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On the recordFebruary 14, 2023
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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Cruz questions the air traffic control decisions that led to the near crash.

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