>>> this is wjz tv, wjz hd, and wjz.com, baltimore. >> from the city to the counties to your neighborhoode coverage. it's wjz, maryland's news station. >>> crisis averted. three planes at a washington, d.c. airport come within seconds of each other. >> they weren't clear what happened. >> standby. >> the mistake that brought those busy flights too close for comfort. >>> hello, everyone. here's what people are talking about tonight. a miscommunication nearly puts three passenger planes on a collision course. now officials are demanding answers about how that happened. we investigate the near-disaster. >> reporter: an alarming miscommunication at reagan national aport. sources say they allowed two regional jets to launch as another plane was coming in to land and there wasn't enough space between them all. >> we weren't clear what happened back there. >> standby. >> 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 take offs and landings. the first jet to