so through the ntsb. they will not be, you know, uh, a lone ranger, you know, in this thing they work through a very structured process. >> um, that we have two survivors from this incident. i mean, looking at this video is incredible that two people managed to survive. we we know that they were apparently sitting closer to the tail end, which is what ultimately, um, was salvageable. sadly, one of them is already conscious that person already speaking. how vital will their first hand account be in terms of determining what happened? >> well, it will be important, but it will not be critical. what's most important will be the voice recorder discussing what's going on among the crew members as they're bringing the plane in. was there pandemonium in the cockpit? what are they running? a smooth ship. were they prepared for the landing? uh, was there a bird strike? did they shut down the correct engine? the voice recorder will be critical. the data recorder will put, uh, a firm timeline on exactly what they we

in your experience with the ntsb. what role could they play and what are they going to be looking for? >> well, the team that comes from the united states comes under the auspices of an international treaty of which korea is assigned. and so is the united states. so they the ntsb is the official accredited representative to this accident. boeing and others will be the faa and others will be assisting the ntsb. and the ntsb and the korean counterparts in the aviation and railway investigative bureau have a very close working relationship. i don't anticipate any problems with with their collaboration. >> so we are learning that the pilot reported a bird strike just minutes before this crash. it appears based on the video we've seen, that the landing gear was not down, that the flaps were not certainly not fully deployed. is there a reason that that that the pilot would have not deployed the landing gear, not deployed the flaps, or do you think there was more likely something the matter with the airplane? >> well, that's

i understand the ntsb is leading a team of u.s.tigators to assist on the ground in south korea. what are you learning are the next steps in the investigation? >> good afternoon, alex. this will proceed in accordance with international protocol which is why the ntsb is leading a u.s. team to participate in the south korean investigations. the boeing 737-800 is a u.s.-designed and built aircraft which is why the ntsb is going to lead a team of boeing and faa investigators to assist the south koreans, and the first thing on the list is to see what the two black boxes say. the cockpit voice recorder and the flight data recorder and that is key in trying to determine what happened in this very mysterious accident. >> i'm curious. what goes through in your mind as you see that horrific video of that plane just racing down the runway seemingly unable to slow down and stop. my trajectory is not one that i can tell, but it just seemed like the plane's ability to brake and slow down and unfortunately, travel headlong into that wall. what goe

liz kreutz has the details. >> reporter: the ntsb investigating what caused this small cargo plane in hawaii to spiral out of control in hawaii before crashing into a building near the honolulu airport. >> all of a sudden, heard a big boom. >> reporter: this dash cam video showing the horrifying final moments of the flight. >> you're turning right, right? >> we have, we are out of control here. >> reporter: the cessna 208 slamming into an abandoned building, killing the two people on board, who were conducting a training flight, according to the airline. >> i'm sitting at my desk. and all of a sudden i see a small plane fly past my office window. it started banking and turning back towards the airport. and then i heard a loud bang. >> reporter: the crash causing ththis msive plume of smoke and flames seen for miles. >> fortunately, the building was abandoned building. it was the best-case scenario. no one else was involved. >> reporter: the victims identified by family as young pilots in their 20s. officials are praising the men, saying they avoided populated areas and a fuel farm. th

ntsb chairman and others end of the spate of near misses and close calls we were see theang chairman has been before the committee several times to discuss the continued investigation of the alaska airlines door plug blowout. we brought in airline c.e.o.'s, labor leaders, talked about the success we have seen, but what we need to do to keep going past our covid-19 pandemic considerations. we put our money where our mouth is and set a table for an f.a.a. re-authorization law and all of the committee worked very diligently to get that over the goal line. again, i want to thank senator cruz for his work on that. the f.a.a. law re-authorized both the f.a.a. and ntsb for an additional five years to help keep safe three million daily passengers in the united states. it gives the f.a.a. the resources it needs and makes sure that the nation's aviation safety regulator does set that gold standard. the law provides ntsb, the nation's safety watchdog work the highest funding authorization it's received to make sure that we hire the investigators needed to complete their mission. and the re-auth

