite pilot training and safety of the bay area's only captain sully sullenberger was here us being at sfo. he supports this bill and says that air travel is safe, but there's always room for improvement you i that the biggest threats. runway related runway incursions. surface takeoffs and landings are still a great concern. and so we give. pilots and crews. the technology they need the information they need. now the f a a responded today saying that they take taxiway and runway safety ve

sfo did make changes after the air canada incident that would ensure safeguards in all u.s.ports. >> is a matter of filling in gaps and correcting flaws in our safety system to make the system resilient enough to tolerate incorrect the inevitable errors. >> if all goes well it could take about a year for the proposal to become a law. >> immigration officials say i.c.e. has released about 300 of the 680 workers during a sting operation yesterday at 5 chicken processing plant in mississippi. the agency says they were released for humanitarian reasons while they await deportation hearing. steve harrigan tells us the children of the workers are now fauncertain future. >> nearly 700 arrests from i.c.e. rate. officials say it could be a new record. >> >> the raids passing wednesday and small towns outside jackson where the workforce is largely made up of latino immigrants. authority say about 600 agents fanned out across the plant surrounding the perimeter to prevent workers from fleeing. some of the children of those arrested now left homeless and unsure of when they will see the

the safe landings act, you may remember the near miss involving an air canada flight. it could have been a catastrophe. it's a story our investigative unit helped uncover. you can watch those reports right now at nbcbayarea.com. >>> new this morning an arson investigation is under way in honolulu right now and police are asking people if they recognize the man in the surveillance photos. that man was seen at the scene of three fires that happened at waikiki hotels. in one case two rooms were burglarized as the guests were evacuated because of the fire. nobody was hurt in the fire, but one of the fires did cause nearly $2 million worth of damage. >>> jurors in the ghost ship warehouse trial will begin their fifth day of deliberations in oakland this morning. two men were charged with 36 counts of involuntary manslaughter. prosecutors say the two men created the dangerous conditions inside the ghost ship warehouse that caused 36 people to die when a fire broke out during a party in 2016. yesterday one defense attorney showed off pictures his client had drawn as a way to

an air canada flight from toronto came within 14 feet of hitting planes still on the ground at sfo. that flight crew mistook a taxiway for a runway. >> we can no longer define safety solely as the absence of actions, we must do more than that and work harder than that and be more proactive. >> we have a good system. that means we should constantly be vigilant to make it better. it would change the way pilots around the country are informed of developing safety problems. >>> a bay area freeway named in memory of a chp officer killed. he was killed a year ago when he was hit pay truck on the shoulder of westbound 80 near portion of highway 505 in vacaville between the 80 interchange and the parkway will be named chp kirk griss memorial highway. >>> the weekend is here, that moons it's time for today's weekend watch. here is rosemary orozco. >> reporter: we are heading in to the weekend and here is what is happening. in the south bay, san jose's jazz summer. 100 performances on 12 stages in downtown san jose. on the peninsula, a fill for the island as at the 24th annual aloha festival

that's when an air canada jet nearly landed on a taxiway where several other planes were waiting to takeissed one of those jets by only 60 feet. there's a new bill unveiled at sfo today to help make flying safer. eric thomas joins us with a loo look at the safe landings act. eric? >> reporter: and larry, this act was sponsored by congress mark desaulnier from the east bay. he said the 83% increase in runway incursions. the incident you're talking about that was almost so deadly, it didn't involve a runway. it involved a taxiway and that was the problem. every day at sfo, pilots make this look so easy. but on a july night two years ago, a nearly botched landing could have killed hundreds. >> where's this guy going? he's on the taxiway. >> reporter: on that night, the pilots of an air canada jet were heading for a landing on what they thought was a runway. it was a taxiway with four jets lined up containing 1,000 passengers. seconds before disaster, they pulled up. >> we have made aviation safe enough that we can no longer define safety solely as the absence of accidents. >> retired airlin

