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air france. emergency trucks. >> they are evacuating the regional jet. of the emergency equipment cents. you don't see something like that >>catherine: every day, this could of been really serious. nobody was hurt, investigators try to figure out exactly how and why this happened. stay with us more news coming up after the break. ♪ let's go out to the dmv ♪ it's ok that we're number four hundred and three ♪ ♪ we'll find ourselves a comfy seat ♪ ♪ and watch some shows and stuff ♪ ♪ ♪ let's follow that lady with the laptop ♪ [ male announcer ] now you can watch hit tv shows on your laptop with u-verse online and on your smartphone with u-verse mobile, included with most plans. or get u-verse tv for as low as $29 a month for 6 months. in the network you can take entertainment with you. or get u-verse tv for as low as $29 a month for 6 months. we were the first to ban smoking on airplanes. the first to have smoke-free bars and restaurants. all while saving over $86 billion in health care costs... and over a million lives. we've done a good job. but even if yo

southwest airlines have announced its grounding 79 of its air jets for inspection. after 3 ft. hole opened up on one of the planes forcing an emergency landing in arizona. barbara has the latest. >>reporter: the u.s. national transportation safety board has arrived in newmont arizona. investigating emergency landing friday night of the five south was plain. 35 minutes into its flight at 3 ft. hole broke open and the plane headed from phoenix and sacramento. the cabin lost pressure. >> our mission is to determine what happened, how and also figure out why it happened so that we can prevent things of this from happening in the future. >>reporter: passengers described as a loud pop and a rush of air into the plane. >> bam, incredible noises. >>reporter: 45 seconds later oxygen mask came down in the plane descended rapidly as the capt. performed a safe emergency landing in arizona. >> i thought we were going down it seem like we are dropping for fast. on real. i have a nice long prayer. >> it flashed through my mind, is this what it's like to die? >>reporter: selfless airlines rele

. >>> reporter: this amateur video shows the impact between a massive air france a-380 and a delta comair jet as they strike each other at kennedy airport. the left wing of the air france jet, the largest passenger plane in the world, clips the horizontal stabilizer of the commuter plane, spinning the jet nearly 90 degrees. >> comair 553, send a truck, just hit us. >> attention all emergency question respond to taxiway alpha and mike. >> reporter: there were hundreds of passengers on the flight bound for paris monday night but it was a scarier ride for the dozens on the commuter plane just in from boston. >> we were waiting. we were kind of all having a chat and it was annoying and then suddenly bang, from one side of the plane. >> just crushing noises. like what's breaking? sounded like smashing glass or something breaking. >> reporter: audio recordings between air traffic control here at jfk and the pilots show that the smaller plane was trying to exit the runway but may have stopped short because of congestion at the gate. aviation experts also say the superjumbo airbus is known in the ind

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understand he believes he hit the regional jet and they are evacuating. >> take a look at this video. that is an audio recording from air traffic control. the a380, the world's biggest passenger jet, collided with the tail of a delta commuter jet. >>> tomorrow president obama will outline his plan to reduce the nation's ballooning budget deficits. the deficit has already reached about a hundred $30 billion. that puts the deficit on course to hit another record high of an estimated $1.5 trillion. the president is expected to insert tax increases back into the budget debate when he outlined his deficit reducing plan tomorrow. >>> san jose's cisco systems will start making its popular flip video camera. it quickly became the top- selling video camera in the u.s.. analysts say the flip flocked in the shadow of -- flip flopped in the shadow of smart phones. they are cutting 550 jobs as part of a larger restructuring effort. >>> stocks fell at the open and remained in the red. the dow lost 117 points and the nasdaq was down 26. falling oil prices and the nuclear crisis in japan weighed on the prices. >>> investigators say the