needs and to make sure that the nations aviation safety regulator does set that goal law provides ntsb the nation's watchdog with the highest funding authorization the just received make sure that we hire investigators needed to complete their mission in a reauthorization to invest in that well-being of our aviation reverse giving them the premium to thrive and so sinner duckworth again thank you for holding this hearing this morning and i look forward to your continued leadership and it is very important role of the aviation technology advancement in many are safety standards ans thank you. >> thank you chair maria cantwell will now proceed witness testimony for so would like to reckless mr. kevin walsh for accountability office for his statement. >> chair ranking member, numbers of the subcommittee, thank you for inviting me to justify this important issue and if a air-traffic controllers on 1308 systems that monitoror weather, conduct navigation and surveillance manage communicationsto more than halff the systems are older than 20 years summer more than 60 years old. and as a remind

the ntsb, now leading a team of u.s. investigators to assist south korean authorities.th korea's acting president has declared seven days of national mourning as the early phases of investigating begin. let's get to cnn's mike valerio, who is live at the crash site in muan, south korea. mike, bring us up to speed. what's the latest there? >> well, we're getting a better sense of just how expansive this debris field is, and we're able to get so close to the epicenter of this disaster zone. so we're going to zoom in and you can see a few yards behind us. that is the nexus point. the tail of the aircraft, the 737 800 that careened through the embankment and was engulfed in flames 15 yards tall and right underneath that tail hill. that is where the two survivors were found, pulled out of the wreckage. and they're now in two seoul hospitals, about 3.5 hours north of here, to the left, you can see the yellow crane that's just beyond those contractor lights that is helping to move pieces of the wreckage. and then let's see if we can tilt slightly lower just beyond that yellow

what kind of technology can the ntsb offer in this case? >> i don't know specifically what the technology is, but the ntsb has a superb record of being able to retrieve data from damaged black boxes. mike did not indicate which black box is the one that's going to go to the united states, whether it's the cockpit voice recorder or the flight data recorder. so that's important to know as well. i would hope that the other undamaged recorder will be read out in seoul, and we could have that information as early as this week, i would hope. >> and what kind of information could that provide? >> the cockpit voice recorder will tell you what the pilots were doing in the cockpit. you can also hear the sounds of of, uh, as little as clicks of the instruments or the, the levers that they're using. uh, it would tell you what the cockpit resource management coordination is about. the flight data recorder will tell you what the airplane is doing. it will tell you if the engines lost power. it will tell you, uh, if there was a, uh, perhaps a hydraulic sy

officials said they will have to send the flight data recorder to the ntsb and the u.s. national transportation safety board row for analysis. that could take six months. the ntsb is also getting involved in the investigation. placerville boeing is involved. there is speculation that the timeline is more or less known that there was a warning of a bird strike as the plane was approached in bangkok into muan airport. a couple moments later, the pilots issued a mayday warning and attempted a landing which, it appears the landing gear was not down and the flaps did not appear to be open for landing. a lot of speculation. many aviation experts are wondering, how could a bird strike have done that much damage, perhaps damaging the hydraulics where you can release the landing gear. there are a lot of questions. as you know, these airplane crash investigations always take a long time. they often end of being little things that lead to the next thing and then the next. it has been a series of tiny incidents that cause a tragedy. >> i'm going to speak with an aviation analyst on

liz kreutz has more. >> reporter: the ntsb investigating what caused this small cargo plane in hawaiil before crashing into a building near the honolulu airport. >> i was working. all of a sudden, a loud, big boom. >> reporter: this video showing the horrifying final moments of the flight. >> you are turning right? >> we have -- we are out of control. >> reporter: it slammed into an abandoned building, killing the two people on board conducting a training flight. >> i was sitting here at my desk. all of a sudden i saw a small plane fly past my office window. it started banking and turning back towards the airport. then i heard a loud bang. >> reporter: the crash creating this plume of smoke and flames seen for miles. first responders rushing to the scene. >> fortunately, the building is abandoned. it was best case scenario. no one else was involved. >> reporter: the victims were identified, young pilots in their 20s. officials are praising the men saying they avoided populated areas and a nearby fuel farm. the building was empty and had been set to be demolished. >> thank you. >>> com

former ntsb investigator adam diehl joins us now with more. it is devastating to see that happen. figure out when we're dealing with an incredibly short porch there, i know came in hot. >> but there are a number of factors that could have played into that, ella. >> yes, indeed, kevin. first of all, thanks for having me. clearly, some of the evidence suggests that there was a bird strike. that is beyond question. some of the evidence suggests that while that was in the right engine, but some of the video suggests that the left engine may have been shut down, obviously accidentally, which would have forced the crew to make a very sudden and a quick landing. they did a fairly decent job of putting the airplane on the ground. obviously they kept the flaps and gear up to ensure that they could make the runway but, of course, we know what really killed the people was that reinforced concrete barrier off the end of the runway there. and that was tragic that they hit that. that kind of structure shouldn't be there. >> kevin: 100 percent shouldn't be there. even though i was trying to figu

