with that, i would like to bring up a representative of the ntsb. >> good afternoon. my name is patrick jones. i'm an investigator with the national transportation safety board. the first most important thing is that we have had injuries and we hope that the family and the pilot all recover in a rapid period of time. approximately 14:20 this afternoon, there was a ryan vintage aircraft taking off from santa monica. the pilot reported a loss of engine power and was attempting to return to the runway. it appears that he clipped the top of a tree and came to rest on the golf course. as the chief said, there was only one person on board who was treated by witnesses and transported forward to the hospital. at this time, the ntsb has started an investigation with the faa in attendance, and our goal is to, tonight, to do some on-scene documentation. we will ultimately recover the aircraft tomorrow morning to a local facility and continue the investigation. and our process is kind of a slow process, and i'm sure that there's going to be some questions about what caused this an

we've heard from the ntsb. sounds like they have people overnight as they are gathering as much information as they can. >> reporter: yeah. you can see that there is actually a switchout of engines here. the they will be there overnight. they have no intention of moving it at least the next few hours or so but the ntsb said the engine failed, the pilot lost power. that is something we heard from people who heard the engine fail. from the ground. they could hear it. here's what one witness told us. >> planes don't crash all the time. i think the last one was about 5 years ago. that crash almost right outside the house on the golf course as well. but you hear them quite often. the engines go out a little bit but typically they, you know, they come back on and everything is okay. but you're thinking, oh, maybe today is another one that goes down like today. >> reporter: when you heard, tell me specifically, what did you hear? >> the engine come out but we hear that all the time. that's not special. typically the en

companies at this point but that too, raises the interest level for the ntsb. ficially they will not be leading the investigation and as of right now as i speak to you they tell me they are not physically sending someone there, they are monitoring from here. that said their posture is here that the moment that the bea says they need any sort of assistance they're there and ready to go. >> i was going to ask you, richard, too many -- >> just to pause there. i see pictures that's lacroix, the gentleman with the beard who has joined the group in the sen seyne-les-alpes. here are the pictures of all of them. >> it's nice to see the spectacle. >> don't forget these three leaders meet frequently at european councils so they know each other very well. they are constantly negotiating whether it's over greek debt european budgets e.u. matters, it's not unusual for them to be together. it's not often and it speaks to the magnitude and the gravity of what's happened that the three have decided to come together so quickly. this is unusual. >> very unusual. let's talk about

peter, you did investigations for the ntsb. what investigators are doing now. >> well they're freezing all the records on this aircraft. they want to go back and look at all the maintenance records. they're reviewing the airworthiness records that the government and faa and other regulatory agencies have issued. these are advisories required maintenance activities required inspections that have to take place to make sure all of those have been done. they're looking at the crew background they're looking at who's on the plane but there is extensive behind the scenes activities taking place now prior to even the first piece of wreckage being removed. >> so when the helicopters managed to get to this crash site mary do they collect evidence or do they search for survivors, for victims? what happens? >> their first priority at this point would be to search for survivors. that's always the first priority and i know the bea does it the same as the ntsb and the u.s. authorities. first priority is any rescue that's possible. so that wil

. >> and the ntsb will speak to the incident itself and that will be from that end. at approximately 2:30 p.m., the los angeles fire department received a 911 phone call of a plane crash. paramedics arrived on scene and found a single engine plane that had crashed and had one man, 70 years old, single occupant plane. on scene were the resources from the santa monica fire department. the police department, the ntsb, nta, and others. they rendered first aid to the person. he had injuries and they were able to initiate ware, spinal mobilization, and transport him to a local hospital where he was in moderate condition. there was no fire. no evidence of fire. we checked the area for any other hazardses, there's a small debris field here where the plane landed. other than that the fire department and resources will maintain here throughout the night and assist with the other agencies involved. like i say, our resources arrived on scene and transported one 70-year-old male of course pan the to the local hospital. he's in moderate to stable condition at this time. with that