. >>> air canada is thele ted to crkr vanleavhas e tails.e after >> i'm not gettin 7 of eing and af sr rs now whfaa did not do demanded more after the first 737 max crash last october. >> why did the faa not take immediate action to address those risks. >> reporter: they pointed to an internal faa analysis done just days after the crash, predicting another crash was likely within the next ten months due to the plane's troubled anti-stall system mcas. instead of grounding the plane, they required pilots to reskpriereview existing procedures. fi you should have more description in the computer-based training in order to explain what mcas is. >> we want you to be person or entity that does not appear to be the case in this situation. >> reporter: faa executives told senators while not every decision is perfect, the faa stands behind the certification of the max. boeing's biggest rival airbus reported a monster revenue where their earnings increased by 75%. boeing saw their earnings drop by 35%. kris van cleave, cbs news, reagan national airport, virginia. >>> coming up on "cbs this morni

an air canada jet nearly on a taxi way where planes were waiting to take off. >> we have made aviatione enough that we can no longer define safety solely as the absence of accidents. >> the bill would require airlines use better alert systems and new safety technology be developed. in a statement, the faa said they are working on it. >>> here at "abc7 news," we're working to build a better bay area. that includes the environment certainly. tonight, new concern about how climate change is affecting our local oyster population. kate larson has the solutions that scientists and business owners are working on together. >> reporter: california oysters are in trouble. >> this wenter was not a good year for native oysters. we have seen significant die-offing. >> reporter: he has spent three years researching how climate change is affecting oysters. the study, published this week, focuses on oyster habitats and applies to the entire california coast. >> the eschtuary is getting squeezed on the ocean side and on the riverside. >> reporter: he says climate change is increasing ocean acidity, and

you can see in this surveillance video an air canada plane barely pulling up before striking a plane with four passengers. the pilot thought it was a runway. 759 came within 59 feet of causing a major disaster at sfo in july of 2017. >> it could easily have been one of the worse catastrophes in the entire history of aviation. >> reporter: captain sulley sullenberger who knows first hand about heroic rescues talked about the legislation that would provide new technology to alert pilots and controllers if a plane is not properly aligned to land on a runway. >> there's a desire to make sure we have the best technology so what happened over two years ago here, that the pilots are better informed and air traffic controllers are better informed. >> reporter: it also presents a task force. a better mix, captain sullenberger says of tech and instinct. >> those are two sides of the same coin, and that we need to have a deep understanding of the abilities and limitations of each component. >> reporter: the cost, an estimated $20 million, should the bill pass. something most passengers we spoke

. >>> it was only about 14 feet vertical separation between the bottom of the air canada jet when it reached altitude. in the tale of one of the airplanes lined up for takeoff. it could easily have been one of the worst catastrophes in the entire history of aviation. about in 2018 at sfo and aeromexico plane landed on the wrong runway. the plane pulled up to avoid a passenger plane already on the runway. east bay congressman partnered with pilots and other aviation experts for the last two years to draft a bill called the safe landing act. the bill aims to prevent this type of close call. >>> getting the technology and getting human nature to work well together. and not to get complacent ever to get complacent about safety. during this incident the pilots accidentally lined up to land on a taxiway. instead of the assigned runway. the bill would implement systems that would alert both pilots and air traffic controllers if the plane is not properly aligned to land the correct runway. >>> when it comes to cost nothing is more expensive than an accident.>> reporter: he supports the bill.

safe landings act and it was inspired my a near miss incident here at sfo 2 years ago in that case air canada flight 7, 5, 9, i was improperly lined up to land on a taxiway were multiple aircraft. i were waiting to take off. fortunately disaster was averted in that case and since then the sun yang has worked with airline safety experts and pilots to try to find ways to keep this from happening again. now the proposed legislation would require the f a a to implement safe systems requiring air traffic controllers and pilots to be alerted when a plane is improperly aligned to land and create a task force to improve quite pilot training and safety of the bay area's only captain sully sullenberger was here us being at sfo. he supports this bill and says that air travel is safe, but there's always room for improvement you i that the biggest threats. rowley related runway incursions. surface takeoffs and landings are still a great concern. and so we need give. pilots and crews. the technology they need the information they need. now the f a a responded today saying that they take taxiway and runway

