. >> then at 1:19 a.m., a standard handoff with air traffic control as the plane leaves malaysia air space and enters vietnamese air space. >> the controller here attempting to speak and she's good night malaysia 370, something i would do. >> there was no indication that anything had gone wrong. >> david susi is a former safety inspector for the faa. for the first 40 minutes of the flight, up to that point everything has been routine. >> mm-hmm, yes. >> everything was routine until now. two minutes after talking with air traffic control, 40 minutes into the flight, the plane's transponder goes dark. >> the plane's transponder is effectively the instrument by which sends out a signal to air traffic control, it tells you what height it is at, which direction, and what speed it is traveling. suddenly this giant 777 is blind to the world. >> and there is no easy explanation for why it happened. >> either it was intentional and someone tried to turn all of the systems off at once, or the pilot was unable to communicate, kept from communicating, or there was a mechanical failure of some ki

, inadvertently disappeared. >> a transponder is critical, not only to relay key information to air traffic control and nearby planes but also in order to enable tcas, the traffic alert and collision avoidance system, which warns pilots when another plane is too close. >> traffic, traffic. >> and advises preventive action. >> climb, climb. >> in addition to the missing transponder signal, which is preventing "the legacy" from sending its data, there's another problem. well-documented radio dead zones over the amazon. beginning at 4:26 p.m., air traffic control and "the legacy" pilots make several attempts to verbally communicate, all unsuccessful. under normal circumstances, they would acknowledge each other's calls. >> brazilian air traffic control system in its vioverall shoddy performance had misprogrammed its own consoles, so it had given five radio frequents for the areas the pilots were in, four of which were in complete error, had nothing to do with that sector. unbelievable, right? but that's the way it was. >> even though they are cleared to fly at 37,000 feet, when one controller

did air traffic control notify emergency responders? was incredibly critical toward finding the aircraft and finding it, if there were survivors. >> and it had been four hours since atc had last spoken with the cockpit. that just is so painful to think about. that four hours later, no one's looking yet. >> as precious hours pass, time is running out. while flight 370 flies further and further over one of the world's largest oceans. >>> coming up, what happened onboard flight 370? >> we do not know what the perpetrator are, we will never know the reasons why, but definitely there's a human hand involved. [light instrumental music] ♪ female announcer: recycle your old fridge and get $50. schedule your free pickup at: >>> in the pitch black darkness, an hour after its last radio contact, the malaysian military spots a plane where no plane should be in the middle of the night. they don't yet know if it is mh-370. >> if you see a primary unidentified return flying toward your country at 500-plus knots, that should raise concerns very quickly

however it's organized, is that if the money is depoliticized, and a bondable revenue stream, then air traffic corporations like air canada, air services can issue revenue bonds, just as electric utilities do, just as railroads do, just as airports do. and fund -- finance the big capital programs. get the money in place where it's needed now, and then pay for it out of the ongoing revenues, as users experience the benefits. and that is a model that -- that's how airports do their capital programs. that's how almost all of the other navigational services these days worldwide in developed countries do it. we're the only country trying to operate out of basically cash flow, that is not determinable in advance. it's only determine able by each year's appropriations process that is con strabd strained by the national budget. you have to look forward 15 years and say what is the position of the federal government? what kind of across the board budget curtailments are there going to be? it's a ten-year program, we got a two-year reprieve so the cuts were not in effect last year and this year. but aft

control. >> air traffic controllers, as a matter of routine, multitask. they are issuing landing clearances, takeoff clearances, so the multitasking on that evening would not have been unusual. it is very unusual for a controller not to remember that they have an airplane in position on a runway. >> but according to the ntsb, that is exactly what happened. it turns out that the local controller simply forgot that skywest was sitting on the runway intersection. >> there were some things that were going on that did get her distracted. 1493 checked in. she looked. the runway end was clear. and it was just a human error. >> at the ntsb hearings, the air traffic controller, robin washer, testifies that she initially thought it was an act of terrorism. >> 1493 came over the threshold normally. when the aircraft blew up, i assumed it was a bomb, that the aircraft had a bomb on board, then it blew up. >> then washer remembers another plane was on the runway. >> i went to the ground control. and i said see if you're in contact with sky west 569. i went to the supe

aif air experts will discuss the flight plan, the promise and even the potholes of the nextgen air trafficontrol system. since the introduction of jets into the national air space system, what we call the nas, over 50 years ago the world of commercial aviation has certainly changed dramatically. aircraft fly more passengers, carry more cargo, fly higher, faster, further and consume a lot less gas than the platforms that we flew not too long ago. compare what a 777 does right now versus a boeing 707. the number of annual aircraft operations has also increased exponentially but the number of accidents has dropped to an all-time low and the level of safety and the nas has never, ever been higher. as pilots, we're always looking for new pilot-centric tools that improve our ability to aviate, navigate and communicate, yet won't overwhelm us or degrade flight safety. we want tools that can be used expeditiously and rolled out and -- be rolled out and easily assimilated. however, when you think about it, the atc system we're in right now really does a lot of things much the way they did it decade

