airways flight 1549 testified before congress.takeaway is about having the right person in the cockpit making the right decisions, airline professionals like captain chesley sullenberger worry their industry is going in the wrong direction. >> if we do not sufficiently value the airline piloting profession and future pilots are less experienced and less skilled, it logically follows that we will see negative consequences to the flying public and to our country. >> with all respect to the captain, i'm kind of surrounded by a lot of young people and they're 18 to 22 who all aspire to be in captain sullenberger's seat one day. i look at them at age 22. they're further along than i was and i was a military aviator. when they get to be at our age, they're going to be as good as we and are probably a little bit better. >> still, us airways first officer jeffrey skiles who sits in what he refers to as the right seat as a copilot is troubled by the trend he says he sees, of less-experienced pilots being rushed into the cockpit before they

that we're flying on, because you don't want to run into other airplanes on that airway. so perhaps, if this was a fire, a crew did exactly what their books told them to do, by descending and getting off the airway and that kind of coincides with that westerly heading that would have taken them to the indian ocean. now, if they were succumbed by smoke and fire, the airplane perhaps flew by itself for a while. so either exhausted its fuel supply, or crashed because the controls were perhaps melting. >> sure. now, it would make no sense to anybody like me, who doesn't have experience with this sort of thing, that the pilots would have programmed in these waypoints such that it's jog of a flight pattern would be of the construct which we've seen. however, it's my understanding and i think i've heard it from you, that pilots might put in a number of waypoints just as a just in case, and that would explain why it is that they made those erratic movements. >> that's correct. they could have done that. or simply use a heading mode, which is the fastest and the simplest way to tu

that we're flying on, because you don't want to run into other airplanes on that airway. so perhaps, if this was a fire, a crew did exactly what their books told them to do, by descending and getting off the airway and that kind of coincides with that westerly heading that would have taken them to the indian ocean. now, if they were succumbed by smoke and fire, the airplane perhaps flew by itself for a while. so either exhausted its fuel supply, or crashed because the controls were perhaps melting. >> sure. now, it would make no sense to anybody like me, who doesn't have experience with this sort of thing, that the pilots would have programmed in these waypoints such that it's jog of a flight pattern would be of the construct which we've seen. however, it's my understanding and i think from you, that pilots might put in a number of waypoints just as a just in case, and that would explain why it is that they made those erratic movements. >> that's correct. they could have done that. or simply use a heading mode, which is the fastest and the simplest way to turn the aircraf

>> reporter: the us airways flight to ft. lauderdale, halted just seconds before leaving ground. crashing nose down. >> it's really tough to tell. i see smoke down there. >> we're going to dispatch the emergency vehicles. >> reporter: moments later, emergency slides deploy and panic-filled passengers sliding down, literally sprinting to safety. >> you look back at the plane, you can see that the landing gear on the nose had pretty much collapsed. >> reporter: the cause -- us airways claims a blown tire was the culprit. the faa saying the nose gear reportedly failed and firefighters once on the scene noticed hydraulic fluid leaking. as luck would have it, among the passengers, 13 belgian firefighters, pressed into duty as first responders and assisting in the evacuation and some passengers, still shaken to their core. >> oh, good, i was shivering. >> reporter: ryan smith, abc news, new york. >>> now, we head oversees the clock counting down in ukraine and there you can see on the map, the david in the shadow of goliath of russia. in the middle, the tiny region of crimea, where thi

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straits of malacca and the pings they received from the engine data aligned almost perfectly with an airway heading northwest toward sri lanka. >> i want to talk about that theory. but first, karen, i wanted to ask you if -- there's been a lot of confusion about what exactly the transponder is. it's a frequency that's in there in the cockpit you can set. have you ever had occasion as a pilot to turn the transponder off? is there some aspect of that that doesn't seem as incriminating or mysterious or bizarre as it appears to lay folks like me? >> procedures are to turn on the transponder right before we take

airways? >> without question, our relationship with american is very positive.ed that that merger has taken place. we are the leader on the north atlantic business between the uk and u.s. is always strong. we have launched new routes. we started flying from heathrow to austin in texas earlier this week. that's a reflection of the belief and commitment that we have to the market here. i think it's a good time for all airlines but it has been particularly good for british airways. >> what about the airline reward schemes? delta gave further details on how it's breaking away from the big three and it will reward people for the money they have spent, not the distance that they fly. you think airline reward schemes are on a slow path to destruction now for most people? >> not on a path to destruction but they are changing. when you look at delta, definitely the most innovative carrier in north america. richard anderson i would say is probably the best airline leader we have around. when they do things, the industry watches and the industry will take note of what delt