two things investigated -- this is the different roles of the innocent ntsb and the faa. e proximate cause or the last thing that could have prevented the accident before it happened and that most likely fall on the pilot because the pilot is the one that makes the decision as to whether he wants to accept the conditions at the one erunway or not. the faa has nine responsibilities within those is one of did the proper procedure, procedure procedures followed in order to buy the airport and port authority whether they cleared the runway properly and if they did or didn't did they report those conditions back to the air traffic controllers or give to the pilots properly? so those are the two main focuses of the ntsb and faa at this time. >> can this plane be repaired? we see some significant structural damage to this md-88. >> i do not think it will be. typically, aircraft that go through accidents like this there is a number of reasons not to repair the aircraft. number one, the parts that are on the aircraft are probably more aircraft than the aircraft itself to be parted

and the ntsb will get to that. but i don't care what the wind was.have to have hurricane-force winds before that pilot would lose control of that airplane on that runway. i mean these pilots are highly trained. most to fly an md-88. you're not getting a kid out of flight school. those pilots should have had no problem dealing with the rudders and controlling the aircraft. this is highly unusual. >> we know that the tower at laguardia has some of the most capable people in the business. we also know that shortly before this plane came in at 11:05, that other pilots reported good braking action. that's why they allowed other planes to advance. >> i guarantee you that crew heard that. i venture to say that crew knew exactly what the previous pilots went through when they landed. and so they knew what the wind was. they could get that feel. now, on the md-88, this is an older aircraft. it probably didn't have auto-land capability. the 777 and the 757s, the later model aircraft that are coming out, you could put that baby on a computer it'll take you righ

so there's a lot of questions now that the ntsb will have to get to. expect this runway to be closed i would think, at least through the day and probably part of tomorrow before they can open it back up. the protocol now, the faa and ntsb have this investigation. the ntsb has the lead. the port authority has cleared the scene. there are no longer any victims out there. there's no longer anybody out there that was a passenger or crew member on the plane. they've all been taken inside. they've transported a couple people to area hospitals just for a checkup. we're told the injuries are very minor. but i think that, you know, the bottom line of this is that berm served its purpose. it prevented a mass casualty emergency. and i would also say kudos to the port authority fire rescue teams who were there very quickly and who had just practiced responding to this kind of an incident. they've practiced it twice in the last three weeks. so they were at the top of their game, it would appear. and thankfully they were not having to go after a fire or anything of t

at this time the ntsb has started an investigation with the faa in attendance. and our goal is to tonight do some on-scene dockumentationdocumentation. we will ultimately recover the aircraft tomorrow morning to a local facility. and continue the investigation. and our process is kind of a slow process. and i'm sure that there's going to be some questions about what caused this and what's that and if we've solved it. at this point in time it is the very beginning of an investigation. it takes us a long time because we want to get it right. so i will not answer any questions that have anything to do with causation at this point. >> the pilot we know you can't expose his name but you talk about a situation like this and a pilot surviving, was this pilot very lucky? >> most accidents there are about 2,000 accidents a year. the question was was this pilot lucky. absolutely a pilot and any time a human being is involved in an accident is a lucky individual. but having said that there are over 2,000 accidents a year nationwide that involve varying levels of injuries n

former managing director for the ntsb peter goelz and miles o'brien. miles, it will be very interesting to see, again, how much the employer actually knew about any medical condition that this co-pilot had. clearly it seems he was trying to hide it from the employer according to the prosecutor. >> yes. really frankly, probably more common than we'd like to think. generally, you know pilots of course in the u.s. and i believe in europe as welling have to have twice annual medical exams in order to receive their faa first class medical certificate. generally they go to one doctor for that and then they have a personal doctor for the rest of their medical requirements and there's not communication necessarily between those two doctors. there's sort of two paths that go on. pilots are reluctant to self-report a lot of conditions because ultimately it can ground

the ntsb are at the scene. h his son ben tweeted that cad is at the hospital. dad is okay. battered, but okay. he is every bit the man you would think he is. he is incredibly strong man. >>> this is c nshgs nshgsnn breaking news. >>> i'm don lemon, and harrison ford seriously injured in the crash of a world war ii training plane. listen to emergency call from the plane. >> sky, e engine failure. request immediate return. >> he was taken to the hospital and his son ben tweeting from the hospital, dad is okay. battered, but okay. he is every bit the man that you would think that he is. he is an incredibly strong man. ford's publicist says that the 72-year-old star's injuries are not life threatening, and we have the latest on the condition for you. >> and disaster diverted by inches. look at how close this delta flight came to the fringes around laguardia and the passengers tell us the story to night. >>> and also, the boston marathon bomber on trial, and more on the chaotic moments after the bomb exploded in the crowd. >> and beginning with the story we led with about harris

