he gave the order to united airlines aircraft to abort its landing. at that point, the other aircraft recognized, it needed, even though he was in the air, he could not climb. he kept his nose level. >> the national transportation safety board and faa are investigating. this incident on april 24th happened within 24 hours of another near midair collision. there, a united airlines jet was forced to take evasive action to avoid a collision. >> thank you. >>> the faa is investigating a report of smoke on a flight in arizona. allegiant air flight 142 was taxiing for take off when they reported a chemical smell. evacuate. we pulled the door, push open the door. i actually almost jumped out of the plane before the slide was ejected. i didn't know what else to do. then, you know, all the exits were opened and everyone started evacuating. >> there were 162 passengers on board. they used the emergency slides to evacuate. allegiant air says six people suffered mi yor injuries. they believe the smell came from the jet's electrical system. >>> now, to politics. t

also directed another united airlines jet to turn on to the runway into the path of the first aircraft. officials say the planes came within less thon a mile of each about but separated vertically by 400 feet. another close call at new newark airport and a near collision of two planes over the pacific ocean. >> this is a live map of the air traffic over the u.s. right now and air traffic controllers have their hands full and to put these distances in perspective, takes one of these jets seven seconds to fly one mile. so take two planes at cruising speeds going at each other, there's 3.5 seconds away from disaster. but the faa reports these have been going down. more than 700 in 985. only 85 in 2012, the last year that data is available, but 85 too many for anybody on the plane. >> and get its tougher when you're getting close to the airport. >> absolutely. >> crews in arizona say they're making progress on the so-called slide fire, but thousands are people are still on standby in case they have to evacuate, and business owners say the fires driving away tourists on a busy weekend. it i

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the faa is now investigating how two united airlines jets came within a few hundred feet of each other. that is very close. after both took off from houston's bush intercontinental airport. this happened two weeks ago. an air traffic controller told one plane to turn right, directly into the path of the other. they were about 0.9 miles apart and seconds away from colliding when the controller realized the error and told the planes to turn again, avoiding disaster. this is the fourth near collision we've learned about just this week. >>> all right, embattled va secretary eric shinseki is fighting to keep his job, vowing to fix delays in care that may be costing veterans their lives. it would be an uphill battle for the beleaguered ex-general because now some high-profile democrats are demanding he step down. chief congressional correspondent dana bash. >> reporter: christina and john, va secretary eric shinseki was summoned to a closed-door meeting on capitol hill yesterday afternoon, not to meet with a republican, but a frustrated democrat. and afterwards, shinseki told reporters that

a united airlines plane dropping 600 feet in 60 seconds to avote the other jet. in florida, usairways jet spots a drone. it's believed to be the first near collision between a airliner and a drone in the sky. if airlines are cutting back on flights, why the uptick in these frights? first to john honey hunt at new york international with reaction to some very close calls. >> there are close calls and there are close calls and what happened here at new york airport on april 24th was a very, very close call. a united airlines 737 coming in from san francisco, cleared for approach to land, at the at the same time an express jet preparing to take off on an intersecting runway. the two were approaching each other at their closest point they were just 200 feet apart laterally, 400 feet apart vertically. that is a fraction of a second in flying terms, obviously and it was only an air traffic controller notices they were on a direct collision course and authorized united airlines 737 to go around again that averted what would have been a complete disaster. nonetheless, de

the faa is now investigating how two united airlines jets came within a few hundred feet of each other after both took off from houston's bush intercontinental airport. now, this happened two weeks ago. an air traffic controller told one plane to turn right, directly into the path of the other plane. they were only seconds away from colliding when the controller realized the error and told the planes to turn again, avoiding, narrowly avoiding disaster. listen to what it sounded like. >> united 437, turn right heading 180 and maintain 300 there. >> turn right immediately. >> united 601, stop your turn, climb, stop your turn for united 601. >> the fourth we've learned about just this week. >> stop your turn, stop your turn. >>> embattled va secretary eric shinseki fighting to keep his job and promised to fix delays in care that may be costing veterans their lives. it could be a tough battle for the beleaguered ex-general because some high-profile democrats now are demanding that he step down. here's chief congressional correspondent dana bash. >> reporter: christine and john, va secretar