airways flight 1702 was headed to ft. lauderdale from philadelphia.rline spokesperson tells cnn the tire of the airbus a 320 blew on takeoff. we're getting some conflicting reports here because the philadelphia airport tweeted out that nose gear of the plane collapsed. we're also getting that same information from the faa that reportedly there was some nose gear collapse. but we do know that 149 passengers were on board. they were evacuated onto the runway. no injuries are reported at this hour. and authorities do say that the aircraft is not on fire which you can see there live from these live pictures that we have. now, the latest, erin, from the airport, the airport has reopened but one runway is still closed. and of course, the faa is investigating. >> all right, rosa, thank you very much. pretty miraculous when you look at those pictures and think about how that fuel tank would have been full that there was no fire and that all those passengers were evacuated safely. >>> still to come, pope francis celebrating a major milestone today. and jeanne

a us airways flight was forceded to abort take off after the plane's landing gear collapsed. want to show you some pictures moments after the accident. passengers were evacuated and brought back to the terminal by bus. it appears nobody was hurt. we have just received some cell phone of the evacuation of that plane. we'll bring it to you in just a new minutes. >>> new developments tonight in connection to that missing malaysia airline ir. sources tell nbc news that the boeing 777 may have flown for four hours after it dropped off the radar. that is based on signals sent from the engine's satellite communication system, designed by rolls-royce. leaders have yet to see that information. >> since the media report, rolls-royce and boeing specifically. as far as rolls-royce and boeing are concerned, those reports are inaccurate. >> just yesterday, the chinese media reporteded that government satellite captured images of a possible crash site. malaysian officials say they went to the site and found nothing. rescuers from 12 nations including the u.s. are now taking part in that sea

airways flight asked for medical treatment. but no serious injuries are reported. everyone was put on other flights to florida. they did arrive safely late last night. the cause of the gear collapse is still under investigation. >>> a 16-year-old girl has been arrested for selling brownies laced with marijuana to students at hayward high school. she sold the brownies while riding the bus. at least five students got sick. >> she was walking and she passed out. everyone ran up to her. >> the girl who sold the brownies is expected to face charges in juvenile court. officials say it appears the students that got sick knew the brownies were laced with marijuana. >>> bart has unvailed a new proposal aimed at safety. bart is creating a smart phone app. now the free app which also comes in spanish and chinese will be available in a few months. passengers can report any unruly riders without being overheard making the call or getting up to use the intercom. the app will allow them to up load photos or send in comments. >>> the money comes from an $800,000 state grant throug

that was british airways. this is an airplane that really reliable.whole argument here would be great to have now but going forward, are we going to gum up the airwaves or internet or whatever with a lot of information from those 50,000 airplanes he just mentioned? it is an issue. melissa: well,do you think. >> certainly you look at the trend of history and a lot more is being recorded and then transmitted but one question before we get to how to fix it is what exactly happened here? there is supposed to be transponders relaying information on the plane and then, if it did crash, the typically the there is a beacon sent out, a location signal that allows people to get that black box to get to the accident to find out what happened. first we want to know what we're dealing with here before we design fixes. melissa: jared, how critical is it to the industry that this question be solved? or is this a tragic and freak accident? >> well i think first of all we need to get to the root of the problem. i talked to two of my friends, they are both captains on

airways flight careening off the runway in philadelphia. the front landing gear collapsing.. all caught on tape. >>> royal revenge. >>> bombshell allegations in court that princess diana leaked a top secret phone book with

an aborted takeoff forces passengers to flee from a us airways jet. >>> malaysia mystery deepens. day seven, huge search zone, few clues and no one really knows where flight 370 might be. >>> nbc news exclusive. new information surrounding the massive general motors faulty ignition recall. >>> facebook's mark zuck erberg gives president obama stern rebuke. you may be shocked by how much money americans spend on their pets. it is friday, march 14th. "early today" starts right now. >>> good morning, everyone. i'm brian shactman. we have a very busy new days. we want to get you started with a routine trip from philly to ft. lauderdale that turned terrifying for passengers over us airways flight after its nose gear failed during takeoff. investigators are now looking into the cause. nbc's kirk gregory explains what happens. >> reporter: scary moments for passengers, forced to evacuate this plane when a tire on the front landing gear blew during takeoff. >> she said the plane took off and then it crashed. it came down. and then it went up again and then came down again and then it basi