we have an air traffic control investigator enroute. we may expand the team to include an operations specialist. i don't know that at this point. i haven't had an opportunity yet to speak to any of my supervisors, but i am the investigator in charge and if i reach out and ask for help, it will be provided to me. what we'll do is just go through the process in that we will begin with the most perishable evidence first and that's witness statements and the physical evidence here of both aircraft and then we'll move on to information that's archived in places like aircraft logbooks and air  traffic control computers and that sort of thing and we'll divide the investigation into three basic parts. we'll look at the airmen. we'll look at the emergencies and we'll look at the environment and the airmen will be their certificates, the privileges that they could exercise with those certificates, what type of flights were being conducted, whether they were pleasure, business, instructional, that sort of thing. and then there will also be the m

they kept air traffic moving, doing whatever it took. they did it, because they're dedicated. and they're proud of our system, and they were able to set aside any differences, and they came together, and came up with a plan. >>> our whole industry can do the same. >>> now, coming to some kind of consensus is not easy. and it's very, very hard. >>> aviation has pioneered innovation in this country, and let's create an alterna tough path, to the gridlock in washington. >>> i look forward to fining the solution, with all of you, to ensure, that we, and you in the industry are in the position to continue to provide the safest and most efficient system that we need in the years ahead. >>> none of us should settle for anything less than that. >>> thank you very much. >>> questions. [inaudible] >>> the faa is part of that, and the c.d.c. is playing the lead role in determining the appropriate responses to that health hazard, and i think that i would lick to stress, we're all working together, on a day-by-day bases. c.d.c.'s determination, is the travel ban, does not address the chall

separate conversations, about air traffic control. certification and what we need to have is a conversation, to identify the priorities for the system as a whole. >>> the danger, is if we only promote certain narrow interests, we could trade one of our interests off and, the industry will be worse off. >>> if the incident in chicago teaches us anything, when the system shuts down, that are immediate economic consequences. we all know that our national airspace system, it adds, 1. 5 trillion dollars. the system is really an eco system. each part rely's the other. >>> there can't be a disconnect. between sectors in the industry if we expect to be successful. >>> all of us, should have a very kean interest in how all of these issues, play out. >>> so, we need to have an honest conversation, about the challenges. >>> you can always debate the bunchtery needs, and one thing is clear, there's no way, that the faa, can implement next again, and recapitalize the structure and continue to provide our level of services without making some trade

the coordination that's necessary to air traffics and then the operators.ut in the world today, there are countries that are at conflict. those countries can't always carry out, for obvious reasons, the threat assessment, the risk mitigation because nay're in the midst of a conflict. so, coming out of this meeting on the 29th of july, it was agreed to form a high-level task force. there will be high-level representatives from regulatory authorities from states, high-level officials from industry and also the pilot community that has a very strong, vested role and interest in this will also be present during the task force meeting. task force will have its first meeting next -- i believe it's thursday and friday. the 14th and 15th of august. and i'll characterize what they are in a second. it's a little bit unusual in the iko context of things. so that might be a sliegtly different rule. so making sure that the right information gets to the right people at the right time. how do we go forward in that? >> vaung very much. that's interesting. i want to give yo

this is one week after the fire at the air traffic control facility. the delays and cancellations will likely spill over into another weekend. the combination of stormy weather and the damage at the faa facility caused problems in and out to yesterday. 850 flights were canceled. southwest earlier in the day decided to cancel all flights at midway. family the weather would have been to blame but what is happening at aurora already has a lot of stress on the airlines and the systems. a contractor accused of setting the fire but we could go leading to a week of travel headaches. investigators say brian howard was upset about a transfer and set the fire and attempted to kill himself. members of the congressional delegation demanded to know how one person could cripple the system leading to ripple effect on travel. faa administrator will tour today and see the damage. they hope to have everything up and running october 13th. until then, travelers are doing the best they can to deal with it. >> i'm just a bit nervous in concerned. >> what are the chances to

air traffic control, there's no competitors. it's a monopoly. so the investment community says where do we sign? if you have anything credible, they would love to fund it and give you the money and have a reasonable assurance of annual debt service payments. why not take advantage of a structure like that when it's readibly available and works in other countries, works in other industries in the united states that are also vital, essential infrastructure, including airports. there's an awful lot of precedent. this is not like stepping off a one would be to ask the government for an explicit subsidy. those things don't pay for themselves. the other wouldubsidize it. cover things that don't pay for themselves. they decided on the ladder deliberately and very specifically because if they asked the government for partial funding, then all the controls that we're talking about that are a problem for faa of reporting to at least six congressional committees, having the budget have to be approved and you can't ask for what -- only ask for what will be