. >>> and in hawaii the ntsb is investigating why a cargo plane crashed into a building and burst intokeoff, killing the two pilots. the whole thing caught on camera. liz kreutz has more. >> reporter: tonight the ntsb investigating what caused this small cargo plane in hawaii to spiral out of control near a busy highway before crashing into a building near the honolulu airport. >> i was working and all of a sudden heard a loud -- big boom. >> reporter: this dashcam video showing the horrifying final moments of the flight. >> kamaka 689, you're turning right, right? >> kamaka 689, we have -- we're out of control here. >> reporter: the kamaka air cessna 208 slamming into an abandoned building killing the two people on board who were conducting a training flight according to the airline. >> i was sitting at my desk and all of a sudden i saw a small plane fly past my office window. it started banking and turning back towards the airport. and then i heard a loud bang. >> reporter: the crash creating this massive plume of smoke and flames seen for miles. first responders rushing to the scene

joining me now, former faa and ntsb investigator, msnbc aviation analyst, welcome, jeff. our colleague on the ground, and he said, a couple details have come out in the last 24 hours. i remind you we spoke yesterday as well. first of all, he said the plane landed one third of the way down the runway, second of all, he said there is confirmation that the pilots requested to circle around the runway before landing, so there was that noted. and also, a mayday was issued holding the bird strike, but the timing of which has not been specified. let's talk about those things. with regard to the plane landing a third of the way down the runway, is that normal, or did they overshoot? >> well, he really should have landed like the first 10% of the runway, not the first 33% of the runway, but that may be an artifact of the fact this flight crew could have experienced dual engine failure, and was turned into a glider. at that point, you may not have enough altitude to put the airplane down exactly at the end of the runway, and not only that, to exacerbate the situation, it is moving

we are waiting for the ntsb team to get on the scene to begin their work.that is the next part of this equation when it comes to the investigation. figuring out what went wrong. and we do know that one of the black box components has been damaged and it's questionable and open question rather whether or not it will have to be sent to the united states for examination. mike valerio, cnn, meran, south korea, and our thanks to mike valerio for that report. >> omar. >> well, this morning, a christmas day plane crash is still sparking international tension. azerbaijan's president is accusing russia of accidentally shooting down a passenger plane and trying to hide it. russia's president offered a carefully worded apology over the weekend but stopped short of taking blame for the 38 deaths. cnn's clare sebastian joins us now. so, clare, can you just tell us more about the investigation and what seems to be the diplomatic fallout here? >> yeah, omar, the investigation seems to be in its early stages. now. it's involving four countries. so azerbaijan, russia, kazak

we are waiting for the ntsb team to get on the scene to begin their work. that is the next part of this equation when it comes to the investigation. figuring out what went wrong. and we do know that one of the black box components has been damaged and it's questionable. open question whether or not it will have to be sent to the united states for examination. mike valerio, cnn, muan, south korea. >> all right. today is expected to be one of the busiest travel days of the holiday season. over the weekend, hundreds of flights were canceled and thousands more delayed as severe weather hit the southeast and east coast of the united states, bringing damaging winds and tornadoes. cnn's whitney wild is at chicago o'hare international airport with the latest on the travel situation. whitney. how's it looking there? i know that i know the airport well. it can get pretty crazy. >> i know you do, omar. i know you do. you probably can't forget it because it can get so crazy here. but right now, it actually looks pretty good. so it's a pretty thin crowd here. it's ten m

he's a former managing director of the ntsb, the national transportation safety board. of course. and peter, it's nice to see you today. this video, though, is pretty heart wrenching to listen to and see. you hear this man praying in what must have been very terrifying moments for him. and you have to think that clearly, the passengers at that point knew something was wrong. >> it certainly is. >> and you know, this is not the first time that russia has been involved in shooting down passenger planes. and, you know, 2014 mh 270 or mh 17 was flying over ukraine and russian controlled separatists launched a missile that took that plane out, and 298 people were killed. there was this speculation yesterday. all didn't make much sense. the idea of a bird strike and then the plane diverting across the caspian sea. something was up and officials are now pointing the finger directly at the russian air defense system. >> does it surprise you at all that these officials in azerbaijan are leaning in to these accusations against the russian military? >> well, it certainly takes a little bit o

