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british parliament hearing today in london but they were upstaged momentarily by an intruder who somehow managed to get very, very close to the murdochs, too close as youre about to see. watch. so no official word yet as to who exactly that guy in the plaid shirt was. we know he was shouting you greedy billionaire, but he pushed a plateful of shaving cream into rupert murdochs face before he was grabbed, first by his wife, if you watch it, not in this shot but you can see she was weari...

Reports of pilot error. and now to a heroic midair save in the sky. it happened when a private pilot became incapacitated leaving his wife to fly that plane despite not being a pilot. as nbcs tom costello reports for us, it all started when they discovered the pilots oxygen mask was not working. >> reporter: it was a brief radio conversation between a private pilot and a denver air-traffic controller that brought the first sign of trouble. >> okay. thats the after -- two arrival. maintain unse...

Many other agencies across the country are focused on here in the state of delaware and across the nation. >> attorney general beau biden, thank you. have a great weekend. >> have a great memorial day, richard. to a heroic is midair save in the sky. a pilot became incapacitated leaving his wife to fly the plane, despite not being a pilot herself. nbcs tom costello reports, the oxygen mask was not working. >> reporter: bringing the first sign of trouble. >> okay. thats the after [ inaudible ] t...

It is heading straight towards the mountains. >> you are better off heading towards the southeast. >> i gotta get down. we need to breathe. >> reporter: they apparently were using the planes oxygen system as required, but it did not seem to be helping. there is a last resort. the cirrus aircraft is equipped with an emergency parachute, which can lower the plane to the ground. it is not necessary. as the plane descends, the pilot begins to come back to life. woozie, but combative. >> you need to ...

Shannon: terrifying moments ten thousand feet in the sky when a 70-year-old pilot of a small plane passed out midair. his wife who has no flying experience, and well she had to just jump in and take control. take a listen. >> have you ever flown an aircraft before, do you have any experience. >> no [uninaudible. shannon: greg garrett is live in the newsroom with more details. hi, gregg. >> reporter: im shaking my head over this one. the controller and a great lakes airplane pilot flying above th...

Steve, thank you. jamie: bill you said jamie, imagine this. i dont want to imagine it. too terrifying for me captured on a control tower recording. a pilot passing out, his wife, with zero flying experience, she has to take the controls, julie heyden, with ktvr in denver, tells us the story. >> clear to be... >> reporter: he and his wife were flying a plane from san bernardino to the colorado springs airport and the longmont based faa controller, with 22 years experience realized something was w...

Air-traffic controller that brought the first sign of trouble. >> okay. thats after -- the two arrival -- maintain one seven -- >> reporter: the message was unintelligible. quickly charlie rohr, a 22 year veteran controller realized the pilot may be flying too high and suppering from a lack of oxygen. >> i think you might be experiencing some hypoxia. would you like to hoe lower altitude? >> reporter: soon his wife, who isnt a pilot, was on the radio. >> i cant talk much because i got to hold th...

Two 16-year-old students. the kids, well, they took them. i think thats the only nice way to put it. volcano in iceland has stopped erupting for now, the giant ash plume wreaking havoc now all the way to germany. new video from hamburg airport where hundreds of passengers are now stranded. air traffic in england expected to return to normal today. yesterday, 500 flights were canceled then. well, its happened again, folks. two more air traffic controllers caught sleeping on the job. one controlle...

Tankers. how safe are american ports in this raises the fear all over again. >>guest: people worried what is coming across our border. we worry about mexico. our northern border. our ports. our containers. we have $1 billion in merchandise that crosses our border each day, and $12 billion a year in terms of shipping containers. >>neil: what brought this gay to our attention? >>guest: he was caught in a boat. and the stowaways happen often, in miami we see it and on the west coast. >>neil: so we ...

Disaster and how it was all averted. >> reporter: chicago ohare airport is the nations second busiest airport. but on monday, flights stopped briefly while the vice president flew in for the swearing in of chicagos new mayor. the close call involving two regional jets came some eight minutes after joe biden had landed when the airport was once again up and running. both planes were united express flights. one with 29 passengers arriving from michigan, the other 50 passengers departing for buffal...