france flight 7, a jumbo jet headed to paris was taxiing to its runway when its left wing clipped the tail of a much smaller com-air commuter jet, spinning it around almost 90 degrees. >> suddenly there was this big bang from one side of the plane and everyone sort of jumped a bit. >> reporter: the air france plane was an airbus a-380, the world's largest commercial jet. its 262 foot wingspan is nearly the length of a football field and 50 feet wider than the wingspan of a 747. and the airbus dwarfs the regional jet it hit, at more than twice it's length. >> this is the worst one i've ever seen. it's not unusual to have a couple aircraft touch wing tips but to see such a forceful collision and an aircraft spinning around, that's remarkable. >> reporter: aviation experts who've reviewed the jet, say the commuter jet was still on the taxiway because it appears the area by the gates was too crowded. >> the pilots themselves, they need to be looking out very, very carefully when they're operating an aircraft that's as large as the a-380, but that's not to say that the regional jet was in the right position, either. >>

taking off from andrews air force jet. first lady's plane had to circle until the airline was clear. >>> he is accused of watch ago movie while on duty. pilots trying to contact him heard audio from my samuel l. jackson movie. the mic was stuck in transmit mode. a military pilot alerted him to the problem. at least nine air traffic controllers have been fired or suspended recently. most of the incidents involved sleeping on the job. >>> and speaking of airports, one minute you have it, the next you don't. if you had anything confiscated by the tsa, then you know the feeling. police in davis and san jose want to know what happens to the confiscated items taken by the tsa? that's tonight's good question. >>> when the transportation security administration began searching airline passengers in the wake of 9/11, they found tons of prohibited items. >> a pocket knife and scissors and files. odd things like a scalpel and i remember a 12-inch metal spike you use in your garden. >> mike mckaren says not so much anymore. most peopl

. >> reporter: amateur video captured the impact when an air france jumbo jet hit a commuter plane on a runway at new york's kennedy airport. the air france airbus a-380 slammed into a delta comair jet spinning it 90 degrees. >> just hit us. >> all attention emergency equipment, respond call 32, wait it alpha and mike records the airbus was taxiing for take- off to paris when it hit a jetliner just landed from boston. the collision tore a wing on the air bus and bent the tail of the commuter jet. >> we were just waiting. we were kind of all having a chat and it was annoying and then suddenly there was a big bang from one side of the plane. >> hit the tail of others and pushed it round and pushed our front end round the other way so there is a big skidmark on the tarmac. >> reporter: both jets were towed away and investigate he is from the federal aviation administration are trying to filling out what happened. the a-380 is the world's largest commercial passenger jet. last night 495 passengers and 25 crew were on board. 62 passengers and four crew were on board comair flight 6293. no

the missile was fired by a royal air force jets. with seven militants have been killed by israeli forces in july. this latest round of violence was sparked by a palestinian rocket attack on isn't really in school bus. luckily the children had gotten off showed before the attack. israel's ongoing retaliations also killed a policeman and has wounded 65 people. a pentagon proposal to provide military aid to other countries does not include assistance for yemen. u.s. officials say they will continue to monitor the situation in that country where all kinda has increased its presence over the last two years. meanwhile government forces of crackdown on protesters demanding that president stepped down after 18 years in power. >>jacqueline: a little bit warmer out there tomorrow afternoon but breezy. we will keep the mild weather in the forecast for next week. more details coming up. >>jacqueline: the couple live pictures this afternoon, for downtown san francisco and ominous looking picture. very dark clouds right now the radar is in taking

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france. >> reporter: the air france plane was an airbus a380, the world's largest commercial jet. its 262-foot wingspan is nearly the length of a football field. and 50 feet wider than the wingspan of a 747. and the airbus dwarfs the regional jet it hit at more than twice its length. >> this is the worst taxway collision i've ever seen. it's not unusual to have a couple aircraft touch wing tips. but to see such a forceful collision and an aircraft spinning around, that's remarkable. >> reporter: aviation experts who have reviewed the recording say the commuter jet was still on the taxiway because it appears the area by the gates was too crowded. >> the pilots themselves, they need to be looking out very, very carefully when they are operating an aircraft as large as the a380. but that's not to say that the regional jet was in the right position either. >> reporter: investigators with the national transportation safety board are checking flight recorders from both aircraft, as well as what instructions air traffic control gave to the pilots. elaine quijano, cbs news at jfk airport