reloaded in the flight management computer so that the airplane would track one of the published airwaysher than if a destination only had been put in and direct to that destination had been entered, the aircraft would have crossed across the airways and not over any particular of the way points. so it leads me to believe that it was programmed intentionally that way. >> do you agree, john, with that? >> yes, i do. >> so what i hear both of you saying -- i want richard to get involved in this as well -- keith, let me go back to you. the more i hear from you, it sounds like foul play as opposed to some catastrophic mechanical failure caused this disaster, is that right, john? first, to you. >> yes, i believe that based on what we have available to us at this moment, that it appears human intervention has taken over this airplane. >> and keith? >> yes, human intervention, whether we want to label it foul play or, you know, something certainly occurred in the cockpit to reprogram the route. >> and what's the latest you're hearing from experts, richard? >> that the route that it took over th

us airways provided another plane for those passengers game enough for another run to the sun.>> now developments on malaysian airlines flight 370 this morning. u.s. officials tell abc news two separate communication systems on board were manually turned off separately indicating a greater probability those on the plane fell victim to either pilot hijacking or suicide. the pentagon official also told abc news the plane may have flown for hours, longer than previously thought. >> new information. an additional search area may be opened in indian ocean and we're working with international assets. >> they are moving destroyer "uss kidd" to the search area. >>> the mystery of what happens to flight 370 seems to have changed by the hour. with new information, the jetliner could have been flying for hours longer than thought. speculation changes to the plane may have landed, but where. abc's bob woodruff looks at the possibilities. >> reporter: could the plane have soared right past where they're searching on the ocean, crashing on dry land or even landing to safety? the closest isla

the plane dipped down in the front, and the front wheels touched a bit. >> reporter: pilots on us airways flight 1702 to florida with 149 aboard were forced to abort takeoff after the landing gear collapsed and blew a tire. >> the plane was really hitting the front and then assuming the front wheel just broke off, then we just started sliding. people were screaming. >> reporter: the airport was briefly shut down. all planes were grounded and the injuries all minor. >> most people complained about being cold. >> reporter: some of the passengers opted to get back on another flight to ft. lauderdale. in philadelphia crews have been on the scene throughout the night inspecting the plane underlying just how lucky the passengers and crews were. only three minor injuries reported. >>> there may be more charges for the man accused of a deadly accident in austin during the south by southwest festival. police and eyewitnesses say rashad owens gunned the engine as he plowed into a crowd outside of a nightclub. he's being charged with two murders and aggravated assault. drunk driving may be added onc

airways 1702 and the philadelphia airport control tower. >> u.s. on the runway. we're going to dispatch the emergency vehicles. >> investigators are trying to figure out what caused the plane's landing gear to collapse. >> pretty amazing pictures. taking a look outside at the bay bridge lit up with beautiful lights. check in with meteorologist christina loren, going to let us know how the weekend is looking. >> aren't we happy that it is. we can all enjoy together. happy friday everybody. as we get ready to enjoy sleeping in and getting outdoors, not having to go to work. temperatures really warm. i have to point that out. so you can get to the beach this weekend, that is the place to be. temperatures right now mostly in the 40s and 50s. we have patchy low clouds. but overall those are going to clear by about 9:00 a.m. a warm finish to the day. if you are heading out watch out for a little bit of patchy fog at the coast. by lunch time not a cloud in the sky. even in san francisco. mostly clear evening, temps drop quickly at night once we lose that warmth. this is

by the malaysian airways and the guadalupe paw airport. the fact that we had at least two passengers on board. it is a very serious issues. it relies on the fact that who our passengers are. we managed to stop the dead guys that we know of before we go off it is closed. as far as the security is concerned although i have to say with the latest details that has come up today about the sequence of events meaning first of all it was the data reporting system that was gone, and only later somebody in the cockpit was heard saying good night to the ground station led to the conclusion or the assumption that the pilots are involved and i strongly support that the assumption. but at the same time we need to keep in mind that malaysian airways as well as most other airlines of the world with the isra israeli airline. every time the door is open we actually open an opportunity for somebody who is well trained to reach into the cockpit and perhaps their own use the bulletproof door to protect inside the cockpit. >> let me interrupt you. >> in terms o

