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On the recordFebruary 15, 2023
How can this happen? How did air traffic control direct one plane onto the runway to take off and another plane to land, and have them both within 100 feet of each other?
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Ted Cruz
Republican · Texas
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Editor's note · Context

Cruz questions the air traffic control decisions that led to the near-collision incident.

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