and they put the remainder of the wing taking off the wings, and the ntsb is taking this to a hangar a monica for a live investigation. we have the live aerials to show you. this process has taken the better part of 45 minutes or so and the initial investigation according to the sg could take two -- according to the ntsb could take a few weeks to a month and there may not be a finding of the plane crash for up to a year. so harrison ford is expected to make a full recovery. he went through some surgeriy a broken arm and -- surgery and a broken arm and gash but he is okay, that is the good news. he was okay and get the plane down safely without injury to anybody else and he will hopefully make a speedy and full recovery. hallie jackson in california. great to see you. thank you. >>> and today the ntsb is at la guardia airport investigating why a plane slipped off the runway during yesterday's snowstorm. it happened around 11:10 a.m. but it was relocated on the rocks near flushing bay and removed so they could get back up and running and back in a hangar and courtesy of w nbc and showin

at this time the ntsb has started an investigation with the faa in attendance. and our goal is to tonight do some on-scene dockumentationdocumentation. we will ultimately recover the aircraft tomorrow morning to a local facility. and continue the investigation. and our process is kind of a slow process. and i'm sure that there's going to be some questions about what caused this and what's that and if we've solved it. at this point in time it is the very beginning of an investigation. it takes us a long time because we want to get it right. so i will not answer any questions that have anything to do with causation at this point. >> the pilot we know you can't expose his name but you talk about a situation like this and a pilot surviving, was this pilot very lucky? >> most accidents there are about 2,000 accidents a year. the question was was this pilot lucky. absolutely a pilot and any time a human being is involved in an accident is a lucky individual. but having said that there are over 2,000 accidents a year nationwide that involve varying levels of injuries n

amazing thing, you can see the plane behind me here. ntsb is on the scene. a couple of hundred feet a residential street a lot of cars and people. ford did the right thing, an aviation experts agree by coming down in this golf course where there weren't a lot of people or potential for injuries ford may have saved a lot of other folks from getting hurt. amazingly when he landed a couple of doctors were here playing golf and those are the first folks who came upon the crash scene of he was dazed by responsive. he is expected to make a full recovery. >> and one of those doctors, one of those witnesses who had just been golfing there, dr. sanjay carana this is what he had to say. >> there was fuel leaking and my first instinct was i'm a spine surgeon so i can kind of vouch for spinal stability issues and i did a brief examine, smelled the fuel didn't want it to ignite. i knew if it ignited it would be a very bad problem. we unbemted him and carefully extracted him as best as we can by immobilizing his spine and took him to the grass and laid him down. >> hallie

it's their version of the ntsb. he says tonight that the plane was flying very fast at impact, about 435 miles an hour. and he says it's unusual that there was no distress signal sent from the cockpit. the black box that was recovered today has already been sent to paris for analysis. we should have some answers tomorrow morning about that plane's final moments. french president francois hollande and german chancellor angela merkel will visit the crash site tomorrow. meanwhile, grieving families of the victims are gathering tonight in spain and germany. nbc's barry arent has that part of the toir. >> reporter: the flight was traveling from barcelona to dusseldorf. the head of the airline reported after the plane reached cruising altitude it made a descent that took about eight minutes until the crash. relatives of the passengers gathered at the airport waiting for news. 67 germans were on board including 16 high school students and two teachers from the town of haltern. its mayor was emotional as he discussed the los

at this time the ntsb has started an investigation with the faa in attendance. and our goal is to tonight do some on-scene dockumentationdocumentation. we will ultimately recover the aircraft tomorrow morning to a local facility. and continue the investigation. and our process is kind of a slow process. and i'm sure that there's going to be some questions about what caused this and what's that and if we've solved it. at this point in time it is the very beginning of an investigation. it takes us a long time because we want to get it right. so i will not answer any questions that have anything to do with causation at this point. >> the pilot we know you can't expose his name but you talk about a situation like this and a pilot surviving, was this pilot very lucky? >> most accidents there are about 2,000 accidents a year. the question was was this pilot lucky. absolutely a pilot and any time a human being is involved in an accident is a lucky individual. but having said that there are over 2,000 accidents a year nationwide that involve varying levels of injuries n

