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Lax, los angeles international airport. >> when flying in uncontrolled air space, you dont necessarily have to talk to an air traffic controller, you dont necessarily have to have a transponder. but if youre going to operate anywhere in controlled air space, you have to have permission to operate in that air space. you cant just fly into it without permission. >> the dc-9 crew believed they were in protected air space, and they were. but unbeknownst to them, the piper strayed into their air spac...

>> one of the things we love about here is just the ability to go anywhere. i can grab one of my kids and head to orlando and go to the parks. >> dont have to stop at an airport and check luggage. >> theres no security lines at the airport. theres no getting in your car and showing up two hours early. you just get in your plane and you go. >> walk out the backdoor, go flying, and were in the bahamas 45 minutes later. its fantastic. >> you leave out of your house, and youre there, from your house...

A pilot deployed his chute over the pacific ocean when he had a fuel problem inch 2009, a chute brought this plane down safely into a d.c. suburb. >> you pull down, and then with two hands you pull straight down, about 40, 45 pounds of pressure. and the parachute, which is in the back of the plane, will deploy. >> reporter: its a standard feature in barry goldbergs 2015 cirrus. >> ultimately the parachute is a safety feature of last resort. i have one more tool in my bag as a pilot to ultimately...

Going to make it based on what he was telling us with the amount of fuel that was in his tanks and the speed he was getting. i knew it was going to be close. >> after flying side by side for 90 minutes, it becomes obvious hes not going to make it. but will the pilot survive the crash into the open seas? >> its a very dangerous scenario. luckily, his type of airplane is capable of flying very slow, its very light, it really is the ideal type of airplane to ditch into the water. >> modjeska gives ...

Well have a -- well just talk, okay? just come on down. >> reporter: after about an hour in the air, grant is finally convinced to land thanks to that stranger on the radio. >> since youve kept me company, ill just make it easier for you. ill just come down. >> these are extraordinary people and when certain things happen that are extraordinary they come to the rescue as fast as they can. >> reporter: as he turns back to the airport, grant tells that controller he knows hes in big trouble. >> iv...

An airplane flying over the pacific has run out of fuel and is about to go down. >> its a very dangerous scenario. >> its called ditching in flight lingo. and in this precarious life-or-death situation, it is anybodys guess if the title, who is the only person on board, would survive. the flight brings back memories of the miracle on the hudson in january 2009, when a bird strike knocks out both engines on us airways flight 1549. amazingly, all 155 passengers and crew on board survive, but no on...

Theres a group of men we visited with this week who we didnt need to tell. they live with the consequences of the frigid weather every day. the 17 members of the coast guard who man the cutter "sturgeon bay" are no strangers to ice. they break it for a living wbr id "wbr12810" on new yorks hudson river, but even veterans like the ships commander havent seen anything like this. this winter is the worst winter that ive seen on the hudson and its certainly the worst winter since 2004 that the...

So this blows off? >> that blows off. >> reporter: what happens? >> theres a red handle youws o pull. it triggers a rocket which shoots out the back and launche oc parashoot. >> reporter: off hawaii, the parachute delivered both pilot and plane safely to the ocean. the pilot climbed onto an emergency raft and was soon picked up by the crew of a 51 nearby holland american cruise ship. cirrus says its parachutes have been used 51 times in the pastoing to 15 years, saving 104 people. its going to b...

You know what, if this is on your bucket list, we have to go for it. >> ginny rounds up some family friends, including 84-year-old eileen sambesetti. >> she knew that id been wanting to go. she called me up, gee, my sister wants to go. do you want to go? i said yeah. >> is this something youve wanted to do? >> for years. >> life hasnt been easy for laverne. shes already lived through a broken neck and a heart attack. shes been a widow for more than 40 years, raising two children on her own. for ...

Try a new way to bank, where no branches equals great rates. an airplane flying over the pacific has run out of fuel and is about to go down. >> its a very dangerous scenario. >> its called ditching in flight lingo. and in this precarious life-or-death situation, it is anybodys guess if the title, who is the only person on board, would survive. the flight brings back memories of the miracle on the hudson in january 2009, when a bird strike knocks out both engines on us airways flight 1549. ama...