. >>> french officials today released images of an air france jet in the atlantic ocean. it crashed two years ago killing all 228 people on board. investigators said they still haven't located the black box flight recorders. several bodies have also been found. authorities are contacting the families to see if they want them retrieved. >>> a soyu spacecraft blasted off today carrying an american astronaut. that launch triggered the space race between the u.s. and the soviet union. >>> why the future of other locations is uncertain tonight. >>> an aviation expert tells ktvu the particular stresses southwest airline planes are southwest airline planes are susceptible southwest airline planes are susceptible atst fwa.ean ougog t bk. wi cseuidesi yr arho, u stnaa cte,hise a de. ougog t bk. wi cke sp rwd yr arho, >>> the incident that grounded southwest airlines planes and led to the faa calling for the inspection of 737 jets has happened before. ktvu's health and science editor john fowler spoke to an expert and found why this particular aircraft is susceptible. >> reporter:

. >>> french officials today released images of an air france jet in the atlantic ocean.t crashed two years ago killing all 228 people on board. investigators said they still haven't located the black box flight recorders. several bodies have also been found. authorities are contacting the families to see if they want them retrieved. >>> a soyu spacecraft blasted off today carrying an american astronaut. that launch triggered the space race between the u.s. and the soviet union. >>> why the future of other locations is uncertain tonight. >>> an aviation expert tells ktvu the particular stresses southwest airline planes are susceptible to which may explain the hole in one of them. >>> we're tracking big changes in the bay area forecast. meteorologist rosemary orosco is back in a few minutes. >>> the incident that grounded southwest airlines planes and led to the faa calling for the inspection of 737 jets has happened before. ktvu's health and science editor john fowler spoke to an expert and found why this particular aircraft is susceptible. >> reporter: engineers say the

the huge wings of the air front's air bus clip a regional jet that's just landed from boston. it's enough to spin it around like an empty tin can. the pilot quickly contacts air traffic control. >> we've been hit by an aircraft. >> there are 66 crew and passengers onboard. incredibly, no one on either aircraft was injured. >> the plane shaked very, very violently. the next thing we knew was, hurry out of the plane. >> just a crushing noise. it sounded like smashing jars or something. like something broken. >> it's so big, many airport can't handle it. this one has now been impounded. is it too big even for new york's main airport? an investigation is now under way. andrew north, "bbc news," washington. >> russia has been celebrating the 50th anniversary of the humans' space flight. president medvedev said the flight opened a new era in history and promised that russia would continue to give priority to investments in space exploration. our moscow correspondent explains the cold war atmosphere in 1961 has been replaced by one of cooperation between nations in space travel. >> he

jet. the comair pilot quickly called for emergency help. >> we've been hit by air france. >> super a380, i understand he believes he hit the regional jet, and i understand they're evacuating the regional jet. >> reporter: air france flight 7, with 495 passengers and 25 crew members on board, was taxiing for takeoff, bound for paris, when its left wing tore into the tail of comair flight 6293, just arriving from boston with 66 people on board. from inside the a380, air france passenger lawrence grotts took these pictures of the comair tail. >> oh, my god. >> reporter: but he hadn't seen video of the impact until we showed him. >> it really felt just like a speed bump, you know, or like hitting a pothole, a jolt. but you know, it didn't feel right, like that shouldn't be happening. >> reporter: this ntsb photo shows the damage to the air france wing. the a380 has the longest wingspan of any commercial plane in the world, nearly 262 feet. the taxiways at jfk are the standard 75 feet wide. so the a380's wings always extend well over the taxiway's borders. if another plane is within the a380's

