airways regional jelts flying out boun to take off in the path of an in-- jets flying out bound to take off in the path of an inbound flight. when realizes the mistake she rerouted the plane. >> what happened? >> standby. >> the faa says this should never have happened. the suspension on opposite direction operations is in effect until new procedures are in place. that's expected to take about a month. >> the faa has launched a full investigation and we are interviewing the people involved. we will get to the bottom of this. we will take all appropriate action to prevent miscommunication not future. >> even though the planes were too close the faa claims they were never on a head to headed collision course. >>> in annapolis the governor released details about the gambling bill selt -- set to be introduced adam may is in the information room >> reporter: the addition of table games and the building of a sixth casino, a casino in ann arundel county and one in baltimore city would get an additional 5% to spent on marketing an capital improvements to offset competition. the bill would allow

airways regional jets came within seconds of crashing in the skies over the nation's capital. one plane was approaching reagan national airport for a landing when air traffic control mistakeingly sent it into the path of other planes taking off. air traffic controllers changed the flow of traffic because of the wind shift. no one told the inbound pilot. two of the planes came within 12 seconds of a midair collision before the control tower ordered one of the pilots to swerve away. >> what happened? >> standby >> the three planes involved were carrying a total of 192 passengers and crew. they all reached their destination safely. former chairman mark rose said a communication failure almost caused a tragedy. >> what was the break down in procedure? we have to understand where it was so we can make sure it doesn't happen again. >> they are working to find out what went wrong. >> when the incoming jet was diverted at the last second the pilot told the control tower he was almost out of fuel and had to land quickly. >>> the most decorated olympian of all time is back if the pool i

airways regional jets got a little too close in the skies over reagan national. two u.s. airways commuter planes were ordered to take off toward the path of a third u.s. airways jet. investigators say two of the planes came within 12 seconds of each other before the control tower ordered the incoming plane to swerve away. >> heading 180. >> we cleared the river back there, what happened? >> stand by. >> at no point were these planes on a head to head collision course. in this instance, a very competent professional controller did her job. >> a storm approaching d.c. on tuesday caused the wind to shift and air traffic control decided to do a routine switch of the flight pattern. not everyone got the message. it's not clear why everybody didn't get the message. the three planes were carrying passengers and crew members. >> i spoke with aviation and homeland security consultant, mike weiss, and he talked about the level of danger in tuesday's incident and gave airline passengers reason to take a little comfort in all of this. >> any time you have the distance between the plan

airways regional jets to launch as another plane was coming in to land an there wasn'ted enough spaceetween them all. -- wasn't enough space between them all. >> what happened? >> standby. >> that miscommunication should not have happened. >> but it did happen tuesday afternoon when a storm cause canned a shift in the wind and controllers were changing the direction of all take offs and landings. the inbound plane and first jet to take off for only 12 seconds away, traveling at a combined speed of 400 miles an hour when a controller noticed the mistake. >> where was the break down in procedure? we have to understand where it was so it don't happen again. >> in 2009 there were 1,234, in 2010 there were 1,887. wjz first investigated the problem in 2007 after two planes missed each other on intersecting runways by just 400 feet. a kap captain -- a cap pain -- a captain said it's worst. >> sometimes it's on a daily basis. >> while the planes were close, they were not going to crash. >> we are interviewing the people involved. we will get to the bottom of this. >> the national transportati

airways regional jets got to close in the skies over the nation's capital. >> we will get to the bottom of this. and we will take all of the appropriate action to prevent similar miscommunications. >> federal officials say that after 2:00 tuesday afternoon when their plane was approaching reagan national airport for landing when air traffic control mistakenly sent it into the path of two other airplanes taking off. investigators say that two of the airplanes came within 12 seconds of each other before the control tower order the incoming air plan to swerve away. >> at no point were these airplanes, on a head-to-head collision course. in this instance, a very competent professional controller did her job. >> a storm approaching washington tuesday caused the wind to shift so air traffic control did a routine switch of the flight pattern. it is not clear why everyone to not get the message. faa officials say the breakdown most likely happened with managers at a regional control center and the reagan tower. >> this is what we're looking at and why we are interviewing everyone involved. >> f

