An air traffic controller error sent a jet from LAX into the flight path of another plane and flying low over the mountains above the San Gabriel Valley, Eyewitness News has exclusively learned.As a big rainstorm pounded Southern California early Friday, an EVA Air Boeing 777 that left LAX around 1:20 a.m. heading to Taipei was given an incorrect instruction by a controller based in San Diego to turn left instead of right.That sent the airliner toward the mountains above Altadena, as well as toward the flight path of an Air Canada plane that had just taken off.Audio traffic indicates the same controller realizing the problem and telling the airliner to "Stop your climb" and several times to head southbound."EVA 015 Heavy, what are you doing? Turn southbound now, southbound now. Stop your climb," the frustrated controller says after the plane apparently does not heed her initial instruction.Several times the controller tells the pilot to head south. More than a minute later, she is still trying to get him to change direction.The EVA crew eventually pulled up and got onto the right flight path.The ordeal played out in the skies above the San Gabriel Valley in the rainstorm while countless people slept below.But some residents say they were startled late at night by the ominous sound of a large jet that seemed to be flying too close to the ground. They said they don't get low-flying planes in their area because of the nearby mountains."It sounds like it's getting lower and lower and really loud, really big," said Altadena resident Kate Sullivan. "Like a really big fricking jet is going right over the house really slowly."Her main concern is Mt. Wilson nearby, which rises 5,700 feet above the ground."We never have jets coming in, in this neighborhood, because we have Mt. Wilson right here. The mountains are right here!"The FAA has launched an investigation.Federal regulations require planes to be at least three miles away from another object laterally or 2,000 feet above mountains. FAA officials said the EVA never lost the required distance to the other jetliner to be in danger of a plane-to-plane collision, but the agency is investigating whether it did come too close to the mountains. ||||| LOS ANGELES (AP) — Federal officials are investigating after an air traffic controller error sent a jet from Los Angeles International Airport into the flight path of another plane while flying low toward Southern California mountains. 
 
 An EVA Air Boeing 777 that left LAX in heavy rain around 1:20 a.m. Friday heading to Taiwan was given an incorrect instruction by a controller based in San Diego to turn left instead of right, KABC-TV reported (http://bit.ly/2hnehUN ). 
 
 That sent the airliner toward mountains above Altadena, as well as toward the path of an Air Canada plane that had just taken off. 
 
 Audio traffic indicates that the same controller realized the error and told the airliner to level out and change direction. 
 
 The controller told the pilot several times to head south. More than a minute later, she was still trying to get him to comply, according to KABC. 
 
 "EVA 015 Heavy, what are you doing? Turn southbound now, southbound now. Stop your climb," the controller said after the plane apparently does not heed her initial instruction. 
 
 The EVA crew eventually pulled up and got onto the right flight path. 
 
 The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating, FAA spokesman Ian Gregor said Tuesday. 
 
 Gregor said the two planes remained the required distance from each other at all times during the Friday incident. Regulations require aircraft to be at least 3 miles away laterally or 2,000 feet vertically above obstacles such as mountains. 
 
 The controller "took immediate action to keep EVA safely separated from an Air Canada jet" and made sure the EVA aircraft "was safely above or away from nearby terrain." 
 
 Gregor said he couldn't comment on the details of the investigation or the parties involved. 
 
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 Information from: KABC-TV, http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/
– Federal officials are investigating after an air traffic controller error sent a jet from Los Angeles International Airport into the flight path of another plane while flying low toward Southern California mountains, the AP reports. An EVA Air Boeing 777 that left LAX in heavy rain around 1:20am Friday was given an incorrect instruction by a controller based in San Diego to turn left instead of right, according to KABC. That sent the airliner toward mountains above Altadena, as well as toward the path of an Air Canada plane that had just taken off. Audio traffic indicates that the same controller realized the error and told the airliner to level out and change direction. The controller told the pilot several times to head south. More than a minute later, she was still trying to get him to comply. "EVA 015 Heavy, what are you doing? Turn southbound now, southbound now. Stop your climb," the controller said after the plane apparently does not heed her initial instruction. The EVA crew eventually pulled up and got onto the right flight path. The FAA is investigating. An FAA spokesperson said the two planes remained the required distance from each other at all times during the incident. Regulations require aircraft to be at least 3 miles away laterally or 2,000 feet vertically above obstacles such as mountains.