united airlines flight 89, a triple 7 aircraft rumbled down runway 28 left and began its climb.ut a single engine cessna, identified as 70 echo had already been cleared to enter san francisco airport airspace at the same time. and the two planes were on a collision course. the triple 7 climbing past 1100 feet, the cessna descending at about 1500 feet. that's when an air traffic controller noticed the impending disaster and stepped in. >> traffic after depar >> the two planes ultimately passed within just 300 feet of each other, a tiny margin at the speeds they were flying. it set off the traffic coalition avoidance system, in the cockpit of the triple 7. the tower may have sounded calm but the pilot of the big jet was clearly not happy. >> okay. that set off a -- that was -- we need to talk. >> roger. >> and a lot of people are now talking. the federal aviation administration and the national transportation safety board of both investigating this incident. the name of the air traffic controller involved has not been released. but we understand that person is a 10-year veteran an

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united airlines jet was cleared for takeoff but at the same time a small cessna was in the area. moments later the controller figured there was a problem. that forced the united pilot to take evasive action leveling off to fly under the smaller plane. >> the two of them went down in that area just beyond the west end of the airport property. you could end up in the middle of a residential neighborhood or middle of a commercial district. >> the ntsb is investigating why the cessna was allowed so close to the plane. and trying to determine why an air traffic controller didn't have more control. >>> one of the biggest problems with flying is dealing with the check-in package. as we see one airline at bwi marshall is working to streamline screening. >> reporter: bwi marshall airport unvailing a new state- of-the-art package screening system tremendous named for the concourses it resides in baggage claim project is a system constructor air-tran airways. >> this system automates the pros is of taking your bag from the curb or ticket counter all the way back do the airline which will br

frightening moments in the skies over the san francisco airport begin shortly after the takeoff of the united airlinesumbo yet jet. flight 889 bound for china with 268 passengers and crew. the pilot acknowledges a routine clearance for takeoff. >> cleared for takeoff united triple 889. >> reporter: but as the united jet is climbing through 1100 feet, the airport controller who is also in contact with the pilot of a small cessna realizes the planes are too close and closing. he tells the cessna pilot to go behind the united plane. >> 7-echo maintain zero separation pass behind that aircraft. >> 7-0 will pass behind. >> 889 start heading to your right -- >> the light airplane turned away from the united airline. that's how the captain saw the underside of that airplane. so it was pretty darned close. >> reporter: so close, in fact, the planes were just 300 feet apart vertically, 1,500 feet apart horizontally. in the cockpit of the united jet, a collision avoidance alarm sounds warning the pilots to descend to avoid a midair crash. it is called a t-cas alert. >> okay, that set off a tcas. that was -- >>

the faa and ntsb are trying to figure out why a united airlines jet carrying hundreds of passengers nearlylammed into assess that in the city of san francisco this past weekend. look how close they are. at one point the two planes 1,500 feet apart horizontally and 300 feet apart vertically. that's the length of one football field away from each other. we have audio from the control tower. megyn: trace gallagher is watching this for us. >> reporter: these planes are supposed to be three miles apart. at one point they got so close the pilot looked up and could see the underbelly of the cessna. 281 people going to china going to the north. the cessna was coming south. 1,500 feet apart. but keep this in mind. the 777 was going 300 miles an hour rising at 4,000 feet per minute. if you look at that separation the experts tell me this crash could have been a split second from happening. luckily you heard the tower say cessna go behind. the cessna pulled up and went to the left. the 777 leveled out just in time. 300 feet away. here is more of the back and forth between the pilot and the tower. lis

there were eastern airline jets, there were united airline jets, there were american airline jets; big jets for the time. within three weeks of deregulation, they were all gone. now i take my 6'6 1/2" and always pray i get the exit row. i have to have that exit row, which is always number 7, or else i'm in big trouble. the continuing economic crisis has hit the united states industry extremely hard and this affects the future of hundreds of our communities, and particularly rural communities because rural communities are always at the end of the food chain. and when you're at the end of the food chain, it's like being at the end of the line. you're the one that's cut out. no more seats in the house. you're just cut out, cut off. i've witnessed that a lot in west virginia. it hurts. it hurts. i've seen time and time again how important the lifeline it is for local communities, and, therefore, it continues to hurt. the federal government needs to provide additional resources and tools for small communities to attract adequate airline service. that is possible, you know. it is not just a