airlines flight on collision court with a united airlines plane. united dropped his plane 600 feet in 60 seconds. to avoid a deadly mid air collision. united airlines plane landing on an intersect ining neern. >> sea plane pilot, good to see you robert as always. three near misses in three weeks have got nearly 2 million people flying this weekend. should passengers be concerned? >> they shouldn't be. these three near-collisions it's just statistically we have so many close calls with so many airplanes on these airways that it's just a matter of time before two get close to each other. just a statistical anomaly that these thing happened. good thing the system worked, these mistakes were caught before anything bad happened. >> according to the statistics from faa, 44 near musts in 12 -- misses in 12 months. compared to the prior year there were only 1900 near misses. why are those numbers still climbing? >> they didn't really climb. the common belief is it has more to do with the tighter controls of how these things are reported rather than the act

united airlines. yum brands, says sonnenfeld, could be a landing spot even though they recently named a new ceo. the company, he says, is in big china trouble. our herb greenberg says it would be genius for him to go to united but that any board would benefit from having him on board, or he could retire and do the jack welsh kind of thing, be a ceo emeritus, or he could run for president. leader of the free world. most powerful man on earth. many have written into cnbc saying as much that herb says that might be beneath mulally, or would it be? anyhow, of those choices, sue, my guess would be united airlines would be the best landing spot for him. >> it might be. >> because he's an industrial guy, not really a service guy. >> that is absolutely true, ty. it will be fascinating to see where he ends up. we're going to talk about that and much more because rbc capital markets putting out a really interesting special report on the auto sector. the firm taking a look at how vehicle technology will revoluti

the statistics says delta earned most money, # $33 million, they were followed by united airlines, u.s. airways, american airlines, and spirit today on cinco de mayo, biggest day for margaritas in the united states lime prices putting squeeze on bars and restaurants the price more than tripled and mexico supplies about 97% of the limes used in the u.s. growers set prices after a crop disease messed up a bunch of trees. good news, some believe prices will be declining as a new crop arrives. >> thank you very much. >> the brought is making headlines nationwide. i join diane sawyer for what is ahead . >> i know how much you're covering fire and drought out there. we'll have this man being called the new face of evil. did he kidnap to 76 girls? what will the u.s. do about it? >> you're going to take a look at something that is a hot topic here in the bay area. >> real estate sales. >> our real money team is back. you can increase the value of your home for $30,000 with simple things. >> world news is coming up right after this newscast. >> and an east bay museum celebrated cinco de mayo in

on saturday and was supposed to take a united airlines flight to n.c.. but he never boarded the plane and united says he did not book another flight through them. his mother is waiting for him in greensboro only received his luggage. the last time anyone had contact with him was around for 3:00 p.m. saturday. he's 5 ft. 6, brown eyes and black hair and has a scar on his right eyelid. because he is a student, police in at urbana have been notified about his disappearance. but if you have any information about where he may be or about the case, please call detectives in the special dictums unit. 312-744-8200. live at the airport. back to you. >>after months of tension and anti-government sentiment, thailand is now under martial law. the thai army issued the declaration this morning. soldiers and tanks are patrolling the streets of bangkok, the capital. the army insists it did not stage a military coup, but merely moved to maintain order in the wake of sometimes violent protests. supporters of deposed prime minister ying-luck yingluck shinawatra insist her

stop your climb and stop your turn united flight 601. >> two united airliners narrowly miss each other in the sky. >> do you know what happened there? >> you basically crossed directly over the top of each other. >>> also -- >> look at that golf ball hail. >> it seemed like all hell broke loose. >> holy hail, damaging winds and flooding just as the holiday weekend begins. >>> i fell through that hole, thankfully i didn't keep falling that way. >> trapped 70 feet down on the himalayans mountain side. >> my right arm is seizing up. i can't use it anymore. >> an amazing story of survival, live in the cnn "newsroom." >>> good morning. i'm carol costello, thank you so much for joining me. it has happened again. two commercial jets packed with passengers coming within seconds from slamming into one another in the sky. this time a pair of united airlines airbus a320s came within 400 feet of each other as they were taking off from houston's bush enter continental airport two weeks ago. passengers didn't notice anything. the sound from the cockpit shows how close these two planes came to disast

two united airlines planes coming within a few hundred feet of each at houston's george bush intercontinental airport. this happened on may 9th. following other close calls last month in new jersey and hawai'i, and those are the ones we know about. with mike tobin at chicago's o'hare airport how fliers are reacting to it, and trace gallagher on the money that is supposed to prevent it, and terry price on where there's any safe place to fly. >> two united airlines flights came dangerously close to each other. less than a mile separated them laterally. less than 400 feet separated them vertically. we have segments from the very urgent conversation between united flight 346 and flight 601 as the town urges one plane to stop the turn. united 601, united 601, stop the heading. stop the right turn right there, sir. now, radio conversations with the pilot, you can hear one of them say he done understand what happened. another one said you're right on top of each other from my perspective. it looked pretty gnarly. we have had mixed reactions. some say they're confident with flies, others are nervous.

