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In this episode, we go to Palm Beach International (PBI) where an aircraft with a flat tire is wreaking havoc on the control tower.
Ground crews and the fire chief attempt to get the plane safely moved while the tower works to deal with traffic in the area.
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In this episode, Delta flight 520 has departed from JFK, but immediately radios the tower with an issue.
The pilot has received a warning that the latch on one of the escape slides is open, so they need to return back to the airport to have maintenance investigate the issue.

In this episode, Allegiant Air flight 2948 is preparing for takeoff at Orlando Sanford airport when the tower aborts it at the last second.
Another aircraft has entered the runway without being instructed to do so, and the Allegiant pilot pumps the brakes on their plans.
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In this episode, we go to Washington Dulles Airport (IAD) where United flight two sixty is taking off and experiences a tail strike.
The pilot - exercising extreme caution - radios the tower to arrange a return to the airport for an emergency landing.
You will hear in this conversation, that they opt not to dump the fuel before coming back to Dulles.
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In this episode, we fly down to Winter Haven, Florida (GIF) where an aircraft is coming in for an approach with a landing gear failure.
You will hear the tower's frantic calls for the pilot to "go around" due to the fact that the landing gear hasn't come down.
The aircraft lands without the gear deployed and the tower scrambles to re-route other incoming planes as it closes the airport.
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In this episode, we go to Lakeland Florida.
An aircraft is taxiing out for takeoff when an incoming plane attempts to fly over him and land on the taxi way.
The tower scrambles to figure out what is happening, and once they contact the errant pilot it turns out he misunderstood the instructions for the airport which resulted in the potential dangerous situation.
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