an air traffic control center near chicago is set to open tomorrow morning. a fire at the facility caused the cancellation of thousands of flights will stop since then, facilities in neighboring states have handled flights in and out of chicago. prosecutors charge a contract employee with setting the fire. investigators say he wanted to commit suicide. overseas, oscar pistorius is expected to learn his sentence this week. they penalty phase of his child -- of his trial begins tomorrow in south africa. the stories could make a personal plea in an effort to avoid jail time. last month, he was convicted of culpable homicide, in the death of his girlfriend, reeva steenkamp. he's also eligible for a suspended sentence. new developments to tell you silut in the fight against i -- turkey will let the u.s. and coalition forces use its bases to have airstrikes will stop they refuse to help kurdish forces defend a city on the border with syria. the kurds say they have stopped in advance on the city after days of heavy fighting. 8:00, abc 7 ist teaming up with a of live

control to a system of air traffic management. of how cowe use that information -- how do we use that information, pilots, controllers and some of these new users that i was talking about all to maintain the highest levels of safety. so what do these two things mean? what these two things mean is that we place a very significant premium on skills of how do we collaborate, how do we share and how do we understand distinct roles, because collaboration yields for us a much better result. we saw it in chicago, that's where we need to go on reauthorization, and that's how this industry is going to accelerate and to evolve in the years ahead. thank you. anyone else? okay. >> okay. michael, thank you very much for taking the time -- [applause] to speak to the aero club. [applause] this isn't your first time at the rodeo, so we know we give a token of appreciation for taking the time out of your busy schedule, and we replaced the plaque that we normally have with our new token of appreciation which gives our appreciation for you speaking.

the frederick airport air traffic control tower here does not have a rare, but again experts say the pilot should have been able to see each other. again, this is speaking in the ideal. right now we don't know exactly what happened. that's for the ntsb to figure out. all around the airport a bit of an industrial area. there's obviously some neighborhoods as well. this is a municipal airport, a small county municipal airport. just outside of frederick sort of in the heart of the frederick area here, so it's really had an effect obviously on the city as far as traffic goes, as far as shutting down a large part of the area to frederick residents. so really trying to figure things out as we are here. >> we are looking at some video right now and for some perspective i know you can't see what we're seeing, but we can see that the helicopter is over there in that storage area and there is pink tarp covering it. do the people you've talked to know anything about what the training exercise was that this helicopter was involved in when this midair collision occurred? >> reporter: from those w

no wrobs for air traffic -- problems for air traffic apparently. 63 at reagan national. cloudy skies. south winds at 8. our dew point holding in the mid-50s. so this big upper storm producing a lot of clouds. going to squeeze out some showers under it as it comes across the region. by 3:00 it will be mainly north and west of d.c. but potentially by 4:00, 5:00, 6:00 for the ride home, maybe some outdoor after school plans, we'll have a few showers before it races out of here. we're clearing out tonight so tomorrow is going to turn nice with temps in the 70s. gonzalo, what a hurricane in the atlantic. this is bermuda. bermuda will not be the same by saturday. this thing is up to 145 miles an hour with gusts to 175. looks like it's going to pass very near bermuda. it will weaken a little bit probably to a category 3 storm with winds 120. but bermuda is on the wrong side of this storm. they're going to get hammered tomorrow with winds, with waves, and of course the destruction that a hurricane brings. 68 today. spotty showers this afternoon into early evening. 56 tonight but

. >> air traffic in chicago is now finally back to normal today. the city's main air traffic control center reopened this morning more than two weeks after officials say a contract worker set a fire that led to the cancellation of thousands of flights. officials say the 36-year-old worker tried to commit suicide. he's now charged with destruction of an aircraft facility. the f.a.a. says all critical systems and equipment have now been restored for both o'hair and midway airports. >> same-sex couples in alaska are lining up to apply for marriage licenses. on sunday, a federal judge struck down the state's ban on gay marriages. last week the u.s. supreme court refused to hear appeals from several states that were pushing to keep their bans on same-sex marriages. that move means same-sex marriage is now effectively legal in about 30 states. >> coming up on abc 7 news at noon -- a former olympian, oscar pistorius, back in court today. a judge will soon decide how much time he'll serve for shooting his girlfriend to death. >> and it should have been a f