. >>> we are learning two united airlines jets came in seconds hitting each other in houston that happened earlier this month. cbs reporter jeff, takes us to it. >> it happens around may 9th, united flight 601 was on runway 9 taking off and another united plane just departed on runway 15 left. the controller instructed the pilot 601 to make a right turn and puting plane on a collision course before realizing his mistakes. >> stop your plane, 601. >> basically, went directly over each other. that's what it looked like from my perspective. i have no idea what was going on. >> the incident is the third near midair collision in recent weeks. on april 24, at new york international airport, two planes had a collision of even closer. within seconds of a disaster, emergency warnings kicked in and one plane descended while the other went up. the faa says planes got close to each o nearly --faa 's spokesperson says all events are different and unique. there is no trends and similarities. cbs news at reagan national airport. >>> the donald sterling scandal maybe nearing an end. tonight david has the

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united airlines is working with federal investigators. >>> a bay area congressman will release his report on the highly publicized security breach that happened at san jose international airport. congressman eric swalwell. how a teenager was able to climb over the fence and jump on to the wheel well on a jet to hawaii. his report will include high- tech security improvements designed to prevent future breaches like that again. >>> police will patrol an area school for dogs that are off their leash. all of the dogs were off leashed at the time and the woman was trying to protect her poodle when she was bitten. the pit bulls will be quarantined for ten days but they are being returned to their owner. >>> a lawsuit filed against a catholic school on the peninsula. the claims made by a teacher over some embarrassing photos. >> the reason a fire that destroyed a home in gilroy and damaged several others proved to be particularly difficult for a local firefighter. >> we're looking at the the bay area bridges and crossing the bay but not too much. we'll tell you more straight ahead. >>> cooling

. >>> es el tercer incidente del tipo con un aviÓn de united airlines, uno ocurriÓ en el aeropuerto de newark, nueva jersey. un jet 737, hayan tentaba aterrizar en una pista que se cruzaba con otro aviÓn que salÍa, el otro caso a 33 mil pies de altura, dos aviones se dirigÍan uno al otro en el ocÉano pacÍfico. el sistema de alerta del aviÓn que volaba de hawai a estados unidos sonÓ y evadio a la otra nave. >>> inquietantes como describe el pasajero. >>> los detalles surgen cuando millones de estadounidenses se disponen a volar el fin de semana feriado por el dÍa de recordaciÓn. >>> cosas pasan en el mundo, pero ahorita me siento bien seguro volando a comparaciÓn a a andar en carro. >>> hay aproximadamente 30 millones de vuelos al aÑo, este tipo de evento ocurren 4 mil, estos errores se corrigen rÁpidamente. >>> tanto el incidente de houston, como anteriores estÁn bajo investigaciones, por la administraciÓn federal de aviaciÓn, en los Ángeles carlos botifoll telemundo. >>> la policÍa de salinas california revelÓ el video de una cÁmara de vigilancia, muestra otra persp

. >> reporter: a trip to hawaii got off to a smoky start for some united airlines passengers. smoke was reported in the cockpit just about an hour after leaving los angeles. they turned around and got back safe. one man talks about his experience. >> they said we may have to land an island off the coast. they had everybody put on their life vests, the whole deal. so it was -- it was different. >> reporter: all 150 passengers were escorted off the plane at lax. that aircraft is under inspection. >> we are going to be having some -- well -- >>> who needs to go to hawaii? [ laughter ] >> that transition didn't work. this is chucky from earlier today. -- truckeee from earlier. there was some dusting about 6,000 feet from a weather system that caused the same winds from today, about 50 miles per hour. you can see those showers through the sierra. as this moves on out, temperatures will warm up. that's when i meant by the hawaii thing. we'll see very warm temperatures around here as we go into the middle of next week. this storm mass is headed northbound, and we'll get a lot of suns

