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She sets up for what i think is going to be the final landing here at jfk. so, scott, just imagine that you are the pilot of that 747 with 90 tons of space shuttle on board. what are you doing, what are you thinking? >> well, what youre thinking is everybody in the world is watching you right now and you sure dont want to mess this one up. jon: thats for sure. you mentioned the drag of the, just the aeronautical drag of having the shuttle onboard that big 747. its a pretty fine touch on the thro...

now he makes shocking remarks about asian-owned businesses. wolf blitzer is off. im joe johns. youre in "the situation room." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >> breaking news, a horrifying scene in a crowded apartment complex in virginia beach as a navy jet crashes into buildings there, shooting flames and thick, black smoke into the sky. the crew members ejected and were taken to the hospital. now an urgent effort to account for all of the people on the ground. our brian todd ha...

How fast they were going or how slow they were going and they were chasing -- what we call chasing the vertical speed because they had no valid airspeed information trying to maintain control of the airplane. >> it is fascinating stuff. i know more information will be released in the upcoming weeks. greg, come back with us when we hear more and maybe well get a few answers. we appreciate it. >> absolutely. absolutely. >> clayton, whats coming up? >> thanks, dave. is this what the obama administr...

>> 22 minutes after the top of the hour. couple of quick headlines. pilot error may have contributed to that deadly airfrance plane crash in 2009. black box recordings reportedly show that the pilots were distracted when airspeed indicators malfunctioned. another report says the captain wasnt even in the cockpit when the problem started. and today, chrysler is paying back $7 1/2 billion in loans from the u.s. and canadian government. the company is eager to pay up due to the whopping 12% interes...

Was asking for to climb to 38,000 feet. that is the very top of this aircrafts flight envelope. the airplane may have been arguing with the pilot not wanting it to climb that high. ive seen accidents in the case of fly by wire technology pilot is fighting the airplane because the airplane doesnt do what the pilot wants to do. they get confused and causing a bad emergency. >> great example of that air france crash. they were in a thunderstorm, about 32 35,000 feet. what happened the plane in thun...

Explicative and they both start trying to push the nose down. as the nose comes up. the airspeed starts dropping off. its armed for go around because of the approach mode and now full power comes in to both engines. the nose pitches up. and this air bus went straight up in the air. this is a perfectly clear night with nothing wrong with the airplane. went straight up in the air and did a hammerhead stall and went in and crashed and killed everybody on the airplane. thats a a per example of what ...

Aircraft i can either deflect it, absorb it more, can i go below it and i can evade it. that had to be an individual with that type of knowledge and that type of skill. >> and j.p., you know, the elevation changes, one thing a lot of people are talking about, possibly could it be causing people to think that maybe there was a fight in the cockpit? >> that initial one that i have read about in the "times" were by the aircraft go up 45,000 feet and does a turn and comes back. that looks to me like...

Aircraft up there, do what we call like an octo flugeron. >> you think he stalled at 45,000 feet? >> he ran out of airspeed. this aircraft. >> thats scary. >> if i took this thing along at 35,000 feet and wanted to do a zoom climb and put the power all the way 8-5 maximum speed. start to shake. roll trim up. get that plane up. it will run out of speed at maybe 6,000 or 7,000 feet. this is not a fighter. so the momentum would take it up to 45,000 feet and the airspeed would be going down towards ...

Likely on the longest runway to give the pilot the most amount of time to bleed off the speed and touch this thing down as softly as you can. whether its a nose wheel or side wheel, the object, the objective, is to touch it down so it doesnt below more tires. theyll come in, youll see them make their way down the runway and ever so slightly touch down the rear wheels and try as long as they can to keep that nose up until they bleed off enough airspeed that the nose comes down and touches down as...

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