undersea robots have recovered from the air france jet that plunged into the atlantic ocean two yearsgo. all 228 onboard were killed in the crash, the worst in air france's history. >>> washington is a town full of political intrigue. now, there's a new conspiracy theory floating around a about a construction job at the white house. officially, it's described as a long overdue upgrade of communications equipment under ground. but a mysterious tunnel is being built, too. that's led to speculation that a secret, underground hideaway is being constructed. so far, the white house denies that rheaumer. >>> here's a reason to take it easy at work today. working long hours may be bad for your health. i could have told you that, right, peggy? >> amen. >> a study finds people working 11 hours a day or longer have a 67% higher risk of developing heart disease than those who work between seven and eight hours a day. the study did not include blue-collar jobs. the findings did not apply to everyone. >>> it was likely a sleepless night of celebrating in connecticut, as the uconn huskies collect th

the tail section of the air france jet crashed off brazil's coast and comparison and none has been found relatives of those killed say they have been told it's relatively intact raising hopes books as with other found could help investigators finally piece together what led to the crash all two hundred twenty eight people on board. now it's been a half a century since you would have gone and became the first on space blasting off into the pages of history but that monumental achievement was the result of years of painstaking work on top secrecy a team of dedicated volunteers putting equipment and media through its paces and then one day propelling the car into the stands artie's their particular story. he went through hell on earth to put the first man in space john lennon who named for a russian was a volunteer could trust to make we've been a little reach orbit and it took him to the limits of human insurance. no one in the world has ever experienced what i did nineteen g. on the centrifuge that means my wage increase nineteen fold blood was using through my paws later i was forbidden

what went wrong, the biggest jumbo jet in the world clips a tiny plane, spins it like a top. is air travel getting more dangerous? our reporter takes a turbulent ride to find out. >>> got milk? the new battle in childhood obesity, chocolate milk. can you really make it healthy, will kids still drink it? tonight, the taste test. >>> tax man cometh. the irs hunted down this woman, even dipped into her bank account. find out how she fought back. a "world news" investigation. >>> crucifixion controversy. meet the man who claims he may have found the nails used to hang jesus from the cross. what's fact, what's faith, who profits? >>> good evening. in the last two weeks, we've seen a plane blow open in mid-air, smoke in the cabin of another, air traffic controllers asleep on the job and now this. watch it again. a road hog of a jumbo jet plows right into the tail of a commuter plane. thank goodness, no one was hurt. but the 66 passengers that walked off that tiny plane were right to be shook up. so, tonight, we ask if air travel really is getting more dangerous, and how could this happen

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the wing of that large jet struck the tail of the small plane and literally spun it around like a top. >> roll the emergency trucks we've been hit by air france. >> and who was that? >> comair 553. >> comair 553. okay, we are calling them. >> reporter: it happened at night. it was dark out. the regional jet had just landed from boston. it was taxiing to its gate. apparently it stopped short, not

fighter jets have attacked libyan air jet fights to support the no-fly zone. >>> pakistan now objecting to two u.s. missile drone attacks. the attacks came only two days after pakistan asked the u.s. to drastically reduce the cia operations in pakistan. pakistan's foreign ministry issued a statement saying say -- those attacks are "counterproductive and strengthen the hands of the terrorists." >>> a global watchdog group says the number of pirate attacks at sea has hit a record high this year. the international maritime bureau says there have been 142 attacks so far. 97 have been off the coast of somalia. seven people have been killed in those attacks. >>> just within the last hour, ford announced it's expanding a recent recall. we'll tell you why. >>> plus -- mess left behind about who is responsibility to pay for vandalism during the protests of oscar grant -- of the shooting of oscar grant. >>> ford is expanding a recall with the f-150 trucks because of the air bags. the recall includes trucks from the 2004 to the 2006 model years. nearly 1.2 million trucks are now included in the re

the kind of impact it will be a rival of the fifth generation of fighter jets have no concept of military action in the air. i'm sure it will have a serious impact since the fifth generation of the jets home will have a new level of stealth and high in michigan for us at least the range for air to air in at the surface missiles the jets will be able to fight the enemy while staying out of the killings and i'm sure the introduction of fifth generation jets will also improve the performance of the fourth generation jet which will perform the same group projects i think the demand for a new advanced jet will not only open the market for the fifth generation that will also extend the lifetime of the fourth generation jets by a new modifications of his mixture of groups of these two kinds of very high performance level with the board. six. generation jets are they produced entirely in russia or are there still some parts or some technologies that you import. those jets that are now being tested one hundred percent introduced in russia the international nature of our program we signed a contract with india in de