. >>> an united airlines flight was forced to make an emergency landing at sfo. the mechanical issue was reported on the boeing 777. it landed safely a few minutes later. passengers were put on a new flight as scheduled. >>> a woman who was repeatedly trying get a flight suffers major depression disorder. she'll be moved to rehab center where she'll be on probation for two years. she has tried to board flights to hawaii three times. she has been given counts of a misdemeanor fortress passing. she tried to board planes in texas. officials say the air traffic controller who was going through training directed the pilots of two united airlines flights tofully towards each other. the planes were less than a mile apart when the air traffic controller realized the mistake and averted the collision. 150 years were on the plane and no one was hurt. >> i didn't have any idea what was going on until the tower. >> i guess they put together for a left turn. >> the faa is investigating the incident you it credits the air traffic controller with catching the mistake and preven

airlines and the red ferry fleet. next we've got a monk can he the greyhounds of the primate family the fastest monkey in the world up to 35 mile-per-hour that's been years since the san francisco zoo has a monkey so i urge you to find the he or she pr moving to our spanish language map as we reach out to others and varies you part of our community that was a pro bono project and they took the map and translated all the items and local always in spanish weeping we'll be working think 0 a man doctrine and chinese one over the memorial day's we'll be host a temporary exhibit this was sponsored by a unanimous demeanor and those are made from the debris of the lasting ocean this jelly fish is made from debris and this features the zoo view open is patrick ocean and lastly our fundraiser on june 6th the zoo is open for the night and had families this is available on the website. that concludes my report. >> any public comment on that item? seeing none, public comment is closed commissioners that was discussion only. we're

united airlines says it's working with federal investigators. >>> let's go to sal. yautiaing care of everybody on 280? >> we're trying to. i think today you will be happy with what you see on 280 northbound getting up to highway 17. we're off to a nice start. and lots of times on fridays we do have lighter than usual conditions and hopefully it will stay this way. i want to show you a map of the general south bay. we were just looking at 280 there and traffic continues to look very good all the way up into cupertino. if you notice some of the other freeways namely highway 85, traffic is also doing very well in the area. so i'm very happy with what is going on here. looking at drive times, 80 still looking good between the carquinez bridge and the mccarthur maze. and so is 880. let's take a look at the bay bridge toll plaza, that is backed up to the mccarthur maze that is about a 15 minute drive time into san francisco. let's go to steve. >>> sal. >> yes, sir. >> dave and i are doing a little frank sinatra. ♪ the summer wind keeps blowing in from across the sea ♪

airlines flight that was 90 from san francisco at about 200 ft. from an offensive brought brought ground no sticking out of the same time creed express and jet's pilot can be heard for saying he was keeping the nose down of the planes. the united flight was order to abort its landing. investigators are trying to figure out how the planes were directed to be so close to the first place >>: in a developing story the sba budget issue it and another aircraft warning about dog treats that could make your shot your dog very sick as of may 1st more than a thousand why not hawks have died because of chinese and made in jerky treats report when nearly to, stocks have also gotten sick from those trees. so far the fda has now been put the point out exactly why so many pets are getting sick from the streets it's not a specific brand of dirty tricks either the week into a look for some pet owners are warned of this this morning. if you feed them jerky treats watched him closely for any signs of any. who are you? [whispering] i'm the breakfast fairy. what are y

supposed to take a united airlines flight to north carolina. he never boarded the plane. united says they have no record of him group booking a flight. three days later chicago police say it appears they may have simply run away. >> the young man was apparently having some problems in school. have some leads on where he may be. it appears that he may or may not have wanted to go home. >> it does not appear that there's criminality involved. 5 ft. six 100 lbs. with brown eyes and black hair. >> reporting from o'hare airport >> the medical examiner says a three year-old girl found dead in the home of the northwest side died from child abuse. >> jakarta police have issued a community eller. the attacks have taken place in the vicinity of 124th street. the attacker start approaching a victim from behind. u.s. to " areas selfs detectives. physically and verbally abusing the manager of the massage parlor stripped of duties and is under investigation. jessica is suing the city and town officers who raided the spot last summer. >> police superintendent says only one officer is pu

