WHERE AIRLINE PILOTS WERE FORCED TO FOLLOW EMERGENCY PROCEDURES. TONIGHT, WE'RE TAKING A CLOSER LOOK AT WHAT THE FAA IS DOING TO AVERT TRAGEDIES ON THE RUNWAY. IN AN AVIATION EXPERT EXPLAINS WHY OUR AIRPORT IN JACKSONVILLE HAS LESS RUNWAY DANGERS THAN MOST. A CLOSE CALLFOR 2 COMMERCIAL AIRLINES AT NASHVILLE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. >> AFTER AN ALASKA AIRLINES FLIGHT ABORTED TAKEOFF WHEN A SOUTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT WAS CLEARED ACROSS THE END OF THE SAME RUNWAY, THE ALASKA AIRLINES PILOT HITTING THE BRAKES SO SUBTLY THE CREW REPORTED A BLOWN TIRE. THIS INCIDENT OCCURRING IN THE SAME WEEK THAT TO DELTA PLANES COLLIDED WHILE TAXIING FOR TAKEOFF AT ATLANTA'S AIRPORT. THE WE TIP OF AN AIRBUS COMING IN CONTACT WITH THE DELTA REGIONAL JET WHICH RESULTED IN THE TAIL SEPARATING FROM THE REST OF THE PLANE. AVIATION EXPERT ED BOOTH, WHO HAS DECADES OF EXPERIENCE IN THE AVIATION INDUSTRY, SAYS THE ATLANTA INCIDENT COULD HAVE BEEN A DISASTER. >> HAD THERE BEEN A BREACH OF THE FUEL TANKS ON THE AIRBUS. IT WAS CARRYING A FULL LOAD OF FUEL, MAYBE AS MUCH AS 25 OR 30,000 GALLONS. IT'S GOING NONSTOP TO TOKYO FROM ATLANTA AND THAT COULD HAVE BEEN A REAL CATASTROPHE IF THERE HAD FUEL SPILL AND MISSION, THE FAA IS TAKING ACTION. >> EARLIER THIS MONTH, RELEASING IN ITS SAFETY BRIEFING WHAT'S CALLED AIRPORT SURFACE SAFETY WRITING. THERE IS CONCERNING TREND WITH PILOTS NOT PROPERLY ADHERING TO AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL'S INSTRUCTIONS TO LINE UP AND WAIT BEFORE DEPARTURE. THERE WERE 25 OF THESE EVENTS IN 2023 ALONE. THE ARTICLE, PLEASE WAIT YOUR TURN. TAKES A LOOK AT THIS PHENOMENON AND EXPLAIN SOME OF THE REASONS WHY SOME PILOTS PAY UNINTENTIONALLY DISREGARD THIS INSTRUCTION, DANGER ZONES OR WHAT THE FAA CALLS HOTSPOTS ARE UNDER THE MICROSCOPE. HOT SPOTS ARE DEFINED AS A GENERALLY COMPLEX OR CONFUSING TAXIWAY OR RUNWAY INTERSECTION REPRESENTS THE RISK OF COLLISION. FOR INSTANCE AT CRAIG AIRPORT, THERE E 2 T SPOTS THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED. THAT PILOTS SHOULD BE AWARE OF. NOTICE HOW THE RUNWAYS INTERSECT EACH OTHER CONTRAST THAT AIRPORT RUNWAY WITH A DIAGRAM OF JACKSONVILLE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORTS WHERE THERE ARE NO HOT SPOTS, ONLY RUNWAYS RUNNING PARALLEL TO ONE ANOTHER. THINK THE INDUSTRY REALIZES WE MAY NOT BE THIS LUCKY IN THE FUTURE. BOOTH SAYS HUMAN ERROR AND A MISUNDERSTANDING OF INSTRUCTIONS IS THE NUMBER ONE FACTOR FOR RUNWAY INCIDENTS. HE SAYS THE RUNWAY IS THE MOST DANGEROUS PLACE TO BE COMPARED TO BEING IN THE AIR SAYING FLYING IS STILL A SAFER FO OF TRANSPORTATION COMPARED TO DRIVING A CAR ON THE ROAD. I THINK THE WELL, WHAT WAS IT A COUPLE WEEKENDS AGO, THERE WERE 10 MILLION PEOPLE SCREENED IN ONE WEEKEND. >> I 10 MILLION PEOPLE FLEW IN AN AIRPLANE FROM POINT A TO POINT B WITHOUT A SCRATCH. AND AND SO IT IT'S SOMETHING THAT CAN'T BE SAID FOR AUTOMOBILE TRAVEL. IT IS SIMPLY THE SAFEST FORM OF TRANSPORTATION IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD. AND THE PUBLIC SHOULDN'T BE ALARMED >> AVIATION INDUSTRY EXPERTS ALSO SAY THE SYSTEM OF CHECKS AND LAES PLE AT AIRPORTS INCLUDING CONTROL TOWERS. THEY DESERVE CREDIT FOR AVERTING DISASTERS 2022 23. THEIR WORK, THOUGH,