if you look at the airway map superimposed what they think the route of it crosses all those airways.t actually hit way points as it goes around. bill: what does that mean? >> he was going direct to someplace and didn't care about hitting way points as we normally would fly which would be legal way to fly since air traffic control has no know where we're going next. bill: so you know these two possibilities, right, at least have been talked about here among the many possibilities. >> right. bill: one is this route that would have gone toward pakistan or kazakhstan. the other would have gone south deep into the southern part of the indian ocean. option number two where they're searching in significant way with u.s. and australian assets. do you think that is where the plane went? >> if i knew would i tell somebody. it is hard to tell where he went after that. once he went below 5,000 feet and tried to stay clear of radar -- bill: do we know he went the 5,000 feet. >> that's what we think. there is no transponder on it at this time. any accurate altitude information is lost at that poin

scary moments aboard a u-s airways flight taking off from philadelphia late thursday afternoon. flight 1702 aborted its departure after the aircraft blew a tire. you can see the plane in this shot off the runway with its nose-gear collapsed onto the tarmac. all 149 passengers and five crew members safely evacuated the crippled airbus a-320 a u-s air spokesman says one person on the flight requested medical assistance. the flight was heading for fort lauderdale, florida. one girl on board that flight recorded herself in the moments after fleeing the plane. take a look. her name is hannah udren. she made a selfie video as she ran from the plane. saying it was on fire. other passengers say the plane bounced very hard, shot up and then bounced again. almost a week after the disappearance of malaysia airlines flight 370, the search area may be growing even larger. andrew spencer reports new information may put the plane over the indian ocean -- well away from the gulf of thailand. a 100-year-old water pipe burst in san francisco, causing all sorts of problems. and taking all day to f

that we're flying on, because you don't want to run into other airplanes on that airway. so perhaps, if this was a fire, a crew did exactly what their books told them to do, by descending and getting off the airway and that kind of coincides with that westerly heading that would have taken them to the indian ocean. now, if they were succumbed by smoke and fire, the airplane perhaps flew by itself for a while. so either exhausted its fuel supply, or crashed because the controls were perhaps melting. >> sure. now, it would make no sense to anybody like me, who doesn't have experience with this sort of thing, that the pilots would have programmed in these waypoints such that it's jog of a flight pattern would be of the construct which we've seen. however, it's my understanding and i think i've heard it from you, that pilots might put in a number of waypoints just as a just in case, and that would explain why it is that they made those erratic movements. >> that's correct. they could have done that. or simply use a heading mode, which is the fastest and the simplest way to tu

a us airways jet blew a tire on takeoff.d say it was very frightening to feel the plane bounce, then screech to a halt. >> the second we went up, it just came crashing down, and it was like -- then everyone started screaming. >> bumpy. then we noticed we were going back down and then stopped and, you know, felt it. then they said evacuate the plane, and everyone started panicking. >> the 149 passengers on board were hurried off the airbus a-320, taken back to the terminal and put on later flights for ft. lauderdale, where they were headed. pretty dramatic pictures. only one minor injury reported, thank goodness. >>> authorities in new york this morning continue sifting through the rubble at the site of that deadly explosion that leveled two apartment buildings. right now the death toll stands at 8 with as many as 5 people still unaccounted for. authorities plan to test a gas main at the site as they try to find the cause of a leak believed to be behind the explosion. poppy up there the last few days. >> very, very, very trag

could this be the pilot and co-pilot of malaysia airways 370 moments before they boarded the plane? that flight is now the focus of the biggest aviation mystery since amelia earhart. today nearly ten days after the boeing 777 vanished the search area has expanded, most of it shimmering ocean. >> from the cockpit this ocean seems endless and it feels like an inch by inch search. >> reporter: abc's gloria riviera had a front row seat for ten hours of searching today, searching in vain. on the ground perth on the west coast of australia has become a central staging area. 26 nations are now involved in the search and rescue. you're at pierce air base. they'll be spearheading the effort as it reaches into the southern reaches of the indian ocean. aviation experts tell us that's the most likely place this plane ended up. but the thing is no one can say for sure. >> reporter: this in an era when technology is not supposed to let things simply disappear. least of all a jumbo jet with 239 souls on board. but so far instead of answers it's become a real-life episode of "lost." a mystery in da

airways jet has made an emergency landing on the runway at philadelphia international.he nose gear appears to have collapsed aen

airways flight in philadelphia. a tire blew out forcing the plane to abort its takeoff. the jet's nose gear collapsed on the runway and passengers on board scrambled down the inflatabxit. everne sed screaming. n. >> saw the smoke. and then we evacuating the plane. >> two passengers were injured but not seriously. crews lifted up the plane this morning to allow investigators to inspect the landing gear. the plane was then towed to a hangar for further inspex. >>> still -- inspection. >>> still ahead, secretary of state john kerry looks for a lat-minute diplomatic -- last- minute diplomatic solution in ukraine. >>> the death toll from the building collapse in east harlem continues to grow. those stories and >>> turning to the latest on the crisis in crimea and iew criminal. secretary of state john kerry is in london for talks with his russian counterpart, all part of a last-ditch effort to diffuse tensions with moscow and head off a referendum in crimea where residents will vote on whether to join russia. alfonso van marsh has the latest from moscow. >> reporter: secretary

