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You know, in the past, weve -- we have reported on some of them. let me just say what we do know, its a-321, part of the a-320 familiar. its a reliable aircraft, a stretch version. it carried a lot of people according to the russian reports if correct, 217 passengers, seven crew members on board. theres a lot of seats on that airplane. in any case, its a highly computerized airplane. but once again, let me say its a very reliable airplane. in that area of the world, a lot of radar, so there shou...

6,000 of the 320 family. that goes from 318, 19, 20, through to the 21. the only difference. there is a commonality of cockpit. so one pilot can fly anyone in the range. it gets longer and longer for more passengers. you will see the 320 in all the fleets of all the worlds of all the major airlines. the direct competitor is the boeing 327. boeing is doing the 377 max. every major u.s. character has 320s in its fleet and in europe, the 320 is the backbone of the short-haul fleet. >> lets bring in...

Age and stress on a plane, the fitness of a plane overall? >> 1997, thats just about not quite 20 years old. in airplane years, it is really not a lot of time. airlines do what we call progressive maintenance. they continually maintain the airplane. there is a checklist at so many hours, certain things have to be done. it is still a relatively new airplane. the airbus a 321 is the stretch version as we have been talking about on earlier segments and it is the newer version of the airbus a-320 fa...

This is a workhorse of a plane thats used around the world. its of the a-320 family, it has a very good safety record worldwide. it is highly unusual that you would have some sort of a problem at that altitude, which is why this is so puzzling. in fact very few of the incidents and accidents that we have reported on and covered over the last 40 years involve a plane that is at altitude. the most recent one at cruising altitude is air france 447 that was lost over the atlantic ocean and in that c...

Required repair. that might mean nothing. >> that might mean absolutely nothing. >> the 321 incidentally is prone to tail strikes, both on takeoff and landing, because it is a stretched version. it is one of the things that 321 pilots are warned about. because it is a longer aircraft, as you rotate, you have to be careful of that. there will be people that will be remembering previous instants where tail strike repairs havent been done properly and there have been failures, in one case, seven ye...

Back to you. >> stay safe down in the south. thank you. >> update on the story we brought to you on "happening now". the first florida bear hunt is over two days after it began. more black bears were killed during that time. 259 bears were hupted close to the limit of 320. it is a way to curve the black bear population. it faced back lash. but the hunt is no longer. >> this is up in the pandhandle of florida. >> south beach getting a cocktail. different type of hunting down. there it was effecti...

Were seized from a house and warehouse in southern carolina over the weekend. officers went to 52-year-old brent nicholsons house on unrelated charges. authorities believe he was hording the guns and not selling them. he was charged with possession of stolen froproperty. bear hunting season returned to florida this past weekend but by sunday florida authorities ended the hunt because the 320-bear quota was almost met. 293 bears killed hunters were limited to one bear per person. to californi...

Region, also gets in on heavy rainfall over the area. going back toward mexico, showing you what was the most powerful hurricane ever observed when it comes to wind speeds. in fact, a 200 miles per hour wind observed was the highest wind speeds ever observed of any storm anywhere on our planet. thats about 320 kilometers an hour. several thousand homes damaged. incredible to think the potential the storm system had and it went through a sparsely populated area. and missed heavily populated areas...

Hoping to leave the woods with a dead bear. >> three shells. reporter: newton cook is one of those hunters and this is the rifle he is packing. he says the controversial bear hunt is simply necessary. the state estimates about 3,000 black bear now roam parts of florida, rebounding from just 300 bear back in the 70s. the week-long bear hunt ends once 230 bear -- 320 bear are killed. three years ago floridas back bear were still on the states endangered species list. 32 states allow hunting bear. ...

Cockpit were later recovered from the victims, from the cockpit crew and they used those pieces of evidence to determine what they say happened to malaysia flight 17. a short time ago, the chairman of the dutch safety board. >> as a result of the detonation, the forward part of the airplane was torn off. the airplane broke up in the air. the wreckage came down in an area of about 50 kilometers in the eastern part of ukraine. the missile was launched from a 320-square kilometer area in eastern pa...