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4/21/2026, 12:28:32 AM
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learn tonight of an alarming close call near Nashville.
Two separate passenger planes, both in the air when both of their cockpit warning systems suddenly went off, warning of an imminent collision.
Pilots on both planes taking action.
The planes coming within 500 ft of one another. Here's Gio Benitez.
Tonight, we're learning pilots on two Southwest planes were forced to take evasive action after an air traffic controller positioned the planes on a direct collision course.
Southwest flight 507 was preparing to land at Nashville International Airport Saturday just as Southwest flight 1152 was taking off.
Both planes packed with passengers.
While on approach, flight 507 executing a precautionary go-around because of the gusty winds and you can hear the controller direct that plane to bank right. 507 turn right heading 110.
Right turn 8110 Southwest 507. That other Southwest flight 1152 bound for Knoxville was gaining altitude and now in the path of the other jet.
Anti-collision alarms going off in both cockpits as the planes were moments away from a catastrophic mid-air collision.
There are multiple alarms that can go off in the cockpit. In this case, it was the most serious of those alarms telling those pilots, "You're on a collision course. You need to move the airplane now."
The tower realizing the mistake telling the planes to change their altitude.
Southwest 507 climbing and maintaining 3,000. 3,000 Southwest 507. And Southwest 1152 maintain 2,000.
2,000 we're already past the cop.
Southwest 1150. The pilots responding to the anti-collision alert taking evasive action themselves narrowly missing each other with those passengers on board roughly separated by 500 ft right on top of each other.
Meanwhile, David, tonight the FAA is investigating and this is very serious because these planes were incredibly close. Again, only separated by roughly 500 ft.
>> is really unsettling, Gio.
Thank you.
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