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>> weather is not a factor. we may be looking at multiple engine failures, which is almost unheard of today to have a multiple engine failure. these planes, twin engine airplane, is designed to fly on one engine. its even designed to fly on one engine if it loses one just at take-off on full take-off flight. losing one is not a problem. obviously losing two is a serious problem. i tend to think, though, that this may be something electrical. it is very, very difficult to ascertain because of the...

Fox 26 in houston. federal officials are extending deadlines to register for federal assistance following hurricane harvey. data includes help for temporary housing, rental assistance assistance, repair or replacement of damaged homes. grants are available for health, dental, and child care as well as funeral and burial costs. fox 2 in san francisco. the investigation into yesterdays crash of a single engine airplane into a house in san jose. all three people on board were injured. no one on the...

Runway. well show you that fords plane was supposed to land on the runway, but instead he landed on a much smaller taxiway which runs parallel to the runway. thats a no no in the faas mind. he could get a warning letter and could have his license taken away or suspended. as you mentioned also its not the first time ford has had an aviation issue. back in march of 2015 just down the street from us near los angeles the long-time actor crash landed his vintage single engine airplane on a golf cours...

The case because, they were taxiing for takeoff, if they had gotten airborne this thing happened we may talk about a whole different scenario. bill: the crew was warned by another jet on the tarmac. it was taxiing. apparently pilot said, got something coming out you should not. that is when they shut it down. 100 people on board if that gets in the air, what are options for a pilot? >> well at that point you go through the emergency procedures. obviously one of the things with an engine fire on ...

The news. first to it a high speed crash at the tour de france. the very moment 20 riders go down on stage 3 of the famed bicycle race. the horrifying crash leading five riders to abandon the race all together and the race organizers to temporarily stop the tour de france. interrupted when a single engine airplane crashes on to a beach. losing power and crash landing on to a crowded beach in carlsbad, california. a 12-year-old boy suffered a gash to his head. get, this a woman famous for sneakin...

Reporting good breaking action. whether changes constantly. just because a few minutes before the breaking action was good doesnt mean it is going to be for you. most people dont know when airplanes when you land the brakes are on your pedals. it is also what you use to steer. if you put more pressure on one side or the other it can cause you to skid like that. it will be interesting to see what happened here. >> what about harrison ford flying this vintage world war ii plane. he loves to fly. n...

Saying they need very special care and you cant just put on any kind of part or do anything that you want, that you have to follow special aging aircraft protocol. so theyre tricky and prevalent, but they do have an unfortunate higher incidents of crashes and problems. >> so mary, when you talk about this plane, and were talking about obviously the ntsb will determine whether this was an intended landing, whether he was trying to land in a golf course, but were talking about a very densely popul...

Dont work. >> that guy is obviously used to this kind of thing. but cnn aviation analyst says harrison fords piloting skills prevented the situation from escalating to something much worse. >> what happens is once you have a -- if you have a single engine airplane and you have an engine failure, if youre a good pilot you set it up in a glide slope. you are trained how you can get the most amount of mileage out of it with no engine. he obviously set it up for a good ratio but he just couldnt make...

Witnesses helped ford out of the plane. he underwent surgery thursday night. the ucla medical center said he suffered a broken pelvis and elbow. hes expected to make a full recovery. honored tonight, we have with us lester holt who has covered a lot of these. what do you make of this? how did he respond? >> he responded the way pilots are trained, although im not a pilot. i grew up in a pilot family. one of the first lessons of flying is what if your engines quits in a single engine airplane. te...

Looks like a low-speed event which could be indicative of what allen was talking about with icing where she was seated the best part of that airplane the most intact part of that airplane appeared to be at the tail so she may very well crawled out from there. it looked like a piper seneca which is a very light twin engine airplane but very susceptible to ice. >> if it indeed is. we havent heard there was any inclement weather but we do know they recorded engine problems. thank you very much les....