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68 dieed. asianas ceo said he doesnt believe engine failure causeded yesterdays crash. some of the first reports that anything had gone wrong came from passengers themselves through social media. >> yeah, listen to how one passenger on board the jet described the scene and youll actually see the passenger trying to get away from the plane before the ambulances arrived. >> we just crash landed on my flight from seoul to sfo. the plane hit the runway really hard on the landing and we skidded to th...

Details about the two young chinese girls who lost their lives, just 16 and 17 years old. a part of the group of high school students on board that plane and it originated from shanghai and went via seoul so there were a large number of chinese nationals on board, 141 chinese nationals, 77 south koreans and 61 u.s. citizens and the 1 japanese person. we know that also the ceo said that he didnt think engine failure was the problem. this was a new, pretty new plane, delivered in 2006 and he talke...

Just a short time ago as well, saying that there was, as far as he could tell, no engine failure on that plane. that was one thing that passengers on that plane said it felt like the engines sort of revved up just before the plane made contact with that embankment. he also said that there was no emergency warning to passengers before that plane landed. now, investigators from both the ntsb, the national transportation safety board and the south korean agency are either here are on their way here...

Earwitnesses, very valuable, because they heard the engines increase. if the pilots were losing power, had lost power because of some kind of engine failure, it would have sounded differently. they would be losing the engine, not getting engine power. so once again, those witnesses are very important. >> all right, mary schiavo, thank you so much for offering your expertise on this. >> thank you. >> just amazing details as we learn what went on inside that plane. up next, were going to hear from...

Attitude. investigators also hope as peter goelz told us earlier it is standard procedure in these investigations to try to interview the pilot and co-pilot and the rest of the crew later today. all this as the airlines president says the pilots are veterans and he says engine failure not the likely cause. the 777 slammed into the runway yesterday morning about 11:30 in the morning pacific time, breaking off its tail and catching fire before slamming to a stop. survivors used emergency slides to...

>> moisture when you say it like this is a scary word. >> a lot of news, please give it to us. >> good morning to you at home. right now president obama returning to the u.s., ending his three-nation tour of africa. this morning he and former president george w. bush took part in a wreath laying ceremony in tanzania remembereding the 1998 tanzania bombing, the first major attack from al qaeda on a u.s. target. a russian proton rocket carrying three satellites swervez out of control and explode...

If it goes ten yards to the right, he lands on the soccer field and theres potential to hit children and young people. >> but an investigation by the national transportation safety board finds the crash could have easily been avoided. >> in this case, we obviously had a healthy live pilot to be able to talk to so thats where were going to center in on. >> the ntsb determines the reason for engine failure, pilot error. the pilot ran out of gas and didnt switch over to his reserve fuel tank. >> in...

2006, that she apparently got phone calls right after amanda berry disappeared and somebody said, i want to make your daughter my wife. it wasnt just one call, it was a series of calls. she begged to be able to speak to amanda on the phone and apparently the other person on the line, a man, told her that he would return her within a matter of days. of course, that never happened and we dont know whether that was ariel castro or somebody else. >> steve: what a story. >> gretchen: now to todays he...

Its a terrifying plane crash caught on video. a private cargo plane crashed near bagram air force base in afghanistan. you see the videotape there. want to bring in john nance. as we look at this -- its just horrific and it just looks like slow motion, but thats realtime seeing this giant cargo plane flying and suddenly just kind of take a dive and slowly soar and then crash to the ground. its difficult to know at this point what happened because theyre still investigating. just from your vantag...

Members on board. melody smith and kim jockals parents are on the first leg of a trip to hawaii. >> my mom and dad always had a big kickoff for summer. we normally would have been with them. however, they decided about six months before that they were going to hawaii. >> a few minutes before 3:00 p.m., the plane is cleared to taxi to runway 32 right. at 3:02 p.m., its cleared for takeoff. our investigative animations are about to turn you into an eyewitness to a horrific accident. >> the flight ...