. >> pilot of the united airlines flight made an abrupt died to avoid a head-on collision traveling at the same altitude. it dropped some 600 feet at 60 seconds flying from hawaii to lax. san francisco man was a passenger. >> from illinois, all the tray tables were rattling. it was really violent and scary experience. >> this happened on april 25th april 25th. word of the incident is just now coming out. the plane came within 2.2 miles of 1 another. investigators are focusing in on the possibility of human error by a control. >> checking bay area headlines. san jose police is looking for a gunman in homicide of the year. 25-year-old man was shot in his car as he returned to his home about 11:00 last night. the victim's family said he was a newly wed with a new baby. his wife was him but was not hurt. just a few hours earlier the city had its 16th homicide. a woman was stab today death inside a home on canyon ridge drive in the east san jose foothills. a man in the home was arrested and investigators say he knew the victim. family of catholic schoolgirl in san francisco is meeting with

and two united airlines flights came within a few hundred feet of each other as they were both taking off in houston. all this comes as the faa investigates claims a flight from hawaii to l.a. went into a steep dive to avoid hitting another plane over the pacific ocean. and two days before that, an express jet cleared for takeoff at newark airport just as the united airlines flight was landing at an intersecting runway. you might be asking, what the heck is going on? and are we still safe to fly? joining me now is mike boyd, aviation security analyst with boyd group international. are we safe to fly? >> i think we're safe to fly. it can be a whole lot safer. these things were particularly the one in newark and houston, it was caught at the last minute. the other ones were a little less severe. they shouldn't be happening at all, and the faa has put an update of our air traffic control system on a back burner, more on a political burner. until we get the right people running the place, until we get better equipment, these things are going to continue. >> you talked about the fact you t

on april 24 united airlines flight from san francisco was trying to land at airport with 161 people on board. the report says it came within 400 feet above and 200 feet to the side of an express jet flight. sfo flight was ordered to abort the dissent. investigators are still trying to determine who was at fault for the near crash. >> hero dog in oakland helped chp officers arrest suspected auto they have today. when the man ditched the cary tried to run through the yard but the dog wasn't having it. the dog corner the suspect until police arrested him. >> firefighters in the marin county community of marin wood came one a creative way to rescue the baby bird from a drain pipe. couldn't reach the firm so they used a garden hose attached to vacuum chlorine. picture from hear where the bird is being treated before relessed back in the wild. tiny also thing. >> bay area home prices continue to soar. median home price in san francisco now hovering around 1 million dollars but what will that by you outside the bay area. >> some of the taxes in the bay area are more than mortgage payments are

ambos vuelos serÁn de united airlines. tanto asÍ que hasta el presidente de mÉxico hizo declaraciones al respecto. y alejandro roldÁn tiene más informaciÓn. >> esta joven es golpeada por otra compaÑera de escuela, en el estado de puebla, es porque usa lentes. en el estado de zacatecas, una joven golpea y humilla a una niÑa de 12 aÑos. >> de acuerdo con un estudio hecho por la organizaciÓn para la cooperaciÓn y el desarrollo econÓmico, mÉxico es el primer lugar de bullying a nivel mundial. el 60% revelÓ haber sufrido bullying. >> es una vergüenza, porque no lo superamos. en vez de ser mejor que otros paÍses. >> vienen de los papÁs que se golpean, se gritan. ofenden a sus propios hijos. >> nueve estados del paÍs concentras en guate no por ciento de los suicidios, que ha sufrido de bullying. y la cifra va en aumento. >> una exhibiciÓn de casos muy puntuales de actitudes violentas, que sÍ llegan a tener una penetraciÓn grave en la poblaciÓn. >> fue despedido hÉctor alejandro de 12 aÑos de edad, quien fal

two united airlines flights full of passengers come within seconds of a mid-air collision. >>> plus, ten years after she vanished, a woman reappears. she says she was kidnapped. but some who know her don't buy it. >>> and another nba owner under fire for comments about race. it is because he you used the word "hoodie"? let's go "outfront." >> good evening, i'm brianna keilar in for erin

the united airlines delight was headed from hawaii to los angeles april 25. the collision alert. went off as the us airways jet approach and plunged 600' in 60 seconds coming without any warning to passengers including bay area resident kevin townsen. i am looking down the aisle and people are screaming and noises of things that were not secure falling. >> united say they are working with the ntsb reviewing the incident. a new air traffic controller blamed for the mistake has been sent for retraining. >>> a major twist in the donald sterling scandal. he isn't going without a might and is report through refusing to pay the fine handed down to him by the nba. several media outlets report that his lawyer has sent a letter to the nba stating his client will not pay the $2.5 million fine and is rejecting his lifetime ban from the league and is threatening to sue if his punishment is not rescinded. the fine was due this week and not been paid. according to nba bylaws the owner help could be terminated if he doesn't pay within 30 days of written notice he is in default. >> star-studded