. >>> clear the runway for air canada. it will begin nonstop service to toronto from san jose airport, daily flights and one-way tickets could drop as low as33. the flights begin may of 2020. >>> well we spend so often fo better or worse. >> sometimes a little bit of both and the end result is nothing but great. garvin thomas joins us with today's bay area proud. >> with clear the shelters we hope viewers will save an animals life and if they do they still have a long way to go to match the effort of two women from pets in need. inside the pets in need shelter in redwood city, marsha hollander and patty santana share close quarters. >> we've shared an office how long? >> reporter: and even closer relationship. >> like my little sister. >> reporter: it is a bond that is deepened over the years. during long road trips, across the western u.s. rescuing small dogs. but not having the resources to rescue the larger ones tugged at patty and marsha's hearts. patty in particular. >> it's super sad. can't take you, sorry. >> report

that's when an air canada flight check this out, here's a video and nearly landed. taxiway were several aircraft were getting ready to take off. a safe landings act would require the f a a to implement systems that will require air traffic controllers and pilots to be alerted when a plane was not pro, pearly lined up to land. i would also i would also create a task force to improve pilot safety and training. captain sullenberger believes the biggest threat to airline safety our runway related. >>surface takeoffs and landings are still a great concern. and so we need give. pilots and crews. the technology they need the information they need. >>well the f a responded saying it is modifying existing ground radar systems to issue an alert when an aircraft is lined up for a taxiway rather than a runway. governor gavin newsome is promoting his latest effort to invest in early childhood education, the governor toured the hope street family center in los angeles that center provides resources to more than 5,000 children every year. so during the visit newsome talked about h

safe landings act and it was inspired my a near miss incident here at sfo 2 years ago in that case air canada flight 7, 5, 9, i was improperly lined up to land on a taxiway were multiple aircraft. i were waiting to take off. fortunately disaster was averted in that case and since then the sun yang has worked with airline safety experts and pilots to try to find ways to keep this from happening again. now the proposed legislation would require the f a a to implement safe systems requiring air traffic controllers and pilots to be alerted when a plane is improperly aligned to land and create a task force to improve quite pilot training and safety of the bay area's only captain sully sullenberger was here us being at sfo. he supports this bill and says that air travel is safe, but there's always room for improvent

an air canada flight came within 14 feet of hitting one of four planes packed with passengers that were on the ground at sfo. an investigation later revealed that the flight crew mistook a taxi way for a runway. >> we can no longer define safety solely as the absence of accidents. we must do more than that. we must work harder than that, we must be more proactive than that. >> we've got a good system. but that means we should be constantly vigilant to make it better. >> the legislation would require the faa to create a system to warn pilots when an incoming plane is not lined with the right runway. it also would change the way pilots around the country are informed about developing safety problems. >>> time is now 6:58. the national parks service wants a controversial plan for shooting elk at point reyes. the past five years, the herd of elk has grown, from 76 into the hundreds. and that bigger herd has been hurting livestock and damaging ranch property. well, the park service says it could shoot up to 15 elk a year, to slowly reduce the herd. but some environmental groups are against t

. >>> a 12-year-old airline passenger says air canada boarding agency forced her to remove her a job as she was getting on the airplane over the last week. the agent told her to remove her headscarf because she wasn't wearing it in her id photo. she did so and was able to board the plane, the airline later apologized and said the whole situation should have been handled differently. >>> the dmv voter registration program is reportedly full of problems for the new state audit says the program is confusing by technical difficulties. the issues have led to hundreds of thousands of discrepancies in voter registration. california launched the motor voter program last year, it automatically registers people to vote when they visit the dmv, unless they opt out. >>> ac transit is that to resume transit in san francisco this sunday per the two billion- dollar bus terminal reopened last month and service has slowly been returning. ac transit says it will pick up and drop off packages starting on sunday with buses running a full commute schedule on monday morning. the transit center has been cl