bill pickerel is the air traffic controller that day and the last person to have contact with flight 111. >> we were at the end of the shift. at approximately 10:15 p.m. local time, we were advised by one of the others sectors in the center, a swiss air flight had declared a pan because of smoke alert in the cockpit. >> a pan is an emergency that is not immediately life threatening. swiss air 111 is cleared for an emergency landing in nova scotia. >> it appeared to be a straight-forward operation. the radio transmission was very professional, very calm. there was no indication of a sense of urgency. >> as they prepare for their descent, the smoke in the cockpit becomes heavier. amid the growing danger, the pilots are faced with a difficult decision. >> the pilot advised that they needed to dump fuel. at that point they were approximately 16,000 feet. the fuel dump complicated the situation greatly. >> it's a good decision to get the airplane as light as you can. it's easier on the airplane. >> but delaying the landing could put the flight in even more danger. the passengers have been

. >>> at the same time there's a push to upgrade the nation's air traffic control system to help improve travel not only in this area but across the country. the u.s. travel association wants to transfer air traffic control from a ground operation to a new satellite based system that is similar to the gps in your car. experts say this could help reduce delays and cancellations like the ones caused by last week's fire in chicago. some people say switching to satellite would help airports including philadelphia international operate more efficiently both during problems and just on a day-to-day basis. >> 2013 almost a quarter of all flights were either delayed or canceled coming out of philadelphia and those flight delays and cancellations had a huge impact throughout the entire system because philadelphia is a critical hub. >> the head of the federal aviation administration ordered a review of security and contingency planes in the wake of the fire intentionally set by a contractor. >>> 50 years fighting poverty. this weekend a celebrity chef will honor a bucks county organization celebra

the traffic in the air. increased airplane noise is upsetting many people who live on the peninsula. they say it's ruining their quality of life. the most vocal group is in palo alto. that net miranda is in palo alto with the details. >> reporter: government statistics show a definite increase in air traffic over the peninsula. but the number of complaints is far greater than the small jump in activity. >> it's really hard for me to be outdoors for more than ten minutes without hearing a jet or an airplane flying over. >> reporter: stewart karl is part of sky posse palo alto, a group upset about increased airline traffic over their neighborhood. he says it's been too noisy. >> the worst ones are a rumble that shakes the house. >> reporter: resident jennifer landisman hears more planes too. >> that's the frustration. it just goes on and on and on. >> reporter: more flights are coming in and residents want a say in how loud and how frequent flights should be. 70 flights a day used to fly over 14 years ago. it'

this is raising concerns, the civilian air traffic controllers, the commercial aircraft that fly allr the european continent, those air traffic controllers need to know what is out there and the russians are keeping silent. it can be a very dangerous situation. >> now, the u.s., eu and u.n. all condemn planned separate elections in eastern ukraine. pro-russia rebels say they will hold the vote on sunday. but u.n. chief ban ki-moon, the european union and ukrainian president petro poroshenko all said it would violate international agreements. america's top diplomat has a message for the kremlin. >> this would be a clear violation of the commitments made by both russia and the separatists that it backs in the minsk agreements and the united states along with the rest of the international community will not recognize so-called separatists elections. >> now, russia has said it will recognize the election results and over the weekend president vladimir putin blamed the u.s. for the crisis on ukraine and many, many other problems around the world. take a listen. >> translator: maybe the un

how do you cut off air traffic with belgium? when they're all coming through? >> what's interesting, you used the word protocol. an interesting stat which was back in the anthrax scare, 61% of the country believed that the government was handling it properly. now only 33% of the people believe they're handling this ebola thing right. >> why is it different? >> it was the leadership. >> what do you think of tom frieden? >> they should have talked about canceling flights and. we don't have any cases here. it is not a problem but we want to protect our nation. now that we're having these incidents happen more frequently, we're seeing people come in on flights with ebola, people are dying from it and now you say we'll work on some flights? we'll think about taking a stand? now is when panic ensues. if they had done it on the front end. >> first guy to say that was donald trump. that tell you something. he is a tougher guy. late today, john boehner the speaker of the house said let's consider it. it is not exactly gutsy to say we should consider shutting down flight

two weeks after an arson fire forced flight cancellations the your air traffic expected to reopen on schedule next monday. air traffic services will be transferred to the aura center from other facilities in the midwest. >> sunday night and early monday morning. before that technical teams will finish testing and making checks. the center shut down september 26th. >> then cut and slashed their own body and a failed suicide attempt. if you're up early this morning and had the opportunity and a front row street seat for the blood moon. away from the city lets the people in grand haven michigan. last for bought our. this is the second blood moon and a sequence of four. the next one will come along. >> the fbi would like your help in identifying a member of the terrorist group prices. >> age in peterson goes before a judge facing charges he abused his toddler son. opening two days of hearings into gov. clinton's anti violence grant into gov. clinton's anti violence grant ah! come on! let's hide in the attic. no. in the basement. why can't we just get in the running car? are you crazy? le