. >> i tried to open the airway and found no signs of life. >> first came the heaving, then the wretching bucket slid over to him. then that handkerchief covering the clammy face. early we heard the ear witness accounts of the screams heard from the pistorius home late last night. >> petrifying screams. i heard that female screaming fearfully. >> the frequent swings at the bullet-ridden door. but under cross-examination. but then, it wasn't the door that seemed to be dismantled but the police credibility. >> the defense is trying to show they messed up this investigation. the evidence wasn't cared for. there may have even been corrupt police officers involved in this case. reer >> reporter: the prosecution and defense have two very different versions of what happened. so abc news built a lifestyle model of pistorius' home based on the floor plans. that's amy robach and dan abrams. prosecutors believe there was a fight that witnesses could hear the fight from outside these windows that were open. they believe reeva then flees to the bathroom. he comes around to this side of the bed, grabs

by the malaysian airways and the guadalupe paw airport.act that we had at least two passengers on board. it is a very serious issues. it relies on the fact that who our passengers are. we managed to stop the dead guys that we know of before we go off it is closed. as far as the security is concerned although i have to say with the latest details that has come up today about the sequence of events meaning first of all it was the data reporting system that was gone, and only later somebody in the cockpit was heard saying good night to the ground station led to the conclusion or the assumption that the pilots are involved and i strongly support that the assumption. but at the same time we need to keep in mind that malaysian airways as well as most other airlines of the world with the isra israeli airline. every time the door is open we actually open an opportunity for somebody who is well trained to reach into the cockpit and perhaps their own use the bulletproof door to protect inside the cockpit. >> let me interrupt you. >> in terms of the

the search back to continuing for that malaysian airways jet. joining us is greg barton.n. he has waited for us to sort out some technical issues. -- research focuses primarily on terrorism. thank you for sticking around. you are making this linkage with this code share agreement with china southern. do you think that we should be focusing on that, or is it one of many things that perhaps we have to rule in or rule out? ofwell, i think the nature the aircraft disappearance points to something catastrophic , which could be terrorism. the question is, who would want to attack malaysia? about the groups we know have reasons not to attack malaysia. however, it was an attack on a chinese target because most passengers were chinese nationals flying into beijing. that rather changes things. still, the group most likely are separatists, but we didn't think they would have the capacity to launch an attack on an airliner. that is surprising. >> how bad are things in china with regard to the separatist issue? we really don't hear a lot of good of course, we heard about the events la

it's still on the 580 path here. 580 at air airway. this truck is completely turned out. the lane is open. it's in the shoulder of a construction area. however traffic is slowing down to take a look as you can see. 580 westbound near airway. the traffic is backed up big time. and it goes for miles and miles. as it pushes up and gets to the altamont pass, it gets thicker and thicker and it will be slow way back to 205. if this is your commute it will be a very slow commute coming through. let's move along and take a look at the drive if you are driving to the bay bridge toll plaza. it will be pretty slow. it is a 30 minute delay. public transportation not reporting any significant delays. let's go to steve. >>> thank you, sal. a lot of cloud cover us and very, very light rain. not a lot to this system and this will be it for the week. after today lots of sunshine and warmer temps. be i think that is about it. rain moves south. 60s and 70s. a very mild air mass over us.  some you can see there is a back edge to this all the way up there. moving into mendocino county. ther

richard wescott and former british airways pilot piers applegart will answer your questions in a live twitter q and a today. tweet your question to @bbc westcott using #ask, bbcrichard. or text your questio question @bbcwestcott @bbc.co.uc plus 447624800. >> now, a court in egypt has handed down death sentences to 528 supporters of the ousted president mohamed morsi, one of the largest mass trials in the country in recent years. after being convicted of charges, including attacking police, there was reaction outside the court. security forces in cairo break up two camps. it includes leaders of the band muslim brotherhood. orla guerin says they are questioning the validity and fairness of the trial. >> the lawyers involved in this case as you say, say they have been denied justice. it was described as a black mark against the egyptian judiciary. we have had reaction from the muslim brotherhood, the verdict of a kangaroo court. as several legal experts are tell us they believe this case will be subject to a retrial. now, it was the killing of one police officer. it has resulted in death