tossed around by the world's largest passenger aircraft after the left wing clipped the jet's tail, no one was injured. air france passenger lawrence grot says he saw the small jet from the window seat but barely felt the impact. >> initially people just -- there was a few gasps and, ah, sort of reaction, but it wasn't too, too extravagant because we're such a massive airplane, such a small jet. but it looked worse than we felt, certainly the people in the -- in the regional jet got a spin for their life, you know? >> reporter: investigators say the giant airbus a380 operated by air france was taxiing for takeoff to paris. the delta comair flight landed from boston. ground traffic controllers were directing the planes. audio recordings reveal the moments right before the collision. >> 563, just hit us. >> former pilot and aviation safety expert john cox called the wing clip a rare event and says investigators will be focusing on the ground control instructions and other key factors. >> was there adequate clearance between the taxiway and that ramp area for an aircraft of the a380 size to be taxiing by at t

what kind of impact will the irag will of the fifth generation of fighter jets have on the concept of mentoring action in the air we will move. i'm sure it will have a serious impact since the fifth generation of jets will have a new level of stealth and higher military capacity and range for air to wear in air to surface missiles these jets will be able to fight the enemy while staying out of the killing zone i'm sure that the introduction of fifth generation jets will also improve the performance of fourth generation jets which will perform within the same group of jets i think the demand for a new advanced jet will not only open the market for the fifth generation jets but will also extend the lifetime of the fourth generation jets by a new modifications because mixture groups of these two kinds will have a very high performance level award. to fifth generation jets are they produced entirely in russia or are there still some parts or some technologies. you import. more of. those jets that are now being tested a one hundred percent produced in russia but in view of the international nature of our program we s

. >> justine: that we'll get to see the royal air force jets thousands will gather go >> james: 4 minutes from now we expect the royal air force to conduct a fly over. >> will: she needed little help with her dress there. >> justine: bunsens up and down the back. place a blinding her veil. talking there was some of her young bridesmaids. >> james: you know the minute they're behind closed doors there will let out a huge sigh. >> justine: toasted champagne. >> james: and there is the queen. >> justine: there kron4 news special coverage of the royal wedding will be right back. >> justine: the kron 4 morning news special coverage is back. the queen is arriving. there have french charles and his wife >> james: any moment we will have the royal fly over. there will fly in box formation. the queen is hosting a 650 guest luncheon. that is one of their cousins. surely get about progress had. you'll see the well-wishers and outside maybe there will cassettes or opening. everyone wanted to see the newlyweds i wonder if catherine is going to change. what do you think? >> james: there wouldn't be sur

to determine if it was a breakdown in communication between the tower and the cockpit of an air france jumbo jet that caused it to collide with a delta flight on the runway at jfk airport in new york on monday. >> i know there's a lot of technology there to do the work but at the same time, technology can fail and you need people there. >> reporter: here's a bit of good news. an faa spokesman tells me he has no reports of air traffic controllers sleeping on the job at any of the three major bay area airports. >> that is a small measure of comfort. thank you. >>> now to a story we have been following since it broke last week. we now have a description of a man who broke into a grad housing apartment and sexually assaulted a woman while she slept. the suspect is now described as dark-skinned, about 30 years old, 5'6" tall, with a chubby build and short, wavy black hair. he also has a round nose and was wearing blue jeans and a dark colored teeshirt. that assault happened saturday night on stanford's campus. police say the man broke into the apartment possibly through an unlocked door. when the wom

the airbus a380 flipping the tail of a com-air regional jet.bus was taxiing f for takeoff and was waiting for a rampway. they will be focusing on ground instructions to both planes. >>> nasa has announced the final destinations for their retired space shuttles. a and guess what? one is coming to california to make its permanent home. the space shuttle "endeavour" is coming to california to make its final home. the discovery will go to the smithsonian in northern virginia. the enterprise to the intrepid sea air and space museum in atlantic city. and the atlantis will stay in florida at the kennedy space center. the decision comes after the anniversary of the first flight. >>> a human being first traveled to outer space. today marks the anniversary of the historic mission on april 12, 1961. people all over the world are marking the day with celebrations. here in the united states, many are gathering at their local science museums and obser observatories where people are still in awe of the man-made feat. >> it's a huge risk. this was a very brave