. >>> new details of a clean up of an arsonned damaged air traffic facility. officials hope to have the damaged equipment removed by tomorrow so that they can begin the installation of new equipment. thousands of flights have been cancelled at chicago airports since then but with the help from other control centers, air traffic returned to about 95% of normal as of noon today. >>> meantime investigators looking into a fire at the flight 93 national memorial in shanksville pennsylvania say they have found no evidence of arson. that fire destroyed three administration buildings for the memorial. several historical items were also damaged. among them the flag that flew over the capital on september 11th. 40 people were killed when the hijacked plane went down there in pennsylvania. >>> people walked around with a little extra bounce in their step today. brendan belt hit that game ending home run. more than seven hours after the game started. giant fans could taste it. the team plays at home tomorrow and closes out the series with washington. >> fans gearing up. >

. >> and air traffic control is told a completely different story.y say that it has not vanished at all. >> malaysia said they knew where it was but they had had no communication. their system showed that the aircraft continued to go on that heading. >> malaysia airlines gives more promising messages. they had exchanged signals with the flight. the plane was in normal condition and the plane was flying off the coast of vietnam. >> at that point the guard is let down. you start going in a different direction. you're just trying to communicate. >> but an hour and a half after that first reassuring message, a tragic realization. malaysia airlines now tells air traffic control the information was wrong. >> and you can see vanished, the mystery of flight 370 tuesday 9:00 p.m. eastern right here on cnn. we will be right back. ♪ want to change the world? create things that help people. design safer cars. faster computers. smarter grids and smarter phones. think up new ways to produce energy. ♪ be an engineer. solve problems the world needs solved. what are

caused by last friday's arson fire at the aurora air traffic control center. tomorrow president obama will attend a fund- raiser and deliver an economic speech. authorities have released tapes. >> where is your emergency? >> when a smoke in the building be the fire department done here. >> and is coming from inside the building appeared to get a call from the fire department. >> police say the accused arsonist used his facebook page to announce the plan to set the fire. he was allegedly disgruntled over america's foreign policy and what he described as the laziness of government employees. >> 175 flights have been canceled the appearance of maryland experienci delays of 35 minutes. there are no delays or cancellations. meantime cleaning crews and technicians are working around the clock at the your air traffic control center to finish cleaning ventilation system. installing communications equipment. the faa hopes to have the operation fully operational. airlines will have to replace cockpit displays on more >> the display units are made by honeywell internatio

air bag recall that is affecting nearly 8 million vehicles. consumer reporter erika gonzalez is joining us with the new details today. >> today the national highway traffic administration filed will this special order demanding takata hand over detailed inf about the defective air bags. the problem, it can explode and shoot slhrapnel. nhtsa is demanding 36 pieces of information including specific documents, lawsuit settlements and reports of deaths or injuries. this order includes a request for all documents that refer or relate to run chur ruptures mar by takata. >>> do we need to brace ourselves? >> we to. a taste of winter coming our way. the most significant change d we're turning our clocks back, checking our batteries. pepco toe natured 1,000 smoke alarms to the prince fwrnce geo county. so check your batteries and change that clock. take it back one hour as we go are saturday to sunday morning. we talked all about weather and we also talked about television production. i did today and yesterday actual at pointers run elementary school. great group of kids. and they're trying to take our job, guys. look at will this, temperatures across the area, t

. >> you heard some of the audio from the air traffic controller talking to the pilot of the airplane that is something that the faa and we're going to be looking at closely -- ntsb are going to be looking at closely. they are also going to be accident how this could happen in this airspace in clear sight of the tower. up, monica lewinsky, or treatment during the investigation. >> the d.c. department of transportation is backpedaling on plans to build a network of streetcars. horace is in northeast to explain the changes. miles of thetwo system built right here on a street -- 8th street. they are still in the testing mode. are getting this operational first, and then what happens after that is up in the air. for thetious vision streetcar program crisscrossing the system is in its embryonic stage. they have no one but the drivers inside, still in the testing phase. of people are hoping that something good comes out of this, but the construction and implementation of the vision has suffered setbacks. missed deadlines, and funding cuts. 37 miles, ands the council took the money out. >> t