united airlines flight heading from hawaii to los angeles on april 25th. collision alert system went off as u.s. airway jet approached. flight tracking shows the plane plunged 600 feet in 60 seconds without warning for passengers like bay area resident kevin townsend. >> i am looking down the isles and there's hundreds office people in front of me. people start screaming and noises of things not secured falling around. >> united says working with the ntsb reviewing the incident. new air traffic controller blamed for the mistake sent for retraining. >> take a lack at this. worker took this photo at miami international airport. wow! see a bolt of lightning hit as plane was taking off. flights were briefly grounded but there was no damage. >> happy ending to a story we first brought you last week. charm the chihuahua found by chp officers in walnut creek on friday reunited with her owner. turns out charm ran away from her owner back yard very close to the freeway. the girls had been searching for her ever sense. today they thank animal control and chp officer

united airlines flight heading from hawaii to los angeles on april 25th. collision alert system went off as u.s. airway jet approached. flight tracking shows the plane plunged 600 feet in 60 seconds without warning for passengers like bay area resident kevin townsend. >> i am looking down the isles and there's hundreds office people in front of me. people start screaming and noises of things not secured falling around. >> united says working with the ntsb reviewing the incident. new air traffic controller blamed for the mistake sent for retraining. >> take a lack at this. worker took this photo at miami international airport. wow! see a bolt of lightning hit as plane was taking off. flights were briefly grounded but there was no damage. >> happy ending to a story we first brought you last week. charm the chihuahua found by chp officers in walnut creek on friday reunited with her owner. turns out charm ran away from her owner back yard very close to the freeway. the girls had been searching for her ever sense. today they thank animal control and chp officer

when the united airlines jet he was on almost hit a usairways flight. the plane went into a steep dive at 30,000 feet over the pacific oce ocean. happened a few weeks ago, but the man just told us about it. >> it suddenly cut into this deep dive, coffee pot in the back fell down, passengers started screaming. there was a kid behind me who started crying. it was noisy and violent and really terrifying. but over quickly. thankfully. >> townsend says he's not afraid to fly in the future. >>> hawaiian airlines, meanwhile, will resume nonstop service from san jose to honolulu today. the airline says demand is so strong it decided to reinstate the flight. right now nonstop service from san jose to maui and also change its service in oakland next month adding a bigger plane so more passengers can catch the nonstop every day. >>> development activists in san francisco mission district are organizing to fight a massive housing project at 16th and mission. hundreds of people gathered last night to discuss the 350 unit project and how it would transform an entire

sorry, i couldn't be there in person but the only flight to new york was in coach on united airlines. i spend enough time in hell as it is. ha-ha-ha. >> stephen: now, satan, you and i rarely see eye to eye on anything but i understand you don't like this statue, either. >> pardon my language, stephen but this statute is horse hockey. everything with a goat head must be the devil. that is racist. >> stephen: i didn't realize you were so sensitive to prejudice. >> look, just because i'm the father of all hatred doesn't mean i'm some kind of bigot. i will torture the flesh of any race, creed or color. to paraphrase dr. king, i have a nightmare. ( laughter ). >> stephen: now, mr. satan, have you spoken to baphomet about this? >> yes, i have, stephen, and he is so depressed, he won't even leave his waterbed filled with the tears of children. how would you feel if you were dropped two months' salaries on a pair of high, hard double ds and they didn't even make it on the statue. that's bound to give you some body issues. >> stephen: thanks for joining us satan. but before you go, is there an