airways regional jets to launch as another plane was coming in to land. and there wasn't enough space to land between them all. >> heading 180. >> they were clear at the river. what happened? >> we're trying to figure this out, too. stand by. >> reporter: that miscommunication should not have happened. >> reporter: but it did happen tuesday afternoon. when a storm caused a shift in the wind and controllers were changing the direction of all takeoffs and landings. the inbound plane and first jet to take off were only 12 seconds apart, traveling at a combined speed of more than 230ur00 mile -- 400 miles an hour, when a controller noticed the mistake. >> where was the breakdown in procedure? we have to understand where it was so we can make sure it doesn't happen again. >> reporter: according to the faa, operational errors are growing. in 2009, there were 1234, in 2010, 1887. and congress general accounting office says serious airborne errors tripled in the last three years nationwide. wjz first investigated the problem in 2007, after two planes missed each

airways, regional flights, all avoid each other and land safely.ll has america's top transportation officials on the defensive, calling a rare news conference to address just one incident, brushing back on one media report that called this a near collision between three planes. >> planes were on different headings and at different altitudes, so they would not have collided. >> reporter: and, they say, none of the plane's cockpit alarms which warn of collision went off, but they do say this -- >> there was a loss of separation. >> reporter: that means all three planes were too close, falling below standards of safety for altitude and distance. we pressed officials, what happened between the regional control center called tracon and the reagan national control tower. was it the error in relaying to reagan national? >> we're going to find that out. >> reporter: or was it a combination of both, did both miscommunicate? >> there was definitely -- look, there was a miscommunication. we've admitted that. >> reporter: the transportation secretary promises

airways regional jet was approaching reagan national airport. a storm had caused the wind to shift, and because of that, controllers were in the process of changing the direction of all takeoffs and landings. but there was some kind of miscommunication. officials say two planes were cleared, and took off directly into the path of the inbound flight. the first departing plane closed within a mile and a half and just seconds of the arriving plane. the second outbound jet was just a mile behind. controllers quickly told the inbound plane to turn. >> turn right heading 180. >> there's a river back there. what happened? >> >> we're trying to figure this out too. stand by. >> he is the former chairman of the ntsb. >> we're talking about people here who do this every day. they are very, very good. they are highly professional. so where was the breakdown in procedure? we have to understand where it was so that we can make sure it doesn't happen again. >> reporter: now we are told that all three planes involved were regional partners of u.s. airways, the

as a regional us airways jet headed to the airport from the north, two other commuter planes were cleared to take off to the north. the first airplane was improperly allowed to take off toward the plane heading in and came within one mile of it. federal officials say the plane taking off climbed rapidly, passing 800 feet above the incoming flight. federal rules require keeping planes even further apart. when the air traffic controllers noticed how close the planes came, they told that inbound flight to turn away from the airport and circle to avoid the second plane taking off. the inbound pilot was clearly exasperated. >> we were cleared at the river back there. what happened? >> stand by. we're trying to figure this out, too. stand by. >> okay. we really don't have the fuel for this. we got to get on the ground here pretty quick. >> reporter: the plane was told to turn right away from the airport as the second plane took off, but it also passed too close for federal minimums coming within 2.5 miles and 800 feet of vertical separation. federal officials insist the planes were never direct

as a regional u.s. airways jet headed to the airport from the north, two other commuter planes were cleared to take off to the north. the first airplane was improperly allowed to take off toward the plane heading in and came within a mile of it. federal officials say the plane taking off climbed rapidly, passing 800 feet above the incoming flight. federal rules require keeping planes even further apart. when the air traffic controllers noticed how close the planes came, they told the inbound flight to turn away from the airport and circumstance toll avoid the second plane taking off. the inbound pilot was clearly ex-as per rated. >> we were cleared at the river back there, what happened. >> stand by, we're trying to figure this out, too, stand by. >> we got to get on the ground here pretty quick. >> the plane was told to turn right away from the airport as the second plane took off, but it also passed too close for federal minimums, coming within two and a half miles and 800 feet of vertical separation. federal