forced to deal with major delays after the phone lines at an air traffic control center went down.test travel night wear was a week after the two busiest airports were shut down because of a fire at an air traffic control center was intentionally set by an loy employee. >> a gang of luxury loving identity thieves turned ks saks fifth avenue used stolen information to get shoes bags and accessories. more than 20 saks fifth avenue credit card holders and range up fraudulent sales. accomplices including shoppers would go and pick up theç item. they were later resold on the black market and later soreturn. >> jk morgans is at risk again. we have what consumers need to know. lori, good morning. >> good morning to you, lia. >> it was the biggest cyber attack on the usa ever. 76 million households and small businesses contact information hacked from jp morgan server. no account information has been compromised they warn they are gearing up for round two. be warned and weary of any e-mail by jp morgan. hackers use stolen information to pose as a fake bank account executive to warn of an u

an air traffic control center was taken offline by a fire.adually started information, communications and airspace back to the center overnight. an employee is facing federal charges, accused of intentionally setting a fire in the basement of the faci and cutting all radar feeds. two chicago firefighters will recover from minor injuries they suffered at a residential building in bridgeport. building at 29-th and lyman with smoke, the firefighters were overcome, and had to be carried out. at least ten people were displaced by the fire... b all the residents got out safely it was a sweep for the kenyans at the chicago marathon. eliud kipchoge won the men's division, finishing th in just over two hours and four minutes. rita jeptoo won the women's title for the second yr a row, in just under two hours and 25 minutes. 45-thousand runners took part in the race, and nearly two million spectators turned out to cheer them on. the bears got back on track in atlanta. jay cutler threw for three- hundred- eighty- one yards, a touchdown and no interceptio

he landed there rather than making air traffic worse at o'hare. they're still try to get back on track after friday's fire at the aurora control center. greeted by the indiana senator. from there he took the helicopter to soldier field where he headed downtown for dinner with friends. also unspotted members of the mayor's security detail outside the restaurant. not clear if the bear was there as well or if the security detail was on loan to the president. after the president posed for pictures with restaurant patrons, he headed back home for the evening. the president has a full schedule during his short stay here in chicago. first up is a fund-raiser in the gold coast home. at the daughter of neil walls house. from that fund raiser the president heads to northwestern university redelivers a speech on the economy. several democratic politicians will be in attendance. the governor as well as u.s. senator dick durbin. it's a big day for democrats here in the city. live from the president can would neighborhood. back to you. >>taking a look at the *o

goldstein was a former air traffic controller and navy veteran, he retired after twice getting air traffic control safety awards. >> i would trust him with my life. >> last december an employee allegedly tried to drive an explosive filled van on the tarmac and in january a man drove his truck through the security gate. now they are saying this was a tragic accident. >> officials said this morning that parts of plane still need to be recovered from the crash site on the roof of the building and on the ground. ntsb investigators are looking into what led to the power failure that caused the crash. reporting live from washington, karen travers, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. >>> police in britain says that two people are missing after a fiery explosion from a fireworks warehouse. it was destroyed in spectacular fashion, a search for the people will continue once the building is deemed safe. but officials have taken one man into custody. >>> in camden county, people are welcoming home a hero, christopher michael bayne arrived home escorted about a caravan of motorcycles and tire trucks

the fire caused damage, shutdown two international airports and snarled air traffic nationwide. >> hundreds are expected to protest again after the school board seeking to change classes. parents and students say a new curriculum tries to change students views. not a patch of fog in sight. that's because we're going to talk about some giant players in the front office who are all in washington, who are getting ready for the first game against the nationals. >> a big event going on tonight. manager bruce bochy has until 7:00 this morning if michael morse will be on the divisional series roster. morse hasn't played this last run because of an oblique injury. >> jake peavy will be on the mound for the giants this afternoon. he'll go head to head with stephen strasburg. today's game stars at noon. >> they have their big guns there. they have a great pitching staff. so do we. it lab big series. >> some big guns here today. >> on this desk, at this moment. >> the new details we're learning about february's hockey game at levi stadium. >> very cool stuff. over here not so bad. the san francisco br

-- low-altitude air traffic management system.ically for very small uavs, for this kind of futuristic application of something like aerial delivery. i think some of the key elements of that, of course, is like connectivity, internet connectivity with the drones themselves, so that they can all be essentially reeling in realtime, where they're positioned and coordinate in a way like the robots in kiva systems implementation are all communicating their locations with each other in realtime so that what looks like a near miss between two robots is actually a well-orchestrated system by which the two robots could have never hit each other, even if one of them had lost communications. and i think we'll see something similar built out for small uavs, eventually. >> we're doing the same thing. there's a standard calls adsb, which is basically a trons responder, where aircraft carry this thing in sort of a peer to peer air traffic control detection. but it doesn't have to be a physical device. it can actually, since we already have a tele