airline is operating roughly half of its flights. british airways and its affiliates serve more than 75 countries. it's unite. it's called unite. e airline have been at odds for more than a year now over changes to cabin crew pay and also working condition there's. >>> pope benedict xvi says he's truly sorry for a scandal that has rocked the roman catholic church. in a pastoral letter to irish catholics made public today the pontiff said he was deeply disturbed by the revelations of a decades-long cover-up of child sexual abuse by priests. but some abuse victims say the apolyis not enough. >>> have you seen this video? it is a massive sandstorm in beijing. look at that. the thick cloud of sand made it hard to breathe, hard to see, and even grounded flights at beijing's airport today. people were told to stay indoors if at all possible because the air quality was so bad. but as you can see, many people didn't listen to that. they donned their masks and they went out. make sure you stay with cnn throughout the weekend for the coverage on the crucial vote. i want to tell you that our special coverage begins tomorrow morning at 9:00

the continuing economic crisis has hit the united states airline industry very, very hard. they are in and out of bankruptcy. we have all read about that. they are cutting back on things that they offer, that they used to offer in flight and don't now. and we grump about it, but there is a reason that they do that so i don't grump about it. and this affects the future of hundreds of rural communities across our country. in their effort to cut costs, air carriers have drasticcally reduced service to small or isolated communities. from a business point of view, i guess that makes sense. from my policy point of view, that doesn't make sense and it's not fair. they are the first routes to go, the rural ones, and they go in tough economic times, and that's where we are right now. the reduction or elimination of air service has a devastating effect on the economy of a community. having adequate air service is not just a matter of convenience but also a matter of economic survival. without access to reliable air service, no business is willing to locate their operation in these ar

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while flights are en route to the united states, cbp continues to evaluate the data submitted by the airlines. at this point, a further assessment on individuals' admissibility into the united states is conducted and a determination is made whether an individual requires additional screening prior to admission. upon arrival in the united states, travelers present themselves to an officer for inspection. based on the information garnered during the inflight analysis as well as the on-site officer's determination, a determination is made whether a traveler should be referred for a secondry examination. cdp has expanded the information referred to our iep officers to include in the state department records that >> can you give us an explanation of that? in plain language. what didn't happen which would happen now under the change? in other words, what didn't happen with abdulmutallab which would happen now. >> what did not happen then, senator, is that the information provided by the visa office that have information related to what the father had -- was not provided to our iep officers. that ki

the airline is operating roughly half of its flights. british airways serve more than 75 country. uniteg conditions. >>> pope benedict xvi is truly sorry for a scandal that rocked the roman catholic church. in a pastoral letter the pontiff said he was deeply disturbed of a decades long coverup of child sexual abuse by priests. some say the apology is not enough. >>> have you sign this video? a massive sand snowstorm beijing. the thick cloud of sun made it hard to see and grounded flights at beijing's airport. people were told to stay indoors because the air quality was so bad. as you can see, many people didn't listen to that, they donned their masks and went out. stay with cnn throughout the weekend for the coverage on the crucial vote. our special coverage begins tomorrow morning at 9:00 a.m. "state of the union" with candy crowley. so, listen, everybody knows to stay clear of skunks, right? but when one got stranded in the middle of a four lane road with a jar on its head somebody had to do something, a little something, something, as they say. an animal control officer came to the r

government accountability office estimates that one in every four flights in the united states of america is delayed. the airlinesave called our air traffic control system -- "an outdated world war ii radar system." the f.a.a.'s next generation air traffic transportation system, nextgen, will transform the current ground-based radar air traffic control system to one that uses precision satellites, digital, network communications, and an integrated weather system. moving from a ground base to a satellite based system will enable more flights to occupy the same airspace, meaning that the on-time performance improvements would be a reality with triple the aircraft capacity, according to the airlines. however, the administration and congress have not provided adequate funding toward air traffic control modernization and instead continue to fund billions of dollars of earmarks. the f.a.a. estimates that it will cost up to $42 billion to implement a modern air traffic control system. congress appropriated appropriated $188 million for air traffic control modernization in 2008 and and $638 million in 2009. then another

the almost 1000 units will allow us to screen over 60% of all airline passengers.his requires 5000tso's which are also requested in our budget. i want to emphasize that tsa is the world leader in the marketplace for this advanced imaging technology and the work we have done to date has paved the way for other countries to follow suit in the wake of the december 25 incident. tsa does not screen passengers in other countries but we are committed to helping our foreign partners and hence the security of flights coming into the united states. we have built strong relationships with our international partners, proven by the high level of cooperation we received in december. within five hours of tsa issuing new security directives, 95% of foreign partners were in compliance. tsa six additional $40 million for international programs. our request seeks to better equip our t.s.o's by expanding our field intelligence officer program. we're also requesting $60 million for 800 additional portable explosive detection machines which have proven to be very successful at detecting