tonight, as we take a live look at the plane still off the edge of the runway, the ntsb is on the scene. the questions have begun starting with the runway conditions at the time and what the pilot was told. tom costello is working the story for us. he has late details. >> reporter: amateur video from inside delta flight 1086 as crew members and firefighters helped passengers escape. >> we don't have a slide. >> sir, sir, sir. >> i just survived a plane crash. >> reporter: the md-88 with 132 people on board had careened off the runway, up an embankment and crashed through a fence. its nose just inches from flushing bay. the first word that the plane was in trouble came from ground crews who radioed the tower. >> tower, you copy? car 100. runway 13 is closed. >> car 100, you said runway 13 is closed? >> affirmative, 13 is closed. >> aircraft off the runway. >> car 100, say again? >> please advise crash rescue. laguardia airport is closed at this time. >> reporter: flight 1086 was coming in from atlanta landing on laguardia's 13 in snow and icy fog. suddenly about two-thirds of the way dow

was 60 nautical miles off of nantucket, and it was six months before the sea conditions allowed the ntsb others to get ships capable of recovering remains from the ocean bottom out there. and even with the one-year memorial, and it was not practical, and people wanted to go out there to be in the place are where the loved ones were taken, but it was really, really quite remote. but i can tell you -- >> did you ever get any expla explanation of what might drive a pilot to do this, because the faa is calling it assisted pilot suicide when something like this happens? >> well yeah in our case there was, the guy, well in our case the first officer was really a fairly flaky individual close to retirement and what is believed to have happened is that the chief pilot, and well, and was apparently accused of some really flagrant inproemproprietyimproprietys in new york and the chief pilot was unexpectedly on the airplane and it is surmised that the two had a kon confrontation. and that the first officer was told that he would face the music, meaning that he would be fired on return to cairo at t

the ntsb is investigating that. miguel marquez is too. he's at laguardia. d morning, miguel. >> good morning, carol. big questions as the runway conditions were changing throughout the day yesterday. if you're familiar with laguardia airport, you know where that bid is in the middle where it says welcome to new york with the apple on it. where this plane crashed on runway 13 is 1,000 yards beyond that. they have cleaned up the plane. it is off the runway now and off the tarmac and in another location on the airport property. they're cleaning up that runway getting ready for it to reopen as that investigation is getting underway. this morning the priority, to lift the battered fuselage of delta flight 1086 from laguardia's runway. delta airlines the ntsb and port authority now working to investigate the cause of the skid. >> obviously the pilot and the co-pilot's good efforts were reflected in the fact that there were only minor injuries. >> reporter: at approximately 11:00 a.m. local time amid freezing fog and falling snow the delta flight landed on laguardi

the ntsb is involved at the golf course. >> lucky guy. glad he is okay this morning. >> on the edge of disaster a plane skidding off the snowy runway in new york city plowing into a fence and stop ago few feet from the cold icy waters. the question now, what exactly went wrong? anna kooiman is here with the latest. >> good morning to you. it could have been worse for the passengers on the plane. now the ntsb trying to figure out exactly what happened. the plane stopped feet from the east river. you sue the cockpit hanging over the icy waters. despite snow falling they are not sure if the weather is to blame. moments before had hit the runway had been plowed two other planes landed safely there. the flight arriving from atlanta at 11:00 a.m. it veered off the runway the nose of the plane plowing through a fence coming to a stop feet from the water. >> we have an aircraft off the runway. >> it is closed the airport is closed. >> we have127 passengers and five crew members on board safely evacuated by sliding down the wing. 24 people were tr