>> we're working to explore options of building out what is considered an air traffic management system specifically for small uavs for this futuristic application of aerial delivery. i think some of the key elements of that is connectivity, interpret connectivity with the drones themselves so they can all be essentially relaying in realtime where they are positioned and coordinate in a way like the robots are all communicating their locations with each other in realtimes so what looks like a near miss between two robots is a well-orchestrated system by which the two could have never hit each other even if one of them had lost communication. >> basically it's a transponder where aircraft carry this thing and appear at the air traffic control. it doesn't have to be a physical device. since we already have a link, it can be a virtual signal by which the aircraft senses its position and broadcasts that the faa may run. our vehicles can already report their positions. >> we have cards that have registration and they are tracked by cameras in every corner and police and everything. i think e

they're not using their transponders, they're not communicating with air traffic control.ng on? >> russian aggression is clear. they have gone on a type of regression, whether it be in the ukraine. and the important part is they're not abiding by rules that have been set up, air rules, normal air rules. everybody files fight plans, and the fact that they are flying without any communications. so that's concerning. this is russian aggression. i think they're trying to reassert themselves. we have to watch it carefully. we deployed a brigade over to eastern europe conducting exercises with our partners. we'll continue to do actions like that to reassure our allies because of this russian aggression that we continue to see. >> good luck, general. thank you very much for joining us. thanks for your service and all you're doing. >> thank you, sir. >> general ray odierno, the u.s. army chief of staff. >>> we have breaking news just ahead. lava, yes, lava is threatening an entire community on the island of hawaii. >>> and cnn has learned that the ferguson, missouri police chief m

it has to land in gary, because the ongoing closure of the f-a- a's aurora air traffic control center makes landing at o'hare or midway too unreliable. it's the first time a presidential visit to chicago will start in gary. we're learning more about the man charged with setting the fire that crippled the f-a-a's aurora facility. >>brian howard of naperville used his facebook page to *announce his plan to set the fire. he was disgruntled over america's foreign policy, and the laziness of government employees. he said america *deserves the retribution terrorists are inflicting upon it. right now, howard faces only a single count of destroying aircraft facilities...that's up to 20 years in prison. as far as the airports go...85 percent of scheduled flights are back on schedule. the rest should be restored by october 13-th. taking a look at the *other top stories this morning. police in carpentersville say they have a person in custody for the stabbing death of a woman. the woman was found dead monday night in a home in the one hundred block of south lincoln avenue. a neighbor made the di

they are not using their transponders and they are not in radio contact with civilian air traffic control over europe. this is raising concerns. the civilian air traffic controllers, the commercial a aircraft that flight all over the european continent, those aircraft controllers need to know what is out there and the russians are keeping silent. it could be a very dangerous situation. >> barbara starr reporting there. the recent flights come at a time of heightened tensions between russia and the west over the crisis in ukraine. a nato official tells cnn the flights may just be a precursor to unannounced air exercises. >>> the u.s. intelligence committee now believes that one opening salvo on islamic militants last month in syria may have missed the mark. officials tell cnn key members of the al qaeda-linked korazan group may have survived the bombs and missiles. they believe both a leader of the group and a skilled bomb milwaukeer are still alive and could be plotting attacks. well, in the battle against isis, u.s. war planes have made a rare daylight raid on a syrian city. planes deliv

. >> froms say given the rap -- doctors say given the rapid air traffic it likely more cases will pop-up but any continuing outbreak is unlikely. >>> family and friend of a 78- year-old woman hit and killed in chinatown are calling on city hall to make things safer for pedestrians. >> slow down for chinatown. >> the intersection of stockton and sacramento is one of the most dangerous, scramble lights have been installed. scram bowl lights stop pedestrian in all four directions. the city should look at stockton and sacramento especially because there's a senior center on the corner. >> we did serious traffic monitoring at other intersections on stockton street and they have worked. we're going to have to look at this right now. >> lee was hit and killed by a driver turning left back on september 20th. >>> the catholic leadership in california is challenging that all health plans include abortion. the group claims that california is discriminating people morally against abortion. >>> clearing the backlog. >> testing every rape kit, the strict new state timeline on testing to get rape kits

the air traffic center in chicago, damaged after being set on fire, is now fully operational again. the incident caused thousands of flights to be delayed or canceled. the man accused of starting the fire is charged with destruction of aircraft or aircraft facilities. >>> yesterday the redskins -- just voices coming out of nowhere. they are at the bottom of the nfc east. four turnovers, three of those interceptions thrown by curt cousins. before yesterday's game. protesters rallied against the name redskins. 100 people said change the name. the team may encounter the largest protest when they visit the vikings. nativeamerican leaders and other activists have been preparing for weeks. the owner has vowed to never change the team's name and was sitting with the president of the navajo nation at the game yesterday. >>> after the break, it's time to weigh in on wall street after one ugly october. >>> outside kind of damp but it's not raining and i think the trend will be for far fewer showers this afternoon. that doesn't mean we won't have showers this afternoon. the bulk of the rain is