recent rise of near misses at airport across the country including at sfo in 2017 involving an air canada jet. the bill is expected to major gaps at safety. >> the better we design our systems, the more effective the safety culture each organization has, the better we arm each pilot, each flight attendant and mechanic and other professional was s with the knowledge and tools to face the unknown the safer we will be. >> sfo put in several improvements since the 2017 near miss at the airport like always having two air traffic controllers on duty. >>> if you are at the oakland airport more than a hundred women dress from head to toe in red. they were with a group called ladies in red and they went off to experience history firsthand. we have more on their trip from oakland. >> reporter: 124 women are going on this trip. they left the oakland international airport early this morning headed for birmingham, alabama. we will never let go remember. the ladies in red will visit birmingham, montgomery and selma, alabama. >> this trip is going to be quite touching. i can imagine that we are going to

this was from a couple years ago, and this is from july of 2017 when an air canada plane came close to hitting planes waiting for takeoff. the pilot aborting the landing before hearing from the control tower. this is one of many close calls within a 16 month period, and they were due to pilot error, and the safe landing act would address aviation safety that attributed to these problems, and the panel will be joined by "sully" sullengerger, he has been outspoken on two recent crashes involving the boeing 737s, citing what he feels is a cozy relationship between the industry and regulators. we will know more about that during a press conference here at 12:00. >>> at 5:11, we have new details on the state's deadliest wildfire, the camp fire, nine months after the wildfire destroyed the town of paradise, now we know the death toll is going even higher. "the chronicle" reports this morning that 72-year-old paul earnest died this week from burns he suffered while escaping with his wife. he saved his wife's life by covering from her flames, and she was living off a ventilator for the last fe

air canada flight 759 came within 59 feet of crashing into four planes loaded with passengers. you can see in this surveillance video the plane avoiding the other planes as they sat on the taxiway. the pilot thought it was a runway. >> it could easily have been one of the worse catastrophes in the entire history of aviation. >> reporter: that's why captain sully sullenberger and congressman mark desaun yay proposed the legislation that would provide new technology to alert pilots and air traffic controllers if a plane is not properly aligned to land on a runway. sullenberger says a better mix of technology and human instinct is needed. >> those are two sides of the same coin, and that we need to have a deep understanding of the abilities and limitations of each component. >> reporter: cost, an estimated $20 million, should the bill pass. >> there's a desire to make sure that we have the best technology. so what happened over two years ago here that the pilots are better informed and air traffic controllers are better informed. >> reporter: it's technology most passengers told u

air canada flight from toronto came within 14 feet of hitting one of four planes at sfo. investigation later revealed the crew a runway. >> we can no longer define safety sewly solely, -- we must be more proactive than that. >> we have a good system. we should be vigilant make it better. >> the legislation would require faa to create a system to warn pilots and air traffic controllers when an incoming plane is not aligned with the right runway and it would change the way pilots around the country are informed about developing safety problems. >>> a bay area freeway has been name in memory of a chp officer killed this the line of duty. kirk griss was killed when he was hit by a truck on the shoulder of westbound i-80. a position of highway 505 in vacaville between the 80 interchange and vac valley parkway will be named him. he was he left behind a wife, two adult daughters and a teenage son. a controversial plan for shooting elk at point rays. in the past five years, the herd of elk at the national seashore has grown from 76 into to the hundreds. that larger herd has been

back in 2017 an air canada jet liner was in its final approach to land when it narrowly missed colliding with another plane. the flielgt crew's confusion caused the chain of problems. >>> tesla is standing by its claim that its model 3 is the safest car tested despite the warning from the feds. a cease and desist letter to tesla ceo elan musk over misleading statements. it's impossible to say whether teslas are safer than other 5-star rated vehicles. it's unclear whether the feds are pursuing action against tesla. last night the company sent its response to the feds reading in part quote based on this published data the model has achieved a vehicle safety score of 0.38 that translates to an overall probability of injury 5.7%. we have prepared these results to every other public test result. no vehicle has achieved an overall lower score. >>> we know that traffic in the bay area can get really bad, but rush hour in southern california also a huge challenge. >> one driver is showing all it takes to make it through is some kindness and lots of humor. this video posted to twitter is just blo