and the german version of the ntsb that would corroborate the report in the "new york times".e'll follow up on the matter. these were -- that was the only statement that he was willing to give at this point in time. that of course is by no means a denial. they said from the two bodies they are working very closely with, in particular the french investigating body but also the one from the germans, they spent specialists to the crash site as well. they say from those two bodies they have gotten no information telling them that one of the pilots might have been locked out of the cockpit. but they say they will look into this matter and get back to us once they have more. certainly they are looking into that's well. they are watching very, very closely what's being said. evaluating that report in the "new york times" as well and it does raise a lot of questions especially as i'm standing here in the place where so many people were killed in that incident. >> we also learn that tomorrow the airline is bringing people to the scene or as close as possible to it. is it likely that fa

they are coordinating and in communication with the ntsb. we're here to lone whatever logistical support to the federal agencies at scene in any way the department can be helpful. [ inaudible question ] >> i'm not an aviation expert. i do not have a representative at this time from the santa monica airport. we hope to have ta forhat for you. >> eyewitnesss say the engine falter and could hear the engine stop. >> i can't confirm that. i haven't talked to the witnesses at this point in time. i have no information as to why this plane ended up where it is right now. at this point it would be very preliminary for me to make any conjecture on that. >> the injuries to the 70-year-old male occupant he suffered some moderate trauma and he was alert and conscious. paramedics from the los angeles fire department transported the patient to local area hospital. >> you rescue people who are in these traumatic crashes, is it amazing he was, not walk away but survive this? >> just my personal experience i've been on several plane crashes, single engine smal

stunned to learn one of their classmates, a student pilot died in a plane crash this weekend much the ntsb says witnesses including the flight instructor watched as the 1974 piper single engine plane banked left and crashed into a field sunday morning around 9:45 a.m. just after takeoff from the orange county airport. he was the only person on that plane and died at the scene. >> i'm sorry for his parents' loss because he's doing something that he loves to do. you know? mike: during morning announcements st the school's principal discussed mccall's death. district leaders say counselors will be available here as long as they're needed. >> we have a crisis team that comes out when we have a decision like this occur that comes in to support the school. not only for students but the staff as well that may be having some grief issues. we try to provide support that we have with those issues. mike: his two brothers go to memorial high. the school district plans to hold a moment of silence at its april 13th board meeting. >> we'll be grieving for a while, so i think they bring in extra councillo

we know the ntsb the faa, they are already starting their investigation. this plane md-88 was about 28 years old. is it possible there could have been some mechanical problem on this plane as well? >> it's always possible. one of the things they want to look at here did the brakes apply pressure symmetrically, did the thrust refrversers, those clamshell devices that cause the engine to go in reverse on landing, we all felt this did they work symmetrically or did they cause it to veer one direction or the other. those are the key mechanical issues that will be explored. but there's no reason to believe just because an aircraft is that old that it is somehow mechanically a problem. there are strict rules on maintenance and we shouldn't presume that just because of the age of the aircraft. put it that way. >> good point. i spoke to one passenger who described the feeling once the wheels touched down he said they didn't take. it immediately began to swerve to the left. what does that tell you? >> here's an interesting point. if in fact they landed and the whee

it is really as simple as that i think. >> why would the ntsb reopen an investigation, then? on't know if they will. there is nothing official saying -- the only thing i have heard, they are considering it and they may reopen it if somebody can find some new evidence but i don't know where that new evidence would come from other than theory. >> gary moore, thank you so much for your time. it's an interesting talker that's for sure. another mysterious death of those beloved musicians. thanks again. >>> a new cnn series is taking a look at fascinating new insights into the history of jesus separating fact, faith and forgery. here's a look. >> an unprecedented cnn event. he didn't vanish. without leaving a trace. >> for the first time in history we are able to place these relics. >> this is really the moment of truth. >> this is the story of jesus. >> the rock upon which the church is built. >> an icon of scientific obsession. >> this extraordinary archeological piece. >> why did judas bepray jesus? >> somebody chose to write this. >> the science does matter. >> what are the clue

they will eventually be interviewed as part of the ntsb process. the first thing to do is be quiet. what is going on at the ntsb and what will go on is they do a quick listen of the cockpit voice recorder. sometimes something very obvious comes up. and it could take them to the cause of it very quickly. maybe there was a failure of something. or maybe this was a case where it was down to minimums at the margins and maybe the technique wasn't right. >> well, i hope we do get some answers. every time i land at laguardia, i hang on tight, i put my shoes on and cinch that belt because there's water everywhere. always great to see you. >> pleasure, ashleigh. >>> a lot of people thought he should have been fired a long time ago. what does the ferguson, missouri, police chief have to say about a brand-new federal report that outlines rampant racism throughout his department? cnn exclusive interview right there and you'll hear it next. >>> this week one of the worst things that you can say about an american police force came out of the justice department, t