. >>> off the coast of brazil little of the air france jet that crashed in 2009 has been recovered butday came word that under water search teams have located parts of the plane on the ocean floor. they haven't said what was found but recovering the flight recorders could provide clues to the cause of the crash. the jet carried 228 people on a flight to paris. everybody on board died. >> there is word that bp oil has asked for permission to start drilling again in the gulf. the request almost a year after the deadly explosion of the rig that killed 11 people and spilled 5 million-barrels of oil into the gulf. a ban on criminal drilling was lifted in october. the new york times said unnamed bp officials say they want permission to continue drilling at ten existing wells. >> coming up going back live to where we are following developing news. we will have the latest on the plane that crashed. >> talking texting while driving. we talk to drivers who say they know they shouldn't but they do it any way. how law enforcement plans to crack down and why that will cost you even more. . >> and w

in this case a big upper air disturbance in the jet steam. it came charging east-southeast, and it met up with moist air in the gulf of mexico. >> in gloucester, virginia, rashard barely escaped. >> it sounded like a train was coming to hit the house. >> wow. >> reporter: in raleigh, north carolina this car still has its lights on, and it's beeping. >> this person must have got out of the car fast. you can hear it. >> one of the things about the tornadoes is they were moving very fast in this case. you had very little time to really be seeking shelter. >> reporter: in boones chapel, alabama the tornado that hit this small town packed 150-mile-per-hour winds. in hard-hit north carolina at least five tornadoes reached similar wind speeds, and that tornado that hit the lowe's traveled more than 60 miles on a fast and brutal path. and, brian, it doesn't look like the nation will get a chance to catch its breath severe weatherwise. the storm prediction center has a moderate risk of severe weather, including the possibility of more tornadoes, all th

event. >> crash investigators say they are optimistic they will find the black box from his an air france jetline they are crashed in the atlantic ocean two years ago. wreck annual found yesterday. june 1st 2009 flight 447 was on route to paris when it slammed into the pacific ocean after running in an intense high altitude thunderstorm. all 228 people on board that plane were kille killed. today oceanographer found the body still strapped to their seat. who are faiing as that is. they also located the engine landing gear l and parts of the fuselage. now investigators say they know where the recorder should be but they are not sure if they are still attached to the fuselage. the plane is sitting more than 2 miles below the surface. >> on to politic. president obama wants another 4 years in office. officially kick off the reelection campaign today with release of a new video. vl mark matthews tonight on the one group the president must have in his corner in order to win reelection. >> in a video released today announcing his candidacy there isn't one frame of president obama. just image of mid

the jet stream is way down here in the east. that's why it's been so cold. the air mass keeps coming down from canada. when you have that deep, deep trough, little pieces of energy roll along the jet stream. create clouds and little bits of shower activity. another is going to head toward our region. we might have a shower in the morning. we expect to see slightly warmer temperatures. there's all kinds of snow from maine, new hampshire, and vermont. not quite as much fell.

frightening moments for passengers on a southwest air lines jet bound for sacramento. a large hole opened up in the cabin and plane made an emergency landing. the photo of the 6 foot hole were taken by passengers on board flight a 812 from phoenix. some passengers say they heard a noise then felt the rush of wind suddenly. the cabin went through a rapid decompression and descended 16,000 feet in one minute. that's according to a flight tracking web site. oxygen masks came down. but one passenger says a few people passed out because their oxygen wasn't working. >> one of the flight attendant did actually faint and pl probably broke his nose. vl he was gasping and bleeding pretty profuse 52ly at one point. >> thank goodness the plane landed safely at military base in yuma, arizona. 118 passengers were put on another plane. it is expected to land in sacramento in about half an hour. we have more on the story coming up on 7 news at 1 11:00 over on channel 7. frightening moment for air travelers tonight. >> san francisco giants fan barely survived the season opener in los a

