Airlines pilot failed two breathalyzer tests and was acting strange. The pilots arrest forced American Airlines to cancel that flight. It was supposed to bring passengers from detroit to philadelphia international. Nbc 10s Randy Gyllenhaal gets reaction from passengers who had to find new flights. Reporter many passengers headed on vacation for spring break. All forced to scramble after their pilot was arrested on the tarmac. They were supposed to arrive here in philly just before 9 00 a. M. But American Airlines flight 736 never even got off the ground in detroit. At first, passengers were told it would be a brief delay. 15, 20 minute delay. You know, its a seat problem. Reporter mitchell and his mom were hoping to fly to the dominican but when they looked out their window they saw police cars. He was handcuffed. Reporter their pilot arrested on the tarmac. Officials say he was acting drunk and failed two breathalyzer tests. A sharpeyed tsa agent saw him acting strange before he got i
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Yet now, to see this is unbelievable. All right. Father beck, if you can stand by for me, i want to reset what were seeing here at the top of the hour. Its 8 p. M. In paris, and its a beautiful, warm day in paris. And you are looking at the cathedral of notre dame, aflame, and at this point the damage is catastrophic. There is yellow smoke and gray smoke and in some parts black smoke pouring from the ceiling of this cathedral as a fire engulfs it and continues to burn unabated. You have the Fire Department that is responding. There are fire boats on the send, but at this point any efforts if theyve been able to undertake them, certainly with the structural challenges of this iconic building have been completely un ineffective as we are watching this fire burn. You can see i want to bring in Jim Bitterman. Were getting an especially good view of the scaffolding that you were talking about. So the church has been under construction, and at this point we dont know what the cause of the fi
From it. Now, some 2. 5 hours later, much of the upper portions of notre dame have been completely engulfed in flames. From the pictures that im seeing what youre seeing and have very Little Information beyond what one can get from our News Agencies and witnesses on scene. But, a large part of notre dame appears to be gone. Now on your screen is a tweet from the president , which we read in the last hour. There it is. That is a statement which goes without saying. President said so hard to watch this massive fire at notre dame in paris. Perhaps flying water tankers could be used to put it out. Must act quickly. That from the president of the United States said. It is a sinkening feeling. If there is any saving this building, you have to wonder now how in the world it could happen. The meaning of notre dame is our lady of paris known as its roughly 24 2400 feet high, this spire atop it, a catholic cathedral in the city of paris. And the spire that so many of us have looked upon for year
Photographs of the more than 30,000 daily visitors still stands. There it is. But the cathedral itself behind it and all of the priceless artifacts that it contained appear to be from the cameras eye largely lost. Benjamin hall has been watching with us from our regional newsroom in london. Benjamin, the fire brigades arrived more than an hour ago to begin pumping water on the building but it appears their efforts are in vain. Thats right. What were hearing is access was so difficult in those early couple of hours. First of all, there were so many people gathered there. They evacuated notre dame quite early on. They didnt evacuate much of the area around it. Although the local authorities asked people to move back, quite the opposite and. Many people went down there and knowing the recovery was underway, they had to go see this symbol of their city burning. Many of them in tears at this site. Now were seeing some of the hoses getting up there on cranes. Again, because of the height of