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Out how to get this runway back up and running again. can you hear me? >> yes, i can. >> what can you see from the airplane that you are currently in? >> we are between -- between the terminal c and d at delta. about a 30 degree angle with the nose in the air. the emergency door exit on the right side of the plane which would be first class is open and two emergency doors on the wing appear to be open. and our view is blocked by an emergency vehicle to the rear. right now, there are probably abo...

Train is coming this way, run toward the oncoming train but at a 45 degree angle so youre running away from the track and avoiding the collision and the debris coming this way. brian todd cnn, alexandria virginia. still to come here on cnn newsroom icy roads are causing accidents and snarling traffic across southern parts of the united states. 14 million americans are under another winter storm warning. and we should see a football world cup final played just before christmas. stay with us. ...

>> if the train is coming this way, it can take an average train up to a mile to stop. thats the length of 18 football fields. if a train sees something on the tracks it cants in low stop in time. >> reporter: she says if youre stuck on a track, some steps are obvious. try to somehow get the vehicle off the track. if you cant, exit the vehicle and run. libby recter snipes says if youre stuck at a place like it and have to run from a vehicle and a train is coming in their way, run toward the onco...

Before the crash. what did you see, what did you hear? >> reporter: well i work on train cars for a living and i realize that the train was definitely in emergency. we were stopping fast. normally its a mechanical issue or something and happened to i felt the bumps so i knew we hit something. as we went through the crossing, i saw the car blow up and we started rocking and rolling. we went right on the ground there. and just incredible feeling, you know, okay for a little while and then got on o...

Dna test revealed it was darlys. the blood dripped on the handle at an 80 degree angle. the pattern was not consistent with darlys running past the vacuum as she told police. either darly routier was mistaken about what happened in the kitchen or she knew more about the murders than she was telling police.

Airbus 8320 is one of the more popular in the skies so how safe is it? >> aviation consultant joins us on the curvy couch to discuss the anatomy of this plane. how safe are these planes in general? >> the only abnormality is the flight control system between that and boeing. this is a dinner type of flight control -- a a different type of flight control system where the pilots are outside of the loop of direct control. boeing keeps you inside of the loop. these aircraft are safe. they have had a...

I thought it was going to be a normal landing as usual. >> instead he catches a terrifying moment on camera. >> holy [ bleep ]! >> the plane clips a telephone wire, sending them into a nose dive toward the grass. >> i just braced myself. it was very, very scary. i literally thought i was going to die. okay, here we go, this is it. >> i had no time to do anything but ride it out. >> the wing hits the ground first, then the nose crashes down at a 45 degree angle. ians phone continues recording aud...

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>> its a full mission bridge simulator. this is everything that you would see on a bridge of a modern ship. radar, control systems, everything else. >> one thing we can do is list this ship at 60 degrees. lets do that slowly. well take a few perspectives. well be able to see not only from the bridge what that perspective looks like. if you are here and you are at this degree angle, you know that you are in trouble. >> if youre not rolling back the other way you would know you have a problem with...

Perspective. take a look at the second camera. you will be able to see what the 60 degree angle looks like. you can see the water a lot closer to the lifeboats and balco balcony. one of the thipgs that stands out to me is for a lot of professions there is continuing education. some of the clients that we train with, some of the big cruise lines are starting to do that and taking it upon themselveses to do recurring training. thats why this facility was built. they have taken that lesson from avi...