. >>> a former united airlines worker and her husband will face charges about stealing luggage. they stole bags belonging to people flying into sfo. one of their victims was a richmond couple who was returning from a vacation when the aseana airlines flight crashed at sfo. the couple's flight was diverted, but their luggage made it to the bay area and thomas took it and returned most of the clothes inside to a nordstrom's in pleasanton for about $5,000. the couple pleaded the no contest and face up to a year in jail each. >>> the u.s. has sent surveillance planes to nigeria to help look for teenage girls kidnapped by the terrorist group boca haram. they're considering sending unmanned drones to look for the girls. in the past, boko haram was been paid for the return of kidnap victims. >> the best we can hope for is quiet negotiation, which keeps them safe, which gives you more time to identify where the vast majority are and attempt some sort of rescue. >> right now, there are about 50 people from the u.s. helping in the search, including fbi hostage negotiators. >>> a police of

on april 24 united airlines flight from san francisco was trying to land at newark liberty airport with 161 people on board. the report says it came within 400 feet above and 200 feet to the side of an express jet flight. sfo flight was ordered to abort the dissent. investigators are still trying to determine who was at fault for the near crash. >> hero dog in oakland helped chp officers arrest suspected auto they have today. when the man ditched the cary tried to run through the yard but the dog wasn't having it. the dog corner the suspect until police arrested him. >> firefighters in the marin county community of marin wood came one a creative way to rescue the baby bird from a drain pipe. couldn't reach the firm so they used a garden hose attached to vacuum chlorine. picture from hear where the bird is being treated before relessed back in the wild. tiny also thing. >> bay area home prices continue to soar. median home price in san francisco now hovering around 1 million dollars but what will that by you outside the bay area. >> some of the taxes in the bay area are more than mortgag

. >>> a former united airlines worker and his wife will find out their punishment today for stealing luggage in the midst of the chaos of the asiana airline crash. they stole bags belonging to people flying into sfo. one of their victims was a richmond couple who were returning when the asiana flight crashed. investigators say they took it, returned most of the clothes inside the suitcase to a nordstrom in pleasanton for about $5,000. the couple pleaded no contest and faced up to a year in jail each. >>> new this morning, a major decision against google affecting the very way the search engine works. the highest court in europe ruled against google saying they have to remove some of the sensitive information from search results. if search results for a person's name show outdated or relevant information google no longer linked to it. the court says the fact that the information is simply on the internet is not a good reason to index it. the lawsuit was brought about by a man from spain revealed results that infringed on his privacy. >>> lawyers for the state of arizona will be in san

a day later, a miscommunication between air traffic controllers led to a united airlines jet and us airways plane flying over each other. within seconds of a disaster, emergency warnings kicked in and one plane descended while the other went up. the f.a.a. says planes got too close to each other nearly 4,400 times in 2012, an average of 12 a day. there were 41 so-called high- risk events. an f.a.a. spokesperson says all of the recent events are different and unique, and there is no trend or similarity. the f.a.a. believes air traffic controllers in this country operate the safest system in the world, but we have learned that the incident in houston, as well as the incident over the pacific, have something in common. scott, they both involve air traffic controllers in training. >> pelley: jeff pegues at reagan national airport outside washington, d.c. thank you, jeff. there could be a breakthrough tonight in the battle over the l.a. clippers. a source familiar with the latest developments today tells us that owner donald sterling plans to surrender his stake in the team to his wife. shelley

the blue circle is united airlines flight 1205 traveling to los angeles from hawaii. the yellow circle is u.s. airways flight 432, heading for hawaii from phoenix. this is what air traffic control heard. >> reporter: according to the initial report, an air traffic controller mistakenly authorized both planes to fly at 35,000 feet heading directly towards each other. sources with knowledge of the investigation say the planes were eight miles apart when the cockpit's alert system alerted the pilot that they needed to change course. by the time the planes were just over five miles and 800 feet apart, the united flight had made an emergency descent, and the u.s. airways jet had climbed. when the pilots notified air traffic control, the planes may have been as close as one mile apart, but increasing altitude away from each other. the f.a.a. defines this kind of incident as a loss of separation, when two planes come within five miles of each other with less than 1,000 feet of altitude between them. sharyn, that's why the f.a.a. and the n.t.s.b. are investigating. >> alfonsi

on april 24 united airlines flight from san francisco was trying to land at newark liberty airport with 161 people on board. the report says it came within 400 feet above and 200 feet to the side of an express jet flight. sfo flight was ordered to abort the dissent. investigators are still trying to determine who was at fault for the near crash. >> hero dog in oakland helped chp officers arrest suspected auto they have today. when the man ditched the cary tried to run through the yard but the dog wasn't having it. the dog corner the suspect until police arrested him. >> firefighters in the marin county community of marin wood came one a creative way to rescue the baby bird from a drain pipe. couldn't reach the firm so they used a garden hose attached to vacuum chlorine. picture from hear where the bird is being treated before relessed back in the wild. tiny also thing. >> bay area home prices continue to soar. median home price in san francisco now hovering around 1 million dollars but what will that by you outside the bay area. >> some of the taxes in the bay area are more than mortgag