but of course, boeing and the engine manufacturer and the faa and probably the ntsb, certainly the ntsb will will offer their assistance to the koreans to understand this. but you're right, this this is an accident that should never have happened, given the benign, apparently benign circumstances that were present that night, that day. excuse me? that morning. >> yeah. still a mystery. and as we say, investigators are on the scene right now doing the best they can. first the rescuers and then the investigation, which is so important to so many of us. alan dale, thank you again. appreciate it. and we're going to take a quick break here. but when we return we will have the latest on this breaking news. that deadly plane crash in south korea. the death toll now rising to 85. we will have much more when we return. >> and it has been one wild year. >> i know that whole new live stream was crazy. what? oh, wait, you mean the rumors about me and the french pole vaulter? who is saying that? is it everybody? >> i have zero idea what you're talking about. >> and you think i'm the one that doesn't

if there was something that failed on the aircraft and as you mentioned, boeing and the ntsb will most likely be there at the investigation as well to determine if there's anything specific. anything beyond that specific aircraft that needs to be dealt with. flight fleetwide, which would be done immediately. so that's some of the communication concerns that the ntsb or the investigators there would have to communicate immediately to see if there's any other things that we need to do with the rest of the fleet. >> yeah. the fact that this crash happened at an airport, not in, let's say, rugged terrain on a mountain, crashed in the ocean. obviously, it will be easier to to find those answers. does in your experience, does this remind you of any any previous incidents? >> um, again, it's too early to speculate as to the cause, but, you know, there's accidents that happen on the runway. and as you said, it makes it much easier. one investigation i did when i was stationed in hawaii was a japan airlines that crashed or that, uh, basically hard landed on the runway there in hawaii. and fortu

we are waiting for the ntsb team to get on the scene to begin their work. that is the next part of this equation when it comes to the investigation. figuring out what went wrong. and we do know that one of the black box components has been damaged and it's questionable and open question rather whether or not it will have to be sent to the united states for examination. mike valerio, cnn, meran, south korea. >> our thanks to mike for that report. and coming up, president-elect trump looking to calm any challenges to house speaker mike johnson ahead of a critical vote this week on whether the louisiana republican will hold on to his gavel. >> and it has been one wild year. >> i know that whole live stream was crazy. it's crazy what you have been following actual news, right oh, boy. >> new year's eve live with anderson and andy tomorrow at eight on cnn and streaming live. >> i'll give you my bike if you can prove you know your finances. >> sure. >> how many subscriptions are you paying for right now? >> i don't know, like four. >> let's download rocket money

everything that he just said and going for them and going for beirut and we're pressing all party ntsb effort and we encourage everyone to be about the fbi and reward to information that leads to be able to return that as secretary blinken said going for the period and syrian people deserve receiver malik taylor for human rights and fundamental freedoms and going with that and participation and marginalized line and the assad regime refusal to engage in the process as well and that'll rely on support for un-saver reigns leading -- unsavory regions and led to all the capsus and going to critical today and the syrian people under secretary of state and political ford and. and going with his conversations with the regional players going for the coming hours and days and read off all those conversations and. iraq and going within syria during the period of transition. we will also maintain our mission against isis and protect our forces against any threats. you have seen the department of defense carry out military strikes in support of this mission in the past two days. we will not allow

. >> the ntsb is at the scene of a south florida commuter rail crash that left 15 people injured. a bright line train slammed into a fire truck saturday in delray beach. video captured the moments leading up to the collision as the truck moved through a railroad crossing. the firefighters were heading to a call. investigators are looking into whether the crossing gates were working properly at the time of the crash. >> another crash? a long line of crashes there for the bright line in south florida. okay. two kangaroo cousins are back in custody after a holiday escape. a couple of wallabies got away from a south carolina petting zoo on thursday. there they go, hopping away. security cameras showed them going past a home the next morning. the pair, named creed and sylvester, were corralled later that day. how cute. i like just watching them. >> i know. >> the power to freedom. >> coming up, the best gadgets of 2024. >> our quiz reveals what you liked best this year from his many, many picks. that's next. you're >> this is what home feels like. once you dig in. you'll find coming ou

