LAX Found Worst in Runway Near-Crashes

390873 13: Alaska Airlines jets are parked at their terminal June 21, 2001 at Los Angeles International Airport. The airport had the highest number of near-collisions among the nation''s busiest airports in a recent four-year period, according to the first government study to quantify such risks for the flying public. The FFA report calls 13 of the 33 events recorded at LAX during the study "serious". Seventeen percent of the most serious incursions occurred at the nation''s six busiest airports; LAX, Dallas-Fort Worth, Chicago O''Hare, Atlanta, Phoenix, and Detroit. (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images)