will it was inspired by the two jet crashes and the rise of near misses including one involving an air canada jet. it is expected to address major gaps in safety. >>> congressman is also holding a town hall tonight in danville. its being moved to a larger venue to accommodate a larger crowd because of overwhelming interest. he will give an update on what is happening in washington and talk about the mass shootings in dayton and el paso. the new location is charlotte wood middle school in danville at 6:30 p.m. >>> south lake tahoe relies on tourist who flock there during the summer but after the devastating fires in northern california the city is now focused on how to get tourists and locals out of the area in an emergency. >> reporter: the camp fire and the fire in santa rosa both demonstrated that there are -- there's new situation. thus the need to get around get a new plan. >> we know the roads would be impacted and at a stand still. >> reporter: one reason the city has launched an emergency preparation website featuring an interactive map of its neighborhoods focused in on a street that

it's inspired by the near miss at sfo in 2017 when an air canada jet nearly landed on a taxiway where several other planes were waiting to take off. >>> former vice president joe biden will be one of the many candidates campaigningality the iowa state fair starting today. montana governor steve bullock will also be there. more than 20 democratic candidates will make a stop at the fair over the next ten days, trying to sway voters attending the state's kickoff caucuses in less than six months. >>> we've got stars and clouds over the east bay shoreline with 57 in el sobrante. richmond and berkeley 58. san leandro and al meade ka at 59. oakland, hayward, castro valley right around 60 to 61 degrees. upper 50s to low 60s from san francisco, san carlos, mountain view down to san jose. upper 50s and low 60s through most of the east bay valleys. check out novato and santa rosa, 52 and 51. here is a look at what's going on as far as your activity planner. pleasant if you're out and about. brighter a the beaches, a little breezy. a small craft advisory north of the bay bridge through the delta

recent rise of near misses at airport across the country including at sfo in 2017 in involving an air canada jet. >>> if you plan to fly in or out of sfo next month quiet ready for major delays. the airport will spend about three weeks in september repairing one of its runways. crews will be working on a new base for the runway 28 left. this is video of the busy runway back in april when crew also to make emergency repairs after spotting a pot hole. the airport expects delays between 30 minutes up to two hours. >>> singer willie nelson has canceled his tour saying is he doing it for health reasons. the 86-year-old made his announcement during a show in salt lake city which he ended eaback but roanoke park, stanford and reno. organizers say he is working out how to help people who have tickets. >>> today is 50 years since the beatles took that photograph for the take himmous that famous abby road cover. thousands gathered to mark the occasion it. became a pop culture icon and countless fans have mimicked that same crossing. there they are posing for photographs. >>> we are covering a deadly c

. >> reporter: on that night the pilot of an air canada jet miss took a tack taxi way for a runway and almost crashed into four jets with passengers on board. they barely pulled up in time. >> we can no longer define safety solely as the absence of accidents. >> reporter: retired airline pilot sully sullenberger of danville stood alongside the congressman as he unveiled his new bill, the safe landings act. sullenberger is known for his miracle on the hudson, landing his stricken plane on the river with no casualties. the congressman said he consulted with sullenberger, pilots unions and safety experts before introducing the bill. >> it's human factors. it's looking at how we make sure the pilots as well trained as they are continue to use the technology to make sure what happened here came very close to being a huge disaster doesn't happen again. >> reporter: his bill would require that airlines use existing systems or install new ones that alert the pilot and air traffic control when a plane is not properly lined up on a runway. and that new safety technology be developed along with b