frankly, i went to work for a manufacturer and later went to work for the ntsb and eventually the u.s. air force. but i'm not surprised that these survivors, because this aircraft is a late model aircraft, this embraer, uh, it was only 11 years old and back in the 70s and 80s when i was working for the ntsb, we kept recommending stronger seats. they went from what are called nine g seats that weren't crash worthy. they would break off, the u.s., carried nine times the weight of an individual. but finally the government, the faa and other governments mandated. 16 g. in other words, 16 times the force of gravity. and also they had to reinforce the legs and the tracks that they're mounted on. so these seats apparently stayed in place and saved the lives of those 28 or 29 people in the back of the airplane. so this is a good news story. and frankly, not terribly surprising to me. we saw the same thing when the korean 777 hit the seawall in los angeles back in 2013. no one died in that crash. it was a violent crash. and yet no one died that had their seat belt fastened. there were three fa

. >> reporter: and tonight we've learned the ntsb is now launching their own investigation.eanwhile, the faa says they plan to take a very close look at the software used to control those drones. lester? >> okay, morgan, thank you. >>> when we return, our investigation into the shadowy world of the body parts trade. how one man learned about his brother's death by watching our report. >>> we're back now with a scary scene in california, where part of a pier collapsed into the water after a giant ocean swell. crews had to rescue two people. part of the pier has been undergoing repairs after damage from storms. >>> we turn now to our series "dealing the dead." we have previously reported on a texas medical school using unclaimed bodies for research without consent. and tonight liz kreutz has the story of a man who learned of his own brother's death through our reporting. >> we're home, settled in, and we turn the news on. >> reporter: for tim leggett it was the most unexpected way to find out his brother dale had died. >> we like to get here in time to see lester. and the stor

cnn aviation analyst and former ntsb managing director peter goelz joins me now.st, merry christmas. thank you for coming on this holiday to discuss this really scary event. russia's aviation watchdog said that the preliminary information suggested the pilot had decided to make an emergency landing after a bird strike. you've seen the video now. what's your assessment? >> well, these planes in the number, you know, is a excellent aircraft with a strong safety record. >> and. azerbaijan airways has a good safety record. if it was a simple bird strike. losing one engine, that's really not a threatening situation. it's a challenging one. but these planes are designed to fly on one engine. pilots train one engine flight all the time. something else happened and caused this. this, you know, terrible fatalities and this terrible accident. if it was an uncontained engine failure caused by a bird being ingested, you would see parts of the engine coming apart, perhaps impacting the aircraft, uh, impacting the flight control systems. and that would be a very difficult situa

but of course, boeing and the engine manufacturer and the faa and probably the ntsb, certainly the ntsbl will offer their assistance to the koreans to understand this. but you're right, this this is an accident that should never have happened, given the benign, apparently benign circumstances that were present that night, that day. excuse me? that morning. >> yeah. >> still a mystery. and as we say, investigators are on the scene right now doing the best they can. first the rescuers and then the investigation, which is so important to so many of us. alan dale, thank you again. appreciate it. and stay with cnn. we, of course, will bring you the very latest on this developing story. we'll have much more on that deadly plane crash in south korea just ahead. plus, millions of americans remain under the threat of severe weather and tornadoes. we'll bring you the latest forecast when we come back. you're watching cnn newsroom. >> you only come across an artist like luther vandross. once in a lifetime. >> he was a boss from the beginning. luther said, i have a sound in my head. i got to get it

. >>> the ntsb is sending investigators to south korea to help in the investigation of a devastating plane crash that killed 179 people. the team of investigators from the u.s. also includes the faa and boeing. they'll help determine what went wrong with the jeju airplane which skidded down an airport runway and crashed into a barrier on sunday. the meantime, south korea says it's making efforts to expedite the process of identifying dead bodies from the crash. only two people survived. >>> the u.s. treasury says it was hacked by china in what it calls a major breach. officials on monday said a chinese state-sponsored hacker broke into the u.s. system, accessing employee work stations and some unclassified documents. it's unclear how many work stations were targeted or what sort of documents the hackers obtained. the breach happened in early december and is apparently not active anymore. the u.s. agency says it's been working with the fbi and other agencies to investigate the impact. >>> a federal appeals court upheld a jury's verdict finding donald trump liable for sexually abusing