in some cases--there is a south african airways 747 at the bottom of the indian ocean to this day that has never been recovered because it's under so much water. with all the technology and the demands for immediacy that we have nowadays, i think people need to step back and realize something like this cannot be explained necessarily all at once right now. we have to wait. air crash investigations take months, sometimes longer before we get the full story. it's possible, not likely but it's possible that we will never know the full story of what happened. people have to be prepared for that. meanwhile, i hope what doesn't happen is that this event undermines the greater strides we've made in air safety. last year was the safetiest year in the entire history of aviation. that's pretty remarkable. occasionally we're going to have large-scale accidents, disasters, if you want to call them. that's never going to go away completely. but the numbers are getting smaller and smaller, and hopefully this doesn't become such a media frenzy that people forget that fact. we've engineered a way that

airways jet heading to florida avoids take off, makes a landing in philadelphia. mystery of flight 370 takes more surprising turns with officials saying the jet was in the air hours after it lost contact with ground control. >> new allegations against general motors, facing a new recall, now linked to hundreds of deaths with airbag failures. >> and investigation of a church buying up a small town in texas - some say it's a cult. >> plus, warp speed - star trek fans creating their own shows, and this web-based series is creating rave reviews and a following. we'll talk to the cast. i >> we will have the latest on the mystery of the flight 370. first, an emergency landing of a passenger jet in philadelphia. this is cell phone video taken moments after u.s. airways flight returned to the airport. it had taken off when it blue a tire. the pilot turned around, landed with the knows gear collapsing. you can see people running from the jet. fortunately no one was injured, the cause is under investigation. >> now to the search for malaysia airlines flight 370. tomorrow ma

airways airline that sat down in the middle of the hudson river is an exception. when a plane falls from a height 35,000 feet that this particularly airline was traveling at, the water is concrete and it is very improbable that anyone would survive. this system of transmitting back and forth from a satellite isn't that good for search aand rescue. it is a question of getting forecast back from the black box to make the small improvements that we hope to be able to make to airlines in the future but those airlines are doing a pretty good job when it comes to safety so it's unlikely that anyone is going to make that kind of investment in the future. >> adam weiss, currently with the spectrum group. mark has flown the 777, the same model that disappeared. mark, welcome. >> thank you. >> how likely do you think this is an accident? >> an act of terror? >> no, an accident. >> my gut feeling is this was not an accident. that airplane is an extremely safe airplane. it's a good airplane to fly. it's a stable platform. it's forgiving. it's built with pilots in mind. its sy

these are wave points in an international airway across the sky.te that this plane took using the pings, this is what it shows. it shows it went along those wave points. even the malaysians and the united states and even the u.s. navy says, there is not 100% confidence in this information but pardon the pun, in a sea of confusion, you have to follow every lead you possibly can. that's why this has taken on a significance this friday. >> i want to talk about these pings, supposedly, according to reuters, at 1:07 on saturday, the data reporting system shut down. 14 minutes later, at 1:21, in the morning, the transponder shut down. is there a scenario you can think of where that might happen. >> there are certainly all kinds of possibilities out there but as virtually every single previous guest that you have had on here has stated, unless we can actually get to that aircraft and verify it based upon the data reportings and every other bit of information, that's just another hypothesis. certainly, there is a scenario in which they could be turned off.

a terrifying scare for passengers on a us airways flight. it happened in philadelphia at the international airport. the plane lurching off the runway, the takeoff aborted and abc's ryan smith is here with all the latest. good morning, ryan. >> reporter: good morning, lara. the plane was off the ground a little bit and nose went up and then down again and a passenger on 1702 and what happened next shocked everyone on board. >> oh, my god. my plane. my plane just crashed. >> reporter: turbulent takeoff. >> the plane is on fire. >> reporter: overnight us airways flight 1702 aborting takeoff at philadelphia international airport at the last second heading to ft. lauderdale. skidding off the runway after the plane's nose gear apparently collapsed. >> it's really tough to tell. i see smoke down there. 1702, we'll dispatch emergency vehicles. >> reporter: careening into an empty field. the plane, nose down. smoke billowing from the left side. frightened passengers exiting on emergency slides sprinting to get away. some people seen on the wings even

airway flight 17 02 from philadelphia with 149 aboard was forced to abort take off shortly after 6:00 p.m. as the air bus a 320 slid and screeched to terrifying halt. >> the plane really hit the front then assuming the front wheel broke off and then we started screaming. >> emergency chute and hit the ground running. everyone made it to safety. 3 minor injuries reported. >> we take a protective foam blanket around and the aircraft leaking from the front landing gear. we removed the passengers and moved approximately 400 yards off away from the airport into the field. >> i'm not going to florida. >> i'm not going. >> well some travelers did. u.s. airway provided another plane for those passengers game enough for another run to the sun. >> larry abc news new york. >> in san francisco tonight fire crew still on the scene of the mission bay fire. as far as they can tell the flames are out but they are taking no chances with hot spots. the job ahead though is challenging as the demolition work continues fire investigators have not been able to get into the site. destruction spans entire ci