recent rides of near misses at airports across the country including an sfo in 2017, involving an air canada jet. the bill is expected to address major caps in aviation safety. and if you plan on flying in or out of sfo next month, get ready for some major delays. the airport will be spending about three weeks in september repairing one of its main runways. crews will work on a new base for running ray 28 left, this is video of the runway at sfo back in april, chris had discovered, they had to make emergency repairs after discovering a pothole, the airport expects delays between 30 minutes and up to two hours. >> also happening today there is a rededication ceremony for a historic alameda high school. no classes have been held in the building on central avenue since 1978, because of concerns over earthquake safety, workers removed 16,000 tons of concrete and wood, it has been replaced with steel, to make the neoclassic building safer. there have also been some cosmetic up grades inside but the brass front doors, are untouched. the coven -- ribbon-cutting ceremony is at 4 this wholekyla johns

safe landings act and it was inspired my a near miss incident here at sfo 2 years ago in that case air canadat 7, 5, 9, i was improperly lined up to land on a taxiway were multiple aircraft. i were waiting to take off. fortunately disaster was averted in that case and since then the song has worked with airline safety experts and pilots to try to find ways to keep this from happening again. now the proposed legislation would require the f a a to implement safe systems requiring air traffic controllers and pilots to be alerted when a plane is improperly aligned to land and create a task force to improve quite pilot training and safety of the bay area's only captain sully sullenberger was here us being at sfo. he supports this bill and says that air travel is safe, but there's always room for improvement you i that the biggest threats. runway related runway incursions. surface takeoffs and landings are still a great concern. and so we need to know give. pilots and crews. the technology they need the information they need. now the f a a responded today saying that they take taxiway and runway sa

that's when check out this video an air canada flight nearly landed right and on the attack taxiway willeveral other aircrafts were getting ready to take off the safe landing at will require the f a a to implement systems that will require air traffic controllers and pilots to be alerted when a plane was not prom up early lined up to land. but also create a task force to improve pilot safety and training. captain sullenberger believes that the biggest threat to airline safety our runway related. >>surface takeoffs and landings are still a great concern. and so we need give. pilots and crews. the technology they need the information they need. >>well the f a responded saying, it's modifying existing ground radar systems to issue an alert when an aircraft is lined up for a taxiway rather than a runway. well. >>thousands of kids in the south bay have a lot of class literally because it's back to school. we're at sacred heart where they're having a fact. giveaway 3300 i might even give this one up. it's on. get to the ross shoe event for even more brands at 20 to 60 percent off department st

>>it's inspired by this near miss incident at sfo. 2 years ago that's when an air canada flight almost on the taxiway where there are a number of different planes ready to take off. since and it's on has been working with pilots and airline safety advocates on the safe landings act the measure would require the f 8 implement systems that would require air traffic controllers and pilots to be alerted when a plane is not properly lined up to land it would also create a task force to improve pilot safety and training captain sullenberger says he thinks the biggest rest airline safety. our runway related. surface takeoffs and landings are still a great concern. and so we give. pilots and crews. the technology they need. the f a a release a statement after the air in response rather to today's news conference runway and taxiway safety is one of phase core priorities. the agency is to point several groundbreaking initiatives to help prevent wrong surface. landings. we're modifying existing ground radar systems to issue an alert when an aircraft is lined up for a taxiway rather than a runway.

just picked up air canada going to toronto and vancouver, those will not be taking off.the cancellations. most of them short—haul. i've counted 98 so far and that does not include the flights that have been switched to gatwick on airlines such as virgin atla ntic gatwick on airlines such as virgin atlantic and qatar airways. how will the airport experience be different on monday, tuesday, what should people expect? people should expect to get there a little earlier. the airport is saying minimum of two hours for people travelling short—haul, three hours for long haul travellers. many of us, me included, will be hand luggage only passengers, partly to save money, partly because it saves the risk of your luggage being lost. that won't happen tomorrow you will be able to ta ke happen tomorrow you will be able to take one small shoulder bag or handbag, everything else, your normal wheel along cabin luggage case, will have to go in the hold on most airlines. they are doing that because they fear where this is really going to unravel is at the security search area. that is, of