we don't typically know what damage there has been but we know there are ntsb investigators from theople from boeing have arrived, and they will join the investigation, the experience teams who have taken part in investigations of other crashes around the world and they will start the process of trying to download the data and find out what happened. that is something they could take weeks or months, these investigations do want for a very long period of time usually and we do not expect to find out anything immediately from what they are looking out there.— looking out there. thank you very much — looking out there. thank you very much for— looking out there. thank you very much for that. - let's get some of the day's other news now. russia and ukraine have carried out a large—scale prisoner swap in a deal brokered by the united arab emirates. the exact figures aren't confirmed. moscow says 150 people from each side were traded. president zelensky said kyiv brought home 189 prisoners. the world health organization has called on china to share data on the origins of the covid pandemi

the faa and ntsb both have investigators on the scene. two people were onboard this plane when it went down. it was a cargo flight. and just before it went down, not far from a very busy highway and honolulu international airport, the pilots reported difficulty controlling the plane. this morning, a horrific small plane crash caught on camera. >> you're turning right, right? >> we have a -- we're out of control here. >> reporter: the plane went down near honolulu international airport. >> two souls were on board. both perished. >> reporter: the aftermath, smoke billowing from a b buildi, which authorities say was abandoned, set to be demolished. the plane, a cessna 208, was conducting a training flight. the airline says the two onboard were pilots, adding, it is with heavy hearts kamaka confirms the loss of two members of our kamak air family. this woman said she saw the plane fly past her office window on the seventh floor. >> i thought, he's really, really low. he started banking and turning back towards the airport and then i heard a l

investigators including the ntsb are looking into the deadly incident. >>> federal authorities are investigating crash that injured 15 people, including firefighrs in florida. a fire truck with its lights flashing drove around the warning arms and into the path of a train. 12 aboard the train suffered minor injuries. >>> charles dolan, the founder of hbo and pioneer in cable tv passed away saturday at 98 years old. he was the creator of cablevision and played a big role in the media world. in 1972, he came up with the idea for hbo. this changed tv forever and led to other channels like cnn. he sold his share of hbo in 1973 to focus on building cablevision. >>> still to come, two teams desperate to make the playoffs put on a show on sunday night. the commanders andalns fe f an overtime thriller where two of the league's brightest rookies try to make their mark. of pet messesid better than the leading competitor. destroying stains, neutralizing odors, and preventing re-marking. love the love, resolve the mess. the first time you try bounce, it hits you. your laundry feels way fresher, softer. so y

. >> reporter: tonight, a team from the ntsb joining south korean investigators to try to figure out what led to one of the worst aviation disasters in history. the jeju airlines boeing 737-800 coming from bangkok cleared to land at 8:54 a.m. local time sunday. at 8:57, the tower warns of birds in the area. two minutes later, the pilots call mayday, mayday, mayday. bird strike, bird strike, going around. investigators looking at this image appearing to show a flash and a puff of smoke suggesting a bird strike. at 9:02, the plane makes contact with the runway with no landing gear down. one minute later at 9:03, the plane crashing into that concrete structure. >> we don't know what happened in those four minutes between when the crew declared an emergency and the crash itself. why did they make the decisions they made? why land fast with the gear up? why land so far down the runway they weren't able to stop the aircraft? >> reporter: jeju is a low-cost south korean airline that has an impeccable safety record. the head of the airline bowing in apology. anguished families flooding the a

and we did a series of tests at the ntsb with the navy out at the china lake munitions center. and we exploded missiles at varying lengths from the skin of airplanes. the puncture wounds were very similar to those that we saw on tv last night and on video today. and as you look at the mh17. reconstruction, that really shows a close in hit and the pilots, when autopsies were done, they were killed by the penetrating pieces of shrapnel. so this is a real concern. it's happened before. and the russians have a long complex border that they're very nervous about. >> mhm. and let's be frank, russia does not have a great track record of credibility. they continue to this day to deny involvement in the mh17 shootdown despite the evidence. and as you mentioned, there were pieces of a russian buk missile found inside the bodies of the pilots of that plane. i want to look now at the flight path, because when you see where this jet was struck as it was approaching the airport in grozny, in the southern chechnya region of russia, typically under those circumstances, i imagine pilots would l