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. >> frightening moments for those on board a us airways plane yesterday when the nose landing gear collapsed and a tire blew during takeoff from philadelphia international airport. the pilot aborted takeoff and passengers went down the emergency chutes onto the runway and some use their cell phones to record what happened. >> oh my god. >> everything was in a panic at the time. i have never seen anything like that in my life for. >> two of the 150 people were taken to the hospital with minor injuries and some of the passengers opted to get another flight that night and go to fort lauderdale. new details into the investigation of the massive recall by general motors, what the automaker is saying about figures involving debts in recall vehicles. we will tell you about the health concern that forced a local school to close today. >> taking a live look outside at the nation's capital, it's pretty warm out there so prepare for the warm-up but the temperatures w >> the maryland state senate will vote today on whether to decriminalize the possession of small amounts of marijuana. it is already appr

oh what a relief it is >>> a us airways crew is being hailed for its response to an emergency.d the pilot to abort a takeoff in philadelphia thursday. passengers evacuated the triple jet on emergency slides. there were no serious injuries. >>> and officials say the missing malaysia airlines plane continued to ping satellites for hours after it disappeared from radar. sources say two systems used to track the aircraft shut down sequentially, raising the prospect of a malicious act. >>> millions of people are searching for malaysia flight 370, many from the comfort of their own home or office. carter evans explains how the hunt for the missing passenger jet has gone viral. >> basically we're looking for anything that stands out. >> reporter: l.a. filmmaker craig santee has spend 12 hours scanning satellite images on the website. in your search so far what have you found? >> so far i've found 12 fishing vessels, and i've found about 11 things that i cannot explain what they are, but they don't look natural. >> reporter: the images come from five satellites owned by colorado-based

a fire on board that was not necessarily a bomb, was blamed for this south african airways 747 in the indian ocean in 1987. a cargo fire was blamed for the crash of valujet in the everglades. in that case it was oxygen tanks improperly stored in the cargo hold. lots of different things can bring down commercial airliners. it's hard to believe after a list like that, taken in context, air travel is safe. compared to the other ways that we travel, considering the huge number of commercial flights all over the world that have taken off and landed safely just since i started this segment, air travel broadly speaking is safe. but when it's not there's a lot of different ways that it can go wrong. and we have an empirical set of data, really well documented all -- from all over the world about why planes come down when they do come down. if malaysia airways flight 370 did come down, then finding its wreckage will be the first and necessary step in figuring out what was the cause of that disaster. but when planes do come down, there are as many ways to find them as there are ways for the pla

airways flight was on its way to ft.rdale when a tire on the front landing gear blew out and forced the pilot to board the takeoff as the jet skid off the runway. passengers got off on emergency slides. 154 people were on there and thankfully nobody got hurt. we're live in the newsroom. >> we're so lucky there weren't more injuries. i can't tell you more because the ntsb takes time with these investigations but they're monitoring it. for those passengers, you have to wonder how different the outcome might have been if it all happened on left-hand sid sid- -- landing instead of takeoff. >> 400-yard airplane from -- away from the airplane and we used our vehicles to surround the group, safely corral the passengers to protect them from the wind. >> getting away from the aircraft quickly was key because there was fire growing on and they were aided by a grew of belgian firefighters aboard the plane. passengers smelled smoke and burning tires as the flight crew yelled, evacuate. >> that's crazy. get the thing off the runway,

airways jet had to make an emergency landing in philadelphia.gear collapsed when it touched the runway. passengers had to use the emergency slides to get off the plane. one witness says he watched the whole thing as his plane taxied nearby. >> he looked out the window. the nose of the plane was up. there were sparks coming -- not sure if it was sparks or fire. >> two passengers on the u.s. airways flight asked for medical treatment but no serious injuries are reported. the crew and all the passengers were put on other planes and arrived in florida late last night. >>> family and friends are mourning the loss of three brothers gun downed in separate shootings in the east bay. nelson hamilton was shot to death near his home. hiss death comes after his brother was shot in february and another brother killed nearly three years ago. >> they just grew up knowing this side don't like this side for no reason at all. nobody should die just because they live wherever they live. >> five alleged gang members have been arrested in the pinole shooting. the ot

