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. >> reporter: the ntsb has the black boxes from the usairways plane and is investigating. usairways believes this was a mechanical issue isolated to this particular plane and wasn't part of a wider problem. pilots tell us they train for these white knuckle landings and this training paid off. >> it certainly did. lisa, thank you. >>> to the other major investigation under way after a train went off the rails and then hit another. it happened at the height of rush hour on one of the nation's busiest routes from grand central station to boston. marcie gonzalez tonight on the critical injuries and the relief that the outcome wasn't far worse. >> reporter: 24 hours after two commuter trains packed with passengers collided in connecticut, the twisted wreckage remains. our cameras the only one there as ntsb investigators took a first look saying it could be weeks before they know why this happened. >> the cause of the accident while we're on the scene, nor will we speculate on what may have caused the accident. >> reporter: this crash would have been much worse. it was the heigh

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. >> tense moments in the sky today when a usairways express flight from philadelphia was forced to make a belly landing. you can see sparks right there as the plane landed. the airline says the plane had a problem with the landing gear. it circled the airport several time highs the crew tried to get the gear down. these photos from an airport source show crews using foam on the plan after itland. -- it landed. the ntsb is investigating. >> coming up at 5:30 on world news, inside this emergency landing. new illinoiss as passengers describe walking away from the plane's white-knuckle touchdown. >> new details in the cleveland kidnapping of three women. we're hearing from police officers who responded to the house where three missing women were found alive of a decade of captivity. the officers arrived after amanda berry escaped and called 9-1-1. one officer was the first to lay eyes on michelle knight, and then gina dejesus. >> within moments she came charging at me, she jumped on to me, she is like, you saved us, you saved us, and i'm holding on to her so tight. and then within a few sec

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how a flock of birds sucked into the engines of a usairways flight, forced sully sullenberger to ditch the plane in the hudson river. >> few people probably know about a program allowing programs to shoot birds like these out of the sky. to keep the birds from interfering from aircraft. it's a last resort measure, a privilege that's being granted to a growing number of california airports. when it comes to bird strikes, sacramento international airport has one of the highest counts in the nation. >> we have a lot of birds here, and the majority of them we do scare away. >> wildlife biologist julie carr says shooting is always the last option here. >> we try to make this area as unpleasant as possible, using horns, pyrotechnics, basically just to scare them away. when we do have to, it is a last resort. >> reporter: carr is one of four wildlife biologists here in san francisco trying to scare off the birds. >> you need to determine is it an imminent threat. you're aware of where aircraft are, are there any waiting to take off. >> reporter: despite the high number of strikes, carr says t

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with usairways. >> fancing looking new planes, too. logos. >> big anniversary as well for them. 80 years ago last week, american airlines trained its first stewardesses. >> wow, 1933, huh? when they were trained. put on their first flight. come a long way since 1933, right? >> indeed. >> all right. >> flight attendants now. >> flight attendants. lots of gender -- female pilots. everything has changed. >>> well, the "journal of pediatrics" a respected publication reports parents who suck their own child's pacifier could be doing them a big favor. the study just published reveals that parents who clean off their baby's pacifiers could be lowering their risk of asthma or eczema. researchers studied 200 babies and their parents and discovered the link. the study worries critics who say parents should not share saliva with their babies because they could expose them to potentially harmful infections. >> never did that one for my daughter. >> under the sink. >> why would you put it in your mouth? >> maybe i would go like that. i don't rememb

the airline is in the middle of negotiations in bankruptcy court as it puts together a merger with usairwaystimes. a united nations agency report predicts by next year could be more cell phones in use on earth than people on earth. right now people do outnumber the cell phones by 300 million. the report says more people have mobile phones for home and personal use and cellular service is cheaper in developing countries than even having a land line. i have two. >> here is the problem. a lot of people have two. >> one for work. one for personal. >> we are already outnumbered. >> business and pleasure don't meet. >> they don't. >> big brother is out there. keep your cell phone to yourself. >> that's true. >>> now to our friday weather. clear for the east coast. there will be storms in two areas. first in texas where tornados are a possibility. second is in the ohio valley. rain in parts of the southeast and the northern plains. >> some of the warmest weather of the spring from washington all the way into new england. another day of much warmer than usual temperatures in the northwest. 85 in hon

what do you make of the consolidation like american and usairways?ed, investors leavitt but consumers are worried. >> it is a good thing not only for investors but customers. you have to be a large airline today to be successful. have to have a big airline to generate those miles and get people who have places to burn as miles of the big network makes you competitive. time was with american 25 years and think it is a good thing. cheryl: you are fascinating to talk to let you have a book coming out called on innovation and you know how to run a business pretty well. looks like a good read. terry jones, thanks for being on the show. dennis: if you're sick of waiting for the annoying passenger taking too long to stuff a big suitcase into the overhead bin american airlines has a deal for you. you better travel white. in an attempt to speed up on-time performance american airlines will give boarding priority to people just carrying a personal items that fits under the seat like a purse or a backpack letting them on the 4 other passengers. american tested

off as a simple kink in her travel plans turned into a horrifying trip. 34 people stat across this usairwaysrouble with the landing gear. linda demmerest was one of them and never thought this could happen to her. >> i thought it was it. we were going down. we were basically a controlled crash. but it was a plane crash. you hear them on the news all the time. not many people survive plane crashes. that was my thought. >> reporter: the mother of two says she was exhausted as she was making her way back home to new jersey after training for her new nursing job in dallas. the flight was going smoothly until. >> the captain comes out of the dockpit with a flashlight and starts looking at the when. at this point everyone on the plane knew something was going to happen. >> moments later, the crew confirmed her worst fears. >> at the told us, there was a mechanical problem. you can see the flaps opening on the right side. on the left side the flap did not open. >> reporter: demarest's first thought, contact her family. >> i wrote to my husband. we can't land, one landing goer went down. i wrote to