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i want to bring in retired united airlines captain kit darby and former senior ntsb investigator greg feith. kit, i want to start with you. the plane's two black boxes have been recovered, one of which has been partially damaged, we're told. how long does it take to process? and are you concerned if it's damaged, that it could affect really telling the full story here? >> well, we certainly want to know the full story from both black boxes. >> it depends on the extent of the damage. >> could be a quick repair or it could be months if we have to put it back together piece by piece. >> kit, i think the biggest question is obviously why this happened. the plane appeared to crash land on the runway without any landing gear, and officials, as i just noted, said the pilot made a mayday call shouting bird strike! what do you make of the reporting about the bird strike and the reporting? the landing gear may not have been down at all well, from the video, the gear wasn't down, the flaps weren't out, the spoilers weren't deployed on the landing. >> this was a very complex situation, actually,

the ntsb now says that a team of u.s.ederal investigators will assist in the investigation into the deadly crash. let's bring in cnn's safety analyst and former faa safety inspector, david soucie, who joins me now. david, good to have you. certainly under really sad circumstances. what is your sort of top line reaction to what you see on the video? does it appear to you like it might have been some sort of landing gear malfunction? because we've also heard maybe there was fog. there could have been a bird strike as well. what do you think? >> well, it's certainly one of the most perplexing tragedies i've ever been involved with. >> at this point, there are so many unanswered questions. but as far as the link between a bird strike and the landing gear malfunction, those two things are independent. i've never done an accident investigation where a bird strike, even when the engine fails, causes the landing gear to not come down. are there reasons for why that landing gear might not have come down? if the pilots were worried

faa law reauthorize both the faa and ntsb for an additional five years to upkeep safe 3 million dailyngers in the united states pick against the faa for resources it needs and make sure that the nation's aviation safety regulator has set the gold standard. the law provides ntsb, the nation safety watchdog, with highs funding authorization it has received to make sure that we hired the investigators needed to complete their mission. and the reauthorization and best in the well-being of our aviation workforce giving the new tools, training and platforms to thrive. so senator duckworth again thank you for holding this hearing this morning. i look forward to your continued leadership in this very important role of aviation, technology advancement and meeting our safety standards. thank you. >> thank you, chair cantwell. we will now proceed to witness testimony. first electorate does mr. kevin walsh from the government accountable to office for his statement. >> chair, ranking member, members of the subcommittee thank you for inviting gao to testify on this important issue. the faa. >> of

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. >> members of the ntsb are working to help south korean officials recover the data from the plane'slack boxes. that process is expected to take several more days. back here at home, it's been exactly one week since the end of the santa cruz wharf collapse. three construction workers were on the end of the pier when it broke off. they all got to shore safely. debris from the collapse is still being cleaned up. the wharf is closed until further notice. the santa cruz county disaster fund has been activated to help out people who rely on the wharf. make sure to donate there and not to scam sites that have popped up in the past week or so, as they always seem to do. we have a link to the real donation site on our web page, abc seven news.com reporting from new york to the bay area. how you can ring in this new year. we have a little more than 24 h (box thuds) (water boils) (packet tears) (tea bag clanks) (water pours) - listening to people that drink bigelow tea is so important to my family, because making that perfect cup, it's the reason we do what we do hi, guys! - hi! - hey! - so wh

the ntsb is there to assist. christiane cordero, abc news, washington. >> now, the boeing 737 800 model that crashed in south korea is one of the world's most popular aircraft, raising serious questions about what exactly went wrong and boeing's tumultuous history of accidents and errors. joining us live now to discuss this is john nance, an aviation analyst for abc news and gma. john, thanks for being with us. >> my pleasure. >> so according to this latest report, it's still unclear whether this crash was caused by a system malfunction, human error or some combination of those factors. given what you've observed from this video, what's your take? >> well, keep in mind that there is never, ever just one cause to a major accident. it's always a multiplicity of causes intersecting. and we're going to find that, i'm sure, in this one. first of all, the probability is that they did hit birds and that it knocked out at least one, if not both, engines. that gives them a hydraulic problem. and if they turned around to t

the faa and the ntsb are both looking into why the plane went down. and you can hear about the west coast top stories every weekday right here on ktvu. west coast wrap with alex savage at 7:00 monday through friday. or you can find around the clock coverage at west coast rap.com. the city of richmond has passed a new rental housing inspection ordinance. this measure will require routine inspections of all residential rental units every three years. it eliminates the self-certification system for large buildings. advocates say the changes close gaps in the city's current system, which they say left tenants afraid to report violations due to fear of retaliation. the small city of tents across san francisco city hall, trying to raise awareness on the plight of homeless people. the encampment popped up in san francisco's civic center plaza yesterday. organizers say the encampment was created in coordination with similar camps in oakland, los angeles, vallejo and other cities. the goal to really highlight the need for homeless voices when talking about the