british airways spokesman said we are very sorry for of offense caused in an e-mail statement, saying that advertising campaign is being withdrawn which was planned months ago and we recognize its appearance at this time is inappropriate. >> toyota is launching a major recall because of a problem with airbags. >> and there is gold in the dry hills. here is america's money report. >>> topping america's money, another recall because of airbag problems. toyota says the airbags in 120,000 decade old vehicles could inflate. flee son -- knee senator issued a recall. there is a new sign of slowing down in the housing industry with experts blaming the winter weather but say they expect the rebound. >> now there is a gold rush in california because of the low water levels rutting from the historic drought you can pan if gold in areas that have been out of reach for decades. gold now sells if $1,300 an ounce. >> and "noah" could be $30 million to $40 million in ticket sales did enough for number one and might encourage other bible-based movies. >> facebook c.e.o. mark zuckerberg is giving new i

and what the doctor heard before arriving where he found pistorius trying to keep reeva steenkamp's airway open. the doctor's testimony yesterday caused a strong emotional reaction from pistorius. at one point he appeared to be physically ill. >> four suspects have been arrested of a shooting at a memphis mall that sent shoppers running for cover. it was the result of a dispute between suspects and victim all who knew each other. >>> at the sea pac under way outside washington presidential hopefuls are jockeying for position. among those trying to rehab his battered image is chris christie. he urged republicans to focus on their own good ideas rather than tear down democratic proposals. >> when we say that we want to make a difference in our society we need to make a difference through free market reforms that have always worked in our country and we don't need to, mr. president, your opinion on what income equality is. we don't have an income equality problem. we have an opportunity inequality problem in perhaps the most enduring image from cpac comes from mitch mcconnell who took the sta

airways ship was forced to land after a plane blew a tyre through takeoff. cellphone video after a plane returned with 149 passengers on board. the landing gear collapsed and it skidded on to the runway. the faa is now investigating the incident. >> the justice department wants to reduce prison sentences for nonviolent drug offenders. attorney-general eric holter old told a u.s. sentencing commission that shorter sentences would be fair and only apply to some crimes. >> there are people, we must understand, who have to be prosecuted and deserve to go to gaol. there are ways in which we can maintained public safety and reduce the prison population, reduce the number of people we are sentencing. >> the commission will vote on a proposal next month. if approved sentences will be shortened by a year. >> problems for general motors after a review of federal data. a private watchdog group found more than 300 died as a result of air bags that failed to deploy. a study examined cases where the air bags failed to act vit. gm is under pressure from lawmakers and regul

spiriva is a once-daily inhaled copd maintenance treatment that helps open my obstructed airways for a full 24 hours. spiriva helps me breathe easier. spiriva handihaler tiotropium bromide inhalation powder does not replace fast-acting inhalers for sudden symptoms. tell your doctor if you have kidney problems, glaucoma, trouble urinating, or an enlarged prostate. these may worsen with spiriva. discuss all medicines you take, even eye drops. stop taking spiriva and seek immediate medical help if your breathing suddenly worsens, your throat or tongue swells, you get hives, vision changes or eye pain, or problems passing urine. other side effects include dry mouth and constipation. nothing can reverse copd. spiriva helps me breathe better. does breathing with copd weigh you down? don't wait to ask your doctor about spiriva. >>> this is a fox news alert as the search intensifies for the missing airliner, searching 1500 miles off the coast of australia, joining me now to explain, the former adviser to the u.k. appreciate you being here. >> good to see you. >> all right, we just got the we

he spent 25 years as a captain for us airways and he's an expert on flight safety. good to see you. good morning. >> good morning. thank you for having me. >> what do you make of all this latest information? >> i tend to agree a lot with tom costello in that what question know is we don't know a whole lot and that we need to be very careful and as difficult as it is to be patient and let the investigators do their job. based on my experience, i believe that we will find in the end this has several elements. it will have a human element. it will have potentially a mechanical element. an environmental element. and perhaps a security element. so as we look at all of this, everything is still on the table. and the fact that we get ideas or we get speculations or we get thin bits of evidence and we act on that is appropriate for right now. there is a debris field out there and we will find it. i'm confident of that. we just haven't yet. >> the question is where is that debris field and we got confirmation of some of the latest information from the white house and i want to play jay carne