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On the cusp of Christmas Eve 2021, Typhoon Odette hit the Visayas and Mindanao with a vengeance. Cebu was among the provinces most affected. It left almost the entire Cebu City with no water and no electricity. While electricity is essential, generators were available but the need for drinkable water became a very palpable issue.

You know the very important speed, the v 1 and v 2. v-1 is the speed where you can take off. and v-2 is the speed where you cant abort your takeoff anymore. i mean, if youre a mechanic, you already know those speeds because theyre in the manual. if have you v a flight simulator, or you had some lessons, you know what speed rolling down the runway, you can pull become on the yoke, and youre airborne. however, looking at the video, and again, im watching on the screen like everybody else, but look...

>> jon: lets do a loop. >> you got plenty of airspeed, you can do a loop over the top. >> jon: lets go back home. >> looking good, ease the throttle back all the way. nose up to level and it will keep coming down. there you go. >> jon: experiencing the f-35 firsthand, you can get a sense of what a game changer this plane is. but is it worth the billion dollar price tag? >> the most basic cost benefit is it survivability, you can spend a lot of money on a cheaper airplane and you are going to die...

Bouncing up and down, like some type of earthquake. if he rips out the tail of the airplane, the airplane can go into a dead spin and nobody will be able to get out. theres nothing nobody can do to save him. i mean, theres no way that you can climb the tail to the back and try to release him. thats -- thats only in the movies. >> theres only one thing the skydivers left inside can do. jump. the pilot increases airspeed to counter the turbulence, but that puts more pressure on orlandos chute. as ...

Air on top and on bottom and the pressure is so great, that you can actually feel the plane pouncing up and down, like some type of earthquake. if he rips out the tail of the airplane, the airplane can go into a dead spin and nobody will be able to get out. theres nothing nobody can do to save him, theres no way you can climb to the tail to the back and try to release him. thats only in the movies. >> theres only one thing can skydivers left inside can do -- jump. the pilot increases airspeed to...

Perfectly good. they performed exactly what they were supposed to. they have lots of redundancies its whether or not in this instance there was a pilot or co-pilot who just wanted to kill people. >> rick? >> oh im sorry. i thought you were talking to d.j. still. >> no, to you. these a-320 is a great plane. >> the a-320 is an excellent plane. i think everybody is putting the cart before the horse on this whole accident. this pilot number one, only had 630 hours he was in that cockpit alone. lets ...

Perfectly good. they performed exactly what they were supposed to. they have lots of redundancies its whether or not in this instance there was a pilot or co-pilot who just wanted to kill people. >> rick? >> oh im sorry. i thought you were talking to d.j. still. >> no, to you. these a-320 is a great plane. >> the a-320 is an excellent plane. i think everybody is putting the cart before the horse on this whole accident. this pilot number one, only had 630 hours he was in that cockpit alone. lets ...

Attempted to get the flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder but short of not being able to get that we still had enough information to make a determination as to what happened and i think that with the physical evidence, that may not tell us what happened but cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder should shed light on this. >> and some of the pieces you are talking about, there was no radio communication and the fact that they started the descent in this area, do any of those d...

To recover fully, which is truly unbelievable. lets bring in anthony roman, faa licensed commercial pilot and former flight instructor and eric gardner, senior editor for the hollywood reporter. first, lets talk about what happened. anthony, from your vantage point it seemed his skill as a pilot might have saved his life. >> remarkable skill. >> remarkable skill. >> its really a testament to the amount of training that hes done as a private pilot. >> what was it from what you can see so far that...

Can actually feel the plane pouncing up and down, like some type of earthquake. if he rips out the tail of the airplane, the airplane can go into a dead spin and nobody will be able to get out. theres nothing nobody can do to save him, theres no way you can climb to the tail to the back and try to release him. thats only in the movies. >> theres only one thing can skydivers left inside can do -- jump. the pilot increases airspeed to counter the turbulence, but that puts more pressure on orlandos...