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the family of one of the pilots stopped and talked to the ntsb and took in the sight where the small plane slammed into the ground and burned yesterday. doug stuart learned the fly here walking his dog yesterday near the runway he told us he watched the piper first stop a takeoff roll. >> he went about halfway down the runway and then aborted the takeoff. >> reporter: he stopped the takeoff. >> yeah, he pulled off onto the taxi way. >> reporter: a short time later he says the plane rolled again, this time he heard a disturbing noise. >> what sounded like a car backfire and about four of them a very loud pop and then he actually left the ground and then i heard about eight more pops. >> reporter: stuart says the plane struggled, turned abruptly left and dropped. the ntsb says another witness reported hearing a sputtering engine. >> followed by an engine that was -- engine power was restored by the witness account. the witness heard the sputtering again. >> reporter: the investigation will look at many things including engine records and fuel though the intense fire likely burned much

you know, i'm off, i'm trying to go home. >> reporter: now the ntsb is looking at ways to keep people off the rails. but there's roughly 200,000 miles of railroad track in this country. fencing it all off and maintaining it simply isn't practical. >> people think that surely i'll hear a train coming, but people don't hear the trains, and they get struck and they get killed. >> reporter: the safety reminder tonight, tracks are for trains, not pedestrians and not a playground. tom costello, nbc news, beltsville, maryland. >>> we're back in a moment with >>> this is the last week of business for an iconic hotel in maryland. the cozy country inn is scheduled for demolition. that according to the frederick news post. that hotel has hosted presidents and other world leaders when they visited nearby camp david, the presidential retreat. the business of nearly $180,000 in federal and state taxes. the owner says he doesn't have the energy to keep it going. >> end of an era in thurmont. so we keep hoping it's going to be the end of the winter but it keeps coming back to bite us doesn't it? >> i

you know, i'm off, i'm trying to go home. >> reporter: now the ntsb is looking at ways to keep people off the rails. but there's roughly 200,000 miles of railroad track in this country. fencing it all off and maintaining it simply isn't practical. >> people think that surely i'll hear a train coming but people don't hear the trains, and they get struck and they get killed. >> reporter: the safety reminder tonight, tracks are for trains not pedestrians and not a playground. tom costello, nbc news, beltsville, maryland. >>> we're back in a moment with a game changing announcement from the nfl. something a lot of fans have been hoping for for years. >>> a big win for nfl >>> a big win for nfl fans who don't want to pay nfl ticket prices. the league is suspending its tv blackout policy which blocked local stations from broadcasting games if there weren't enough tickets sold. the nfl also announced plans to broadcast a regular season game worldwide over the internet for the first time ever. >>> there were superheroes at 1600 pennsylvania avenue today. the annual white house science fair wh

in the meantime we're also told that the ntsb will be assisting the faa in the investigation.oyce? >> all right, dave, thank you so much for that report. >>> a community in delaware county mourning the loss of one of their own men in blue tonight tonight. mark hudson a darby borough police officer shot and killed while off duty last night. tonight his colleagues and friends sharing their memories of him. fox 29's brad sattin life tonight outside the darby borough police station. brad you've got the latest on the investigation passion well. >> reporter: we sure dodge as you mentioned being identified as 26-year-old mark had you had shouldn't part-time police officer at darby borough as you mentioned also a volunteer firefighter for the past decade here in yeadon in fact he was on a call just the other day on thursday night and he was being fondly remembered today. >> a great kid. got infectious smile. >> reporter: walking to the back of the yea top fire station was enough to make the chief tear up looking at the locker now draped in black bunting of firefighter mark hudson who