. >> reporter: the three planes, all us airways regional flights avoid each other and land safely. capitol has america's top transportation officials on the defensive, calling a rare news conference to address just one incident. crushing back on one media report that called it a near collision between three planes. >> the planes were on different headings and at different ialit tuds and wouldn't have collided. >> reporter: none of the cockpit alarms that warn of collision went off. but said this. >> there was loss of separation. >> reporter: that means all three were too close, below standards of safety for altitude and distance. we pressed officials, what happened between the regional control center and the reagan national control tower? >> was it the error of tray con in the order to reagan international. >> we're going to find that out. >> or was it combination of both? >> there was a miscommunication. we've admit that. >> reporter: the transportation secretary promises a thorough investigation, with interviews of everyone involved. one of those people, the controller at reagan,

or american. >> what is your view of the 50 seat flying in airways regional fleet and what is the future of the 50 seat market? >> i need one of our pilots for this one. hi guys. anyway, we at u.s. airways have a couple of contracts for 50 seat jets and some of them were done to save the old u.s. airways from bankruptcy before we arrived. those are contracts we abide by and they can tear them up or start over and we wouldn't have as many commuters that we don't have that luxury know do we want it. we are quite happy with what we have now but the reality is we have more 50 suitors than we would like. over time we will correct that issue but right now -- [inaudible] >> what would be the impact of a merger the merger on ticket prices? >> well, ticket prices, ticket prices are hard to project that i don't think the merger itself would have any impact positively or negatively for the most part. we price our product to compete with united, and d and southwest and others in the exact same airlines. what i know is it would create a third competitor to united d which doesn't exist toda

airways commuter jets. the regionalir traffic control center in warrenton wanted to change the landing direction at the airport because of shifting wind. but apparently, that information did not reach everyone in the control tower so, as two planes were taking off, another plane was cleared to land from the wrong direction. based on the speed of those planes, they came within 12 seconds air collision. at the last second, the air traffic controller recognized the mistake and ordered the plane landing to break off the approach and turn avoiding those two planes taking off. a federal official told the post, quote, this is a pretty big screw-up. the regional air traffic control center was also involved in last year's incident that involved first lady michelle obama's plane getting too close to an air cargo plane. last year, an air traffic controller here at reagan national airport was also found to have fallen asleep on the job. the faa now says it is investigating this latest incident. there were about 200 passengers aboar

regional airways jet headed to the airport from the north, two other commuter planes were cleared toth. the first plane was improperly allowed to take off toward the plane heading in and came within one mile of it. officials say the plane taking off climbed rapidly, passing 800 feet above the incoming flight. federal rerules require keeping planes even further apart. air traffic controllers noticed how close the planes came, they turned that inbound flight to turn away and circle, to avoid the second plane taking off. inbound pilot was clearly exacerbated. >> we were cleared at the river back there. what happened? >> standby. we're trying to figure this out, too. >> we've got to get on the ground here pretty quick. we don't have the fuel for this. >> it also passed too close for federal minimums, come iing wit two and a half miles and 800 feet of vertical separation. federal officials insist the planes were never directly headed toward each other. >> it wasn't a near miss because the planes really were not on a collision course and we had a controller who did exactly what she was tra