base at a cargo jet to clear the runway focuses on where the air traffic controllers was a plane service has come under pressure since revelations that some controllers on the job. now as the world for energy grows it's full speed ahead for the u.s. in developing its shale gas deposits are doing now is being considered to be a green energy source but some research is now think it could actually be a cause of serious environmental and health problems it really reports. it's cheap it's readily available and it's made in the united states washington has hailed shale gas as the next big thing in energy development or the past five years the u.s. has invested billions of dollars into the field bringing cheap energy to consumers still deposits lie deep underground and unlike natural gas shale is widely available in the u.s. which means the country doesn't have to pay for imports. for. the shale revolution stemmed from high gas prices but the main question right now is how will the shale gas industry survive another gas prices are one hundred two hundred

real danger when her plane had to abort a landing at andrews air force base monday, but the incident which also involved a military transport jet focused more attention on air traffic controllers who have taken a lot of criticism lately. susan mcginnis joins us live from washington. good morning, susan. how did this happen. >> good morning, betty. this is apparently not an uncommon event. it was not a near miss or even a close call, but when the first lady is on board, it's going to get a lot of attention and it is yet another embarrassment for the faa. the first lady and jill biden, wife of the vice president were returning to washington on monday, after a joint appearance in new york. air traffic tapes showed their plane, a military version of the boeing 737 got too close to a larger cargo plane flying just ahead as both aircraft prepared to land at andrews air force base. >> executive one foxtrot, contact approach 119.3. >> reporter: an apparent mistake by an air traffic controller allowed mrs. obama's plane to get within three miles of the 200-ton cargo jet. once the cargo plane landed controllers at andrews had a bigger pr

. >> overhead, made no -- nato jets. the air strikes have been crucial. so far, there have been hundreds of sorties, but now there are claims that seven civilians were killed by an air strike on wednesday. a doctor at this hospital told the bbc a convoy was destroyed, but and ammunition lorry exploded, killing villagers, including three sisters. still he says, local people want more airstrikes. >> they have told me -- maybe hundreds and hundreds have been killed and maybe thousands will be injured by these convoys. >> we cannot confirm the dr.'s account. nato says it is checking the claim, but there is no evidence to substantiate it. back on the battlefield, a pause for friday prayers today. a rebel leader offers a cease- fire if colonel gaddafi pulls back his troops and leaves the country. but there is no sign he is listening. orla guerin, bbc news. >> as the fighting rages on, there has inevitably been and human cost. nowhere is that more visible than in the country's hospitals. christian fraser has been to hospitals in benghazi. you may find some of th

. >> overhead, made no -- nato jets. the air strikes have been crucial. so far, there have been hundreds of sorties, but now there are claims that seven civilians were killed by an air strike on wednesday. a doctor at this hospital told the bbc a convoy was destroyed, but and ammunition lorry exploded, killing villagers, including three sisters. still he says, local people want more airstrikes. >> they have told me -- maybe hundreds and hundreds have been killed and maybe thousands will be injured by these convoys. >> we cannot confirm the dr.'s account. nato says it is checking the claim, but there is no evidence to substantiate it. back on the battlefield, a pause for friday prayers today. a rebel leader offers a cease- fire if colonel gaddafi pulls back his troops and leaves the country. but there is no sign he is listening. orla guerin, bbc news. >> as the fighting rages on, there has inevitably been and human cost. nowhere is that more visible than in the country's hospitals. christian fraser has been to hospitals in benghazi. you may find some of th