this is the audio from air traffic control. you hear the pilot say -- >> prepare for an emergency.raft. >> reporter: there were approximately 100 people in the building at the time of the crash. ryan peterman is an instructor who was in a safety class. >> the building kind of shook and rumbled. when we saw the smoke plume cast a shadow, we knew something was wrong. >> reporter: portions of the building sustained significant collapse and were unsafe. the ntsb will investigate yesterday's crash. t.j., reena? >> karen, thank you. >>> another crash in the heartland turned a halloween celebration tragic. a mother and her two children were killed when their suv was hit by a freight train. it happened just minutes before a halloween parade was set to take place ney. several others were injured and hospitalized. polsaye at crossing were functioning. >>> prosecutors plan to seek the death penalty for eric frein now that the suspected cop killer has been captured. he's been the subject of a 48-day manhunt. he fled after the attack on two troopers in a rural part of the state. bryon dickson w

this they do to and coming weather that last week's fire and air traffic control because of that more than to under 50 flights are now cancelled at midway. they have their tweet going out that all incoming and outgoing flights are canceled after noon eastern. they're asking passengers to chance with a hairline fur questions. <

. >> when you talk about safety at an airport, you think about air traffic controllers and towers, but apparently frederick has no tower. how does that affect safety and how are they able to help guide planes into that airport? >> reporter: this is something unusual, which is why we're covering it. so we'll just have to see before jumping to any sort of conclusions. i know that there have been some complaints about the fact that the tower issue has been rather controversial in that area, but obviously investigators will look at that. they will look at weather factors. they will look at the performance of the pilots as well. so they will look at everything as they begin to investigate this midair crash. >> this airport we know is frequently used. in fact, the nurse with ebola, nina pham, who flew into our area last week came through that particular airport and 300 some businesses use it all the time. so it is in fairly heavy rotation there in frederick. in fact, this is the second most trafficked airport in the area? >> reporter: it's a busy airport. the fact it's a busy airport doesn't

. >>> well, an air traffic control center torched two weeks ago, back open this morning. a disgruntled contract worker is accused of setting fire to the faa's air traffic control center near o'hare airport in chicago. that fire caused the cancellation of thousands of flights over several days. there were even delays as late as this morning. but now the faa says the control center is up and running full speed, and is able to handle heavy traffic. >>> ten people were hurt after a ferry boat crashed into a pier in san francisco last night. officers say it happened around 6:00 last night. the ferry trying to back up at pier 41. ten people were treated for minor injuries. the crash had the ferry out of service for a couple of hours. but it's back in service this morning. >>> a small community northeast of sacramento is starting to return to normal today. yesterday, fire officials lifted evacuation orders for families in applegate after gaining control of the fire that is burning in plaster county. the fire has been burning since wednesday and is about 80% contained. ten struct

. >>> it was a recently retired veteran air traffic control at the control of a plane that slammed into a building in wichita, kansas. four people were killed and five others were injured. one witness described a giant fireball as the small plane hit a building tow airport. the faa said the plane lost engine power shortly after it took off. >> time for a first look the business on this friday, which is halloween. and believe it or not, shopping begins. amazon is cutting the halloween revelry short by cutting off a bunch of big deals. walmart is rolling back prices on thousands of giferlts other -- gifts other stores don't plan to discount until black friday. >>> baristas at starbucks are not allowed to wear precious gems including engagement rings. >>> stocks jumped 21 points, futures are up big time. free food on this hallow's eve. christie cream and chipotele, and ihop. >>> the fire that forced dozens of people out of a west philadelphia apartment buildings. >> the man on the run for seven weeks after allegedly ambushing two pennsylvania state troopers weeks after allegedly ambushing

we think they are trying to recover from the fire that was one week ago involving the air traffic control. we have 65 flights cancelled. troubles continue in chicago. in terms of cancellation number two is dallas that's because of same reason one of the reasons would be the weather system down there. dallas has 26 cancellations. we have this big area shaded for possible travel related delays related to the weather up and down midwestern cities. some of the smaller airports in the middle part of the countries and down in texas. florida could see thundershowers, too, lax, no weather systems, but it's going to be 99 degrees today in los angeles, if you're traveling there, prepare for hot skillets. >> a video shows three vandals up to no good. three men and woman slash tires they did it tuesday night into wednesday morning, call police if you recognize them. >>> new jersey stars of real housewives of new jersey. they are going to prison for bankruptcy charges. together they may pay 414,000 in restitution. >> both of those sentences in the government's view are fair and appropriate and reasona