we know the ntsb is monitoring the investigation.ench are leading the investigation with help from germany and spain. but we did learn that the aircraft was maintenanced just yesterday in dusseldorf. so as a pilot, knowing the track report and the maintenance history of the aircraft is quite important but might not be much of an indicator as to what went wrong in the air today. >> and it could be easily. aircraft coming right out of maintenance, and back in the day, when i had an airplane coming out of maintenance, because the mechanics have a different protocol in terms of switches and what is left on and turned off. and already you know from experience, that no aviation accident i've heard of happens as a result of one thing. it is a series that cascades. one things leads to another and leads to another. remove any one of those things and there may not be an accident. but something went wrong. almost the very second they hit altitude. something that could have started on the ground when they took off and they weren't aware of it. a

jeff: leon the ntsb is finishing up its work on the crash seen and they expect by tonight they'll have the aircraft removed from the site which is 30 miles from where i'm standing here. this is river bend high school. 16-year-old ryan mccall was a student here as are his two brothers fortunately one a freshman. one a junior. now, this entire community is trying to cope with this shocking loss. the smiling handsome face of ryan mccall was well known at river bend high school and today, it was greatly missed. >> just depressing kind of around the hallways. jeff: ryan is a sophomore and so was ryan mccall. >> genuinely nice. jeff: according to virginia state police at 9:45 a.m. yesterday, 16-year-old mccall was flying a 1974 piper single engine fixed wing when it crashed in a field east of the orange county airport just after takeoff. the ntsb says witnesses including mccall's flight instructor watched the plane bank left before crashing. mccall was the only person on board. >> i'm sorry for his parents' loss because he's just doing something that he loves to do. jeff: in a statement, the

we anticipate the conference from the ntsb. the delta jet skidding off the runway at laguardia unleashing another round of misery from north texas to southern england and across the south knocking out power, turning off runways, treacherous. thousands of flights cancelled. the storm dumped more than a foot of snow on parts of kentucky stranding hundreds of people overnight on two interstates. stuck in their vehicles. all they could do is just sit around and wait for help. gary tuchman has more on the storm's fallout. >> reporter: here in bluegrass country, there is no grass to be seen. this kentucky winter is one for the history books. and every person and every vehicle on this interstate just south of louisville is part of the winter's unpleasant history. hundreds of cars stranded on highways beginning last night, stranded for hours and hours. but drivers hoping they wouldn't run out of gas which would mean no heat. >> i'm ready to get on the bridge to go north on 65. so it might be a while. because we're not moving. >> reporte

you know, i'm off, i'm trying to go home. >> reporter: now the ntsb is looking at ways to keep people off the rails. but there's roughly 200,000 miles of railroad track in this country, fencing it all off and maintaining it simply isn't practical. >> people think that surely i'll hear a train coming. but people don't hear the trains and they get struck and they get killed. >> reporter: the safety reminder tonight, tracks are for trains. not pedestrians and not a playground. tom costello, nbc news, beltsville, maryland. >>> we're back in a moment with a game changing announcement from the nfl. something a lot of fans have been hoping for for years. from the nfl. caring for someone with alzheimer's means i am a lot of things. i am her best friend. i am her ally. so i asked about adding once-daily namenda xr to her current treatment for moderate to severe alzheimer's. it works differently. when added to another alzheimer's treatment, it may improve overall function and cognition. and may slow the worsening of symptoms for a while. vo: namenda xr doesn't change how the disease progresses.

still to come find out why the ntsb may be on the verge of reopening the investigation into that crash that killed buddy holly, ricci valenz and the big bopper. >> i'm horace holmes. home owner said there are things that went bump in the night and even during the day up here in her attic. a local company had a $10,000 solution. what's up here in attic? we'll >> new information tonight on a "7 on your side" investigation. trouble shooter horace holmes told us about a family in fairfax that had been without heat or hot water for six weeks. the home owner joel kaufman says repairs in january actually broke the unit in his home. two have been in a dispute since. tonight, some good news. kaufman tells us that representatives with united air and the manufacturer of the heating unit stopped by. and the heat and hot water have been restored. took long enough. now he's got it. >> that's good. >> horace is back at it again tonight. this time he's out to help a woman who was told she had a squirrel problem. >> that's right. he went to prince william county to trouble shoot on her behalf. >> last