united airlines flight heading from hawaii to los angeles on april 25th. collision alert system went off as u.s. airway jet approached. flight tracking shows the plane plunged 600 feet in 60 seconds without warning for passengers like bay area resident kevin townsend. >> i am looking down the isles and there's hundreds office people in front of me. people start screaming and noises of things not secured falling around. >> united says working with the ntsb reviewing the incident. new air traffic controller blamed for the mistake sent for retraining. >> take a lack at this. worker took this photo at miami international airport. wow! see a bolt of lightning hit as plane was taking off. flights were briefly grounded but there was no damage. >> happy ending to a story we first brought you last week. charm the chihuahua found by chp officers in walnut creek on friday reunited with her owner. turns out charm ran away from her owner back yard very close to the freeway. the girls had been searching for her ever sense. today they thank animal control and chp officer

. >>> the faa is investigating a story by a san francisco writer who claims his united airlines flight from hawaii to l. a. x. was nearly involved in a midair collision. according to flight records, 1205 when suddenly the plane's collision alert system went off for the pilots and the plane dropped 600 feet in 60 seconds. kevin townsend who was on board said there was no warning for the hundreds of passengers. >> i'm looking down the aisle, and there's hundreds of people in front of me. people start screaming. there's noises of things that weren't secured falling around. >> both planes landed safely. townsend wants to make sure this incident is investigated thoroughly. united says it's working with federal investigators. >>> 7:09. a san francisco catholic high school has caused a major uproar by excluding the graduation photo of a senior. officials say she was not included because of what she was wearing and some students say that's not fair. ktvu's tara moriarty joining us live now from sacred heart cathedral prep to tell us how some of her classmates are rallying around her. good morn

airlines after 9/11 and when healthy san francisco came into existence it was a life safer for me, and i totally support it. and i for plugging the loophole it just really gets me a bit upset, that the chamber of come percent wants to rip san francisco off of $94 million every year for their programs and it is like, all that i hear from the chamber of commerce is let the city of san francisco subsidize low wage workers and pay for their healthcare and they don't give a dam about the people that work in their establishments. for the department of public health this acquit simple and the fact that there has been around for a while and it seems like you could take last year's 93 million dollars that was withheld from the city and divy it up among the people who need the subsidies to buy the health insurance, and i know that a lot of health policy people, and you are missing out and it kind of irritates me that you are mimicking the chamber of commerce. >> thank you. >> next speaker please? >> good morning, supervisors my name is guy carson and executive director of the california music an

the united airlines flight left kona hawaii and headed to los angeles when it almost crashed midair. kpix 5's da lin is live in san jose with the bay area passenger who is taking his frightening experience public. da. >> reporter: liz, certainly a very scary experience for that man flying back to the bay area. now, this near miss incident happened about 3 weeks ago but we're just hearing about it for the first time. in fact, the faa is sending out a special team today to hawaii to investigate what happened. >>> reporter: the vacation of a lifetime in hawaii for this bay area man was overshadowed by a near miss midair collision on the way home. >> turmoil, noise, all the tray tables were rattling. it was a really violent and scary experience. >> reporter: passenger kevin townsend says shortly after his packed united flight left the big island and reached cruising altitude, the plane took a sudden dive. >> it felt kind of like the plane had just gone dead in the air and started dropping. >> reporter: after leveling off the pilot announced a u.s. airways passenger plane was flying in th

. >>> overnight, we learned for the second time in recent weeks, united airlines aircraft have been involved in a near-miss. the latest close call was at houston's bush intercontinental airport as two flights were taking off. and the air traffic controller gave incorrect instructions, putting one plane in the path of another. the aircraft were 400 feet apart, just a second or two away from impact. after the close call, one of the pilots spoke to another pilot who was not involved. >> united 601, you know what happened there? >> you all basically crossed directly over top of each other. that's what it looked like from my perspective. i have no idea what was going on up there in the tower. but it was pretty gnarly looking. >> another near-miss happened over new jersey in april. the faa says steps are being taken to prevent these from happening again. >>> the embattled head of the veterans administration has a new message for vets in which he pledges that the v.a. will do better. this comes as there's increasing calls for secretary eric shinseki to be fired over the growing scandal at the v.a.