rely on fossil fuels for their energy needs so capturing c o 2 from the air on a large scale may be one way forward a company in canada is now pioneering a method to filter c o 2 from the air and turn it into fuel. everything seems to be fine on jonathan studies organic farm in western canada. but jordan knows better than most things oh and as they appear he's the member for west vancouver in the british columbia provincial parliament where he holds the environment and energy portfolio. globally it's accepted that it's not going to be a noffs to simply stop emitting we are going to half the pole carbon out of the atmosphere for to achieve the. and we had a bit of a technical problem there here's a quick reminder of the top stories we're following for you here on the w. germany's machine makers are reporting factory orders are down by 9 percent in june compared to the same month last year and it's the 6th consecutive months lead drop in chemical engineering as one of the backbones of the country's economy employing more than $1000000.00 people. from me and the business team here in berlin for more business news and bac

the recent reporting of near misses around the country, including at sfo in 2017, involving an air canada jet. that bill is expected to address major gaps in aviation safety. >>> now, if you plan to fly in or out of sfo next month, get ready for some major delays. sfo will spend about three weeks in september, repairing one of its runways. the crews will work on a new base for runway 28 left. you're looking at video of the very busy runway back in april, when crews had to make emergency repairs because of a pothole. the airport expects delays between 30 minutes, up to two hours. >> 7:18. our sal castaneda has been busy, tracking south bay traffic specifically. on highway 101 in the san jose area. i can't imagine you're going to focus anywhere but there now. >> no. as a matter of fact, i just saw them move a car, one of the last ones, it was on a flat bed. so that just went away. and we're looking at a picture of where the crash was. you see the big black marcos the road. only one lane still open here on northbound 101 and the area here. you will see that traffic is getting by only in the

a 12-year-old airline passenger says air canada boarding agents forced her to remove her hijab as sheght at sfo last week , the girl is in santa clara and her sister tweeted about the incident. she says the teenager pass through airport security when the agent told her to remove her headscarf because she wasn't wearing it and her id photo. she did so and was able to board the plane. but the airline later apologized saying the situation should've been handled differently. >>> dmv's voter registration program reportedly full of problems, new state audit says the program is confusing to voters and plagued by technical difficulties. issues have led to hundreds of thousands of discrepancies and voter registration. california launching the motor voter program last year that automatically registers people to vote when they visit the dmv unless they opt out. >>> transit set to resume service in the transit center tomorrow, the 200 bus terminal open last month and service slowly returning, they says they will pick up and drop off passengers beginning tomorrow and sunday with buses at full comm

today's forecast, the air from canada is seeping down. minneapolis today, chicago and detroit.rm in the southeast. hot in phoenix. 109 is hot by anyone's standards. many areas of the pacific northwest are gorgeous. a peek at your get away day in the late summer weekend. st. louis is 81 and partly cloudy. new york city and d.c., highs in the upper 70s. that will be a big relief. we'll start to get some cooler air down to the south. i'll give you the weekend forecast coming up. one of those weekends you'll want to bottle up and spend as much time outdoors. >> that's nice. >> coming up, new rules have been put out ahead of the next presidential debate. we'll explain what those are. the first survivor of alzheimer's disease is out there. and the alzheimer's association is going to make it happen. but we won't get there without you. join the fight with the alzheimer's association. so, every day, we put our latest technology and unrivaled network to work. the united states postal service makes more e-commerce deliveries to homes than anyone else in the country. e-commerce deliveries

pollution problems capturing carbon dioxide from our school is a company in canada is pioneering a method to filter c o 2 from the air and turn it into fuel. everything seems to be fine on jonathan studies organic farm in western canada. but jordan knows better than most things aren't as they appear he's the member for west vancouver in the british columbia provincial parliament where he holds the environment and energy portfolio globally it's accepted that it's not going to be enough to simply stop emitting we are going to half the pole carbon out of the atmosphere for to achieve the $1.00 degree targets or the 2 degree targets. that has been set now internationally british columbia now gets 98 percent of its electricity from sustainable sources but fuel still comes from gas and oil along with all the associated air pollution so jordan sturdy campaign for the canadian government to invest in a carbon dioxide research project now north of vancouver in squamish. a test plant runs filtering c o 2 out of the air project manager steve oldman explains the rather simple principle centrally it's a big fan so i found that ho