the shin catches in their-- airport flight but it has delta or united, because the air force buy services from those airlinesunder using the civil reserve air fleet, using established commercial terms and conditions. and they only actually go on to an force assets, ac 130 or something like that, when they get to theater. when they get there, most of the communications assets they use or commercially funded, commercially owned and operated. the transceivers are a obviously military but most of the combat assets are commercial. all of the theater wide and even some of the tactical intelligence surveillance recognizance are commercial and all of the assets were commercially launched. so it is simply not true to say that we do not, for very important national need, activities where lives are at stake, use commercial assets. we use them every day. now, if that vanguard organization of entrepreneurship and innovation at the pentagon can do this, perhaps even nasa can explore the capitalist frontier. i need to say as a disclaimer that commercial human spaceflight covers a broad range of activities in the commercial

united states. we saw this with the plot by an al qaeda operative to detonate explosives in new york subways and attempted airlinet on christmas day to which mr. chairman you have delude. both incidents involved explosive devices and underscore the importance of our continued to develop explosives intelligence to support and guide terrorism related investigations. home grown and lone wolf extremists oppose an equally serious threat. we saw this with the fort hood shootings and the to the bombings of the office tower in dallas and federal building in springfield illinois. we've also seen u.s.-born extremists plotting to commit terrorist acts overseas as was the case with the heavily armed conspiracy in north carolina and david hensley's and voltmann in the mumbai attacks from his home base in chicago illinois. these terrorist threats are diverse, far reaching and ever-changing. combating these threats requires fbi to continue improving intelligence and our investigative programs and continue engaging with our intelligence and law enforcement partners both domestically and overseas. accordingly for fiscal year 2011

united. because the air force buys services from those airlines under using the civil reserve air fleet, usingn established commercial terms and conditions. and they only have to get onto an air force assets, a c-130 or something like that when they get to theater. when they get there, most of the communications assets they used are commercially funded. commercially owned and operated. and the transceivers our military but most of the, assets, space, as is our commercial. all of the theater wide and in some of the tactical intelligence service reconnaissance assets our commercial. and all of the space assets were commercially launch. so it is simply not true to say that we do not for very important national need activities where lives are at stake, use commercial assets. we use them every day. now, if that vanguard organization of entrepreneurship and innovation, the pentagon can do this, perhaps even nasa can't explore the capitalist frontier. i need to say as a disclaimer that commercial human spaceflight covers a broad range of activities in the commercial sector. it goes on everything from

prime minister brown of the united kingdom is proposing an international bank tax. the french are proposed taxes on international airlinekets. the whole.is obviously banks and airlines don't pay taxes, you pay taxes and you would on bank transactions and the purchase of these tickets. it is to get a way of funding whether it is the climate change organizations, the international monetary fund, the u.n. itself, these various taxes come in complex guises that are often hidden. whenever anybody identifies one of these taxes it doesn't matter what the purpose is. it doesn't matter how grave the situation. once the american people lose the ability to determine where they will be taxed we have lost the revolution, my friends. [applause] so, let me conclude, you know many reporters ask the question are we more secure today than we were a year ago? i don't have any trouble saying we were but honestly that is not the right question. the real question is if president obama continues the kinds of policies he has been pursuing so far, they are right question is how secure will we be three years from now compared to when he was inau

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united, continental, delta, usair. that's all they see, but that may not be the company that's transporting them. it may be a very different company, a regional airline company. and the question is does that trunk carrier whose brand exists on the fuselage of that regional carrier, have they required the same set of standards? is there one level of safety? that's the requirement, dating back to the mid 1990's. one level of safety. when you step on an airplane, you should as a passenger have the opportunity to believe that in that cockpit, on that plane, with the training and so on, there is one level expected, one level of competence. i think this crash in buffalo raises serious questions about whether that really executives. -- really exists. i have a chart i want to show that describes a combination of a couple of issues. one is duty time. the other is fatigue. the third is commuting. i just want to show in this case with this tragedy what has occurred, because it requires us, it seems to me, to address this issue. if i could have the chart, i want to show a chart that shows colgan air pilots. and this could be a chart of virtually any airline, the