the piedmont crash is under investigation by the chp and ntsb.music] in arizona, a man's body was recovered from a frozen lake today after authorities say he fell through the ice. >> this story begins tonight's west coast rap. the coconino county sheriff's office says the 26 year old man fell into the woods canyon lake yesterday. >> authorities say he was one of three people who walked out onto the ice. the other two people made it to safety. the victim's identity has not been released, but he was a student at arizona state university. in seattle, man is in custody in the deadly stabbing of a city bus driver. police say they arrested the suspect, richard sisolak, saturday morning as he was sleeping on a bus. this is video of that arrest. investigators say sisolak stabbed driver shaun yim last week. tonight, his fellow drivers held a vigil. they say this attack should serve as a wake up call to improve safety on the city's transit system. a strike by starbucks workers has now expanded to nine states. starbucks workers united says members in new yo

la ntsb y la administraciÓn federal de aviaciÓn estÁn investigando el accidente que las autoridades aseguran, director del departamento de transporte de hawÁi. mientras las familias lloran sus muertes, los investigadores buscan pistas para determinar quÉ causÓ el terrible choque. >> el caso sigue siendo investigado. mientras tanto, de semanas se volvieron meses. sigue la espera para los astronautas. sunny williams y butch wilmore, que permanecen en la estaciÓn espacial internacional y que aÚn no pueden regresar a la tierra. la fecha de vuelta prevista ahora es para finales del prÓximo marzo. >> los dos llevan en el espacio desde el pasado 6 de junio debido a fallos en la nave starliner de boeing. ahora se retrasa el lanzamiento de la prÓxima tripulaciÓn de febrero a final de marzo. dicen que hace falta mÁs tiempo para completar el procesamiento en una nueva nave de spacex, que es la que se utilizarÁ en la misiÓn de retorno. sunny williams y butch wilmore iban a estar una semana en la estaciÓn, pero al final, si no hay mÁs cambios, serÁn mÁs de nueve meses. tremenda aventura, verdad? y bueno,

now the ntsb and the faa are investigating how this could have even happened, as the boy's parents spokeides reports. >> reporter: as dozens of drones illuminated the night skies above orlando... >> oh, no. >> are they supposed to be falling? >> reporter: several crashed and fell, at least one went off course. >> what's happening? >> reporter: and directly into a crowd. >> look out! >> reporter: striking 7-year-old alezander who needed emergency surgery according to his parents. >> the green one went straight at us and i went to the left and my son went to the right and it hit my son. >> the biggest thing is him right now. and just figuring out what's wrong. they were saying his oxygen. you're okay, baby. >> he keeps stopping breathing. >> reporter: drone shows >> reporter: drone shows are a billion-dollar business, the company behind this one, sky elements, claims to stage them in all 50 states. the company says it's cooperating with the faa's investigation to determine how and why this christmas show became so chaotic. across the country, several cities have turned to drones as a safer

meanwhile, we know the ntsb is leading a team of american investigators to the scene here in korea to help with local authorities determine and get to the bottom as to what exactly happened on this jeju crash. back to you. steve, thanks for the latest there. well, the way many are continuing to remember, former president jimmy carter. today. america and the world, in my view, lost a remarkable leader. he was a statesman, a humanitarian. and jill and i lost a dear friend. carter's lasting legacy stretch far beyond the walls of the white house thanks to his lifetime of service. ahead this midday, the tributes pouring in from around the world. and as we head to break, we want to give a big thank you to you. we have the final numbers of our nourishing neighbors food drive, and you showed up in a big way this year for families in need right here in the bay area. you help raise $4.7 million this year. that's more than a 9% increase from what was raised last year. that money will help provide more than 9.4 million meals to families across the bay area. thank you for helping our team move the

understand that investigators from the federal aviation administration of the united states and the ntsbare on their way here or indeed have arrived here this morning to join the investigation, and also, that they have cleaned and are now inspecting the black boxes, the flight data recorder and the cockpit voice recorder. so the investigation is really starting to get under way, but it is going to be a very long process, piecing together exactly what happened to the plane on sunday. they also say they are going to keep the airport here closed for another week because of the recovery operation, so they need to gather all of the debris before they can reopen the runway. so, yeah, theyjust decided that they will extend that for another week. yeah, certainly seems like things are ramping up on the discovery front of how things went so badly wrong. we saw earlier that the families of those that were involved in this air incident have been at the airport and have been incredibly unhappy with how they feel they have been treated. they do. there is an enormous amount of anguish and anger here am