that's certainly understood and yet we have had, whether it is the abac-10s or some of the air force jets, cf-15s, we have had prettyignificant success because the iads are down. we can get down on them pretty close. but that doesn't preclude us from focusing hard on positive identification, which is a real challenge. and particular, as the regime forces in the last couple of days have started to look like, dress like, drive in vehicles like the opposition -- >> that's my concern. >> that's not a surprise. >> yeah. >> and so that has made it, in some cases, tougher. >> so then there is a question of effectiveness and then also the question of how do we mitigate the risk of, you know, eventually dropping bombs on the rebel forces. >> well, it has been -- i mean, ain, i think it has been incredibly well executed mission so far to not do that, specifically. and outside these difficulties, which we -- which we know, the biggest problem the last three or four days has been weather. we have not been able to see through the weather or get through the weather to be able to do this kind of identif

he leaves his extradition hearing and is flown back to memphis aboard a chartered air force jet where he stands trial and is about to go to trial when he plea-bargain said mrs. some 150 points of fact saying he did pull the trigger and brought the scope and ammunition and all this evidence - sharing you. yes, that was my getaway car that you saw me in and says he's given a life sentence. only three days later he recounted part of his testimony saying all that stuff is true except for one thing. i didn't pull the trigger there was a mysterious guy named raul who pulled the trigger. which opened up an internal contract theory and for ideas about who is this guy? but he spent the rest of his life in prison except for one little moment i don't want to give away too much of the end of the book, but he does break out one more time of another -- from another maximum security prison. this time in tennessee, fairly ingeniously she is out in the mountains for three days until he finally caught by bloodhounds. the lorain motel which is, you know, a great source of embarrassment to memphis and mo

amateur video caught two jets colliding on the car mack at j.f.k. an air france flight was taxiing on one runway when you see the left wing tip clip the delta commuter jet spinning at a full 90 degrees. >> and then suddenly it was bang from one side of the plane. >> a crushing noise. it sounded something very bad. >> no injuries were reported. both jets are being inspected to determine the extent of the damage done. the air france was an airbus a-380 with a wing span of 260 feet. airliner is so big some airports are not large enough to allow to it land. >> overseas, japan ranked the nuclear crisis as the highest possible severity on an international scale, same level as 1986 chernobyl disaster however officials insist the radiation leaks are declining. they say the actual harm caused by chernobyl outweighs the arm from the japanese planted. it signifies this is the second worst in history and. >> there is word this morning that hosni mubarak has been hospitalized. he was forced to give up his power in february after an 18-day popular uprising. 82-year-old

amateur video caught two jets colliding on the car mack at j.f.k. an airrance flight was taxiing on one runway when you see the left wing tip clip the delta commuter jet spinning at a full 90 degrees. >> and then suddenly it was bang from one side of the plane. >> a crushing noise. it sounded something very bad. >> no injuries were reported. both jets are being inspected to determine the extent of the damage done. the air france was an airbus a-380 with a wing span of 260 feet. airliner is so big some airports are not large enough to allow to it land. >> overseas, japan ranked the nuclear crisis as the highest possible severity on an international scale, same level as 1986 chernobyl disaster however officials insist the radiation leaks are declining. they say the actual harm caused by chernobyl outweighs the arm from the japanese planted. it signifies this is the second worst in history and. >> there is word this morning that hosni mubarak has been hospitalized. he was forced to give up his power in february after an 18-day popular uprising. 82-year-old su

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traffic controllers and ground crew about monday night's runway collision with a left wing of an air france jumbo jet clipped the tail of a delta commuter plane, sending it spinning like a toy. >> we've been hit by air france. >> reporter: investigators will try to determine if there was a breakdown in communication between the tower and the cockpit. the world's largest passenger jet has a wing span of 262 feet, nearly the length of a football field. jfk has a standard 75-foot-wide taxiway, which means the wings of the a380 easily extend over the roadway. >> if that jumbo jet was cleared to the runway or wherever, he was just doing what he was told. and as long as he keeps his nose wheel on the yellow line, he's not supposed to have any obstruction. >> reporter: the accident comes on the heels of several aviation incidents in the past few months. air traffic controllers in both washington, d.c., and tennessee fell asleep in the tower. >> there's plenty of cause for concern, and i guarantee you that a lot of attention is going to be given to that, and that's not likely to happen again. >> reporter: th