i just got off the phone, john, with the french equivalent of the ntsb. nd i'm told that investigators will be at the crash site tonight. as far as the ntsb goes here in the united states, they are watching this very closely. they will help if they're asked. but at this point, no indication that the ntsb has been asked for assistance, john. >> and at this point, we are told the crash area is about four acres in the french alps. and hala gorani just reported she heard from a witness that no piece of debris is bigger than about the size of a car. so when the searchers get there this evening, that is what they will face. rene marsh, thanks so much for being with us. >>> ahead for us, we'll be keeping a close eye on this breaking news, germanwings flight crashing in the french alps. all 150 on board feared dead and big challenges as john's laying out for emergency crews to even get to the crash site. >>> but also this is ahead for us, friends spying on friends. a new report that israel spied on closed-door iran nuclear talks and accusations as officials shared

and essentially committed his own suicide as the ntsb said, the cause of the crash was due to his directt inputs as a result of that he committed mass murder as well as his own suicide. >> i remember that -- i remember that the ntsb came to that conclusion, is my memory accurate in that egypt air through the end refused to admit that's what the cause was? >> absolutely. having done this for 40 years and involved in every major crash, we have foreign carriers and foreign government it is many of the governments own the airlines we run into resistance for the professionalism of the ntsb. and they never wanted to acknowledge that their pilot had done this they wanted to blame it on some kind of mechanical error. you are 100% right. your memory is spot on. and that's what happened in 40 years i want you to understand and having been involved in the lockerbie disaster and representing the fellow -- the people todd beamer and jeremy glick in united 93 during 9/11 this is such a rare occurrence. as a pilot over 40 year this is is such a rare occurrence this is really the only time i have ever s

the europeans. >> understood, understood. gentlemen, thank you very much. jim hall, former ntsb chairman, and pete field, aviation consultant. gentlemen, thank you very much. appreciate it. >>> back to the markets now, they ended the day lower with all sectors in the red as money flowed in the u.s. treasuries, that's why rates came down. break down today's action with john buckingham of al frank asset management. rachel of sassy options telling us why it's time to invest in the tech sector. >>> and mark sebastian from the pits of the cme. mark, i want to talk about the vix, it's very low. i believe it was in the 12 range at a 12 handle a day or so ago. but the market is not rallying? what does that tell you when the vix is this low without a market rally? >> this is a very weird day. i kept expecting the market to go with the way the vix was acting. any market sell-off is a bit of a head fake. if you look at the russell 2000 and the move in interest rates, what i think we've seen the last week or so has been the big reset of traders trying to reposition themselves. now that it's

>> that's what the ntsb is going to be looking at. one of the most important things is to let the investigation play out. they're going to be looking at the runway conditions. they're also going to be looking at the visibility. the pilots have to have appropriate weather in order to land. the wind has to be correct. the visibility minimums have to be met. this approach to the runway probably should have had a half-mile visibility. and everyone is reporting a quarter-mile visibility. >> and the conditions of the runway itself are an issue. the port authority is in charge of maintaining that. >> the ntsb going to be looking at the port authority. the snow removal procedures when they did the snow removal. they were continuously monitoring the conditions. because the conditions were changing minute to minute. >> here's a question that reminds me of our mh-370 investigation. we have technology that should be able to monitor those things. i know the port authority has a system of testing the runway a skid testing to make sure that it's okay

the wreckage. an ntsb spokesman says ryan mccaul had just taken off from the orange airport when witnesses saw the plane bank to the left and crash. ryan was a student at skyline aviation and his flight instructor was observing as the plane went down. this afternoon, the family of the river bend high school sophomore released this photo along with a statement reading in part "ryan was our beloved middle son, a typical teenager whom we loved so much and who himself had a passion for flying that he'd already learned hi license to pilot at the young age of 16." on news4 at 5:00 you'll hear more from those who knew ryan about this terrible loss. in orange virginia i'm julie carey, news4. >>> right now the search is on for the person who threw a brick through a bus window. two people on a metro bus are being treated for injuries. this happened this morning in northeast d.c. the bus was on bening road and 19th street. there are no reports of any arrests. the passengers' injuries are not said to be life-threateni