region f.a.a. control facility and the reagan tower caused two us airways commuter planes to take off towards the path of a third us airways jet, which was coming in for a landing. when a controller saw the developing conflict, she ordered the inbound plane with the call sign brickyard 3329, to break off its approach. >> a review of air traffic and radar tapes shows the first outbound plane came within .8 of a mile horizontally and 800 feet above the inbound jet. the second departing plane was a mile farther away. even after those depargt planes cleared the area, the inbound pilot was forced to circle a second time as controllers tried to unravel the confusion in the tower. >> we're cleared at the river back there. what happened? >> standed by. we're trying to figure this out, too, stand by. >> reporter: the incident is a violation of the f.a.a.'s safe operation standards. but transportation secretary ray lahood disputed reports that the jet gnarly averted a midair disaster. >> the controller did exactly what she should have done and these planes were not on a collision course. they weren't. >> report

it happened tuesday around 2:00 in the afternoon and involved three us airways commuter jets. regionalffic control center in the area wanted to change the landing direction at the airport because of shifting winds. apparently that information did not reach everyone in the control tower at the airport. as two planes were taking off, another plane was cleared to land from the wrong direction. based on the speed of those planes they came within 12 seconds. colliding. the air-traffic controller recognized his mistake with no time to spare ordered the landing plane to turn and brake off the approach. a federal official told the "post" this is a pretty big screw up for a major airport. the regional traffic control center in this case was also involved in last year's close call with first lady michelle obama's plane and in another mishap at reagan national last year an air-traffic controller fell asleep on the job. there were nearly 200 passengers and crew aboard those two planes, all of them reached third destination safely, but, boy, they narrowly missed a very dangerous situation. that's t

regional jet coming dangerously close to each other while attempting to land last night. one passenger saying that he could see the other plane clearly from his window. and coming days after three u.s. airways jet, at reagan international airport. i'm heather childress. back to you. >> your next airport patdown could cost you even more. the clueded from this deal, which is not about the work they're doing, this is about like vacation hours and work shifts and actually we haven't seen the deal yet. but they're also not included in the deal and you're going to see happier tsa employees. >> well, jonas, usually if you see with unionization, you see wages go up. why wouldn't you here? >> yeah, 'cause going to strike before thanksgiving, i'm sure. when the government took over the private system and made them government workers, you basically asked them to unionize because the government workers-- >> what does it mean to us? >> it's going to mean higher something, labor costs and for when go on vacation and come out of all taxpayers' pockets. they don't think that they need to pay the budget. it comes from revenues, so if i fly to florida everybody else is going to pay the higher fee and that's

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regional jets. the faa's investigating the incident and will take appropriate action to address the miscommunication. now, us airways was not very verbal in their response, they put out a very short statement. we're currently investigating and working with the faa to determine what occurred. the safety of our customers and employees is always our top priority. in this, of course, the same airport where they have had trouble with air traffic controllers before. you'll remember just last year one of them was asleep on the overnight shift when a plane was trying to come in for landing and get directions and couldn't contact that air traffic controller. but in this case there were no injuries, and all the planes arrived at their destinations safely. jon: well, that's the good news, the happy ending to a scary story. steve centanni, thank you. >> reporter: you bet. >> reporter: rick folbaum in the control room, a lot of folks working very hard on brand new stories we have coming up over the next 60 minutes including the governor and the president back on the campaign trail, talking to voters in two key states today. the

separation between two regional jets and the faa is investigating the incident and will take appropriate action to address the miscommunication. another statement from u.s. airwayse planes, all three were u.s. airways planes. there were no injuries. u.s. airways put out a statement saying they, too, were investigating and their top priority is always the safety of their employees and passengers. you remember national airport the location last year of that incidents involving air traffic controllers also in which one of them fell asleep and a plane copping in for landing couldn't contact the controller. megyn: this is not the first mistake at reagan national. we are told air traffic controllers in the region had a significant number of mistakes. in 2010, a gulf stream jet, then in june a united airlines jet narrowly avoid a 22-seater approaching reagan national. in january 2011 a plane briefly lost radio contact with the tower. fighter jets were scramg belled and the capitol was evacuated. and in april of last year a plane carrying the first lady and joe biden passed too close to a c-17 while approaching the air force base. whenever we do this they remind us, air

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