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Miracle looking at this wreckage. >> reporter: its amazing. theyre in bad shape, but that is an amazing thing. this is a twin engine cessna that crashed on final approach to john wayne international airport in orange county, south of los angeles. the pilot was in contact with aircraft traffic control and did declare an emergency saying may day may day, indicating that he was not going to make the runway. if you saw an aerial, the 405 freeway is 50 yards from that west facing runway at john wayne...

>> but they were wrong. >> all arf vehicles, i need you to roll immediately. >> the guys soon realize its a single engine cessna and its heading straight towards traffic on tampas busy memorial highway. you can see loves plane narrowly miss a truck and then he crashes, only 40 yards from the runway. >> pd-4, thanks. we lost his light, very short to the runway. >> the distress calls go silent, and the next thing dennison and gentry knew, their routine air patrol was about to become a dramatic res...

This small plane that slammed into this shed before takeoff they found a half empty bottle of cognac, a bottle of wine and a plastic water bottle filled with liquid that smelled like alcohol. the pilot 57-year-old christopher hall now charged with reckless operation of a vessel and child abuse without harm because also board that twin engine cessna, his 10-year-old son. >> hold your position. >> moments before the crash, this terse exchange. >> hold your position. i didnt tell you to move. >> th...

Discern its an aircraft and its becoming larger. >> theres a portion of the tape that you actually hear us comment and i believe i said it, that hes gonna make it, hes got it. >> hes got it from there. >> but they were wrong. >> all rp vehicles, i need you to roll immediately. >> the guys soon realize its a single engine cessna and its heading straight towards traffic on tampas business memorial highway. >> you can see loves plane narrowly miss a truck and then he crashes, only 40 yards from the...

>> do you want the equipment standing by? >> no, sir. let me talk to you on the ground. is running a little rough but i should be able to make it, though. >> as we heard the aircraft in distress, both of us kind of looked at each other. thats when we progressively started getting worse. >> then, just across the horizon, gentry spots a flickering speck on his infrared camera and zeros in. >>| a small white light. you can discern more that its an aircraft and it is becoming larger. >> theres a por...

Ground. i should be able to make it though. >> as we heard the aircraft in distress, both of us kind of looked at each other. thats when we progressively started getting worse. >> then, just across the horizon, gentry spots a flickering speck on his infrared camera and zeros in. >>| a small white light. you can discern more that its an aircraft and it is becoming larger. >> theres a portion of the tape that you actually hear us comment and i believe i said is that hes going to make it. hes got i...

Looked at each other. thats when we progressively started getting worse. >> then, just across the horizon, gentry spots a flickering speck on his infrared camera and zeros in. >>| a small white light. you can discern more that its an aircraft and it is becoming larger. >> theres a portion of the tape that you actually hear us comment and i believe i said is that hes going to make it. hes got it. >> hes got it from there. >> but they were wrong. >> all vehicles, we need you to roll immediately. >...

>> good morning. arctic cold has arrived. these your early morning low temperatures across the northern plains and upper midwest. minus 1 in bismarck. 21 in minneapolis. you can make out where this front is across illinois and portions of missouri. 40s in chicago and st. louis. that cold air will be spreading in. a good deal below average across much of the region here. 20 to 40 degrees below average. northern rockies, some spots dont get above zero at all. a frightening emergency landing aboa...

A single engine cessna. you see the bright flash, slamming into a canal bank short of the runway. two tampa police officers on the helicopter patrol ahead the pilots distress call and rushed to the scene. look at this. you can see one of the officers dragging the pilot away from that crash. it was fiery. the pilot reportedly is in stable condition suffered a few head and leg injuries. tampas mayor, of course, as many people are, hailing both officers as heroes. >> hmm. unbelievable. >> yeah. q...

Fly a little single engine cessna, first fly the airplane. sometimes pilots are forgetting that? >> that is absolutely right. that is absolutely the first rule. as a pilot you will know if an airplane is the correct place at a correct speed everything is probably fine. it was very much about flying fundamentals. it was being handblown for proficiency on a beautiful day but it just got too slow. jon: you need airspeed to stay in the air, they did not have enough airspeed to keep the triple seven ...