PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The decision by Alaska Airlines to stop flying one of its planes over the Pacific Ocean to Hawaii due to warnings from a cabin-pressurization system —
plane. alan diehl is a former accident investigator for the ntsb, faa, and u.s. air force and the author of "air safety investigators." he joins us from albuquerque, new mexico. sir, thank you so much for your time. you know, what's so mystifying is that this plane was basically -- not basically, but was brand-new. lost a chunk of its body. i mean, that's anyone's worst nightmare. has it ever happened before? or is it rare for something like this to occur? >> well, in terms of this type of plugged door, it's been around since 1996 on predecessor 737s. i don't think there's a long history of failure. but yes, you do seem to have failures when planes are brand-new and when they get very old. so it's not surprising. and there was some talk about the fact that they were having
fact-finding phase of our investigation. what that means is, we bring together technical experts that would have access to all the factual information. they help us gather that factual information, but after the fact-finding phase, it is only the ntsb that does the analysis, develops the findings, developing the probable cause, and issues the safety recommendations. >> alan diehl is a former accident investigator for the ntsb, faa, and u.s. air force and the author of "air safety investigators." he joins us from albuquerque, new mexico. sir, thank you so much for your time. you know, what's so mystifying is that this plane was basically -- not basically, but was brand-new. lost a chunk of its body. i mean, that's anyone's worst nightmare. has it ever happened before?
that the ntsb i'm sure will be looking into. >> former accident investigator alan diehl in albuquerque, new mexico. sir, thank you so much for sharing your expertise with us, we greatly appreciate it. >> thanks, laila. sunday marks three months since hamas launched its brutal attack on israel, killing about 1,200 people and taking around 240 hostages. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is making it clear he has no intention of stopping the ongoing military campaign in gaza. he says israel must keep going until it achieves its main objectives, which include eliminating hamas, rescuing the remaining hostages, and making sure gaza is no longer a threat, in his words. on the ground, the military claims results are showing the idf says it finished dismantling what it called the hamas military framework in northern gaza, and it's now focusing on the central and the southern parts of the enclave. local health officials say palestinians are paying a heavy
but i do think continued scrutiny needs to be maintained. we can talk about the relationship of the faa. i worked for the faa as a scientist, as you may have mentioned, as well as an ntsb investigator. boeing needs to be watched, and the faa needs the resources to do that. >> alan diehl, we'll leave it there. thank you very much. a major winter storm is hitting the east coast. millions of people will be hit with snow and freezing rain. cnn's polo sandoval is in hartford, connecticut. it looks like it's coming down out there. i can see your shot in the preview. there it is. what's happening now? what are you seeing? >> reporter: trying to get into position for you, victor and amara, to show you the situation in new england. for much of the winter so far, it's been a snowflake winter. folks, believe it or not, were actually looking forward to a
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