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About 3,000 feet we, you know, flew into the birds. >> the plane has been in the air less than three minutes when it collides with a flock of canada geese, crippling both engines. >> this is captain of 1539. a flock of birds. >> okay, yeah. you need to return to laguardia. turn left heading 2-2-0. tower stop your departures. >> captain chesley "sully" sullenberger takes control of the airplane, with two simple words. my aircraft. remarkably, there is footage of the planes last moments being airb...

attempt, congresswoman gabrielle giffords im wolf blitzer. youre in "the situation room." first, an apparent shake-up in the republican race for the white house after a turbulent week that saw herman cain finding new allegations of sexual harassment and rick perry stumbling sadly in a debate. newt gingrich leaping towards the top of a pack in a stunni stunningcome back. jim acosta is watching the race for us as he always does. where do things stand right now? >> some candidates are ste...

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 crew, flight 191 starts their normal takeoff. as the airplane departs the runway on the normal climbout, they get the indication that they have an engine failure. >> one of the dc-10s engines has ripped away from the plane, flying up and over the left wing. gone with it are hydraulics and pneumatics, systems critical to controlling the airplane. >> th...

im nina dos santos. good afternoon from cnn hong kong. im andrew streechbs. youre watching cnns coverage of the battle for libyas future. opposition leaders claim rebel forces now control 90% of libya. they also say think ooer planning to move some of their power base today from the eastern city of benghazi to the capital tripoli. meantime, the last vestiges of moammar gadhafis power base appear to be crumbling. after hours of fighting, rebels finally over ran his heavily fortified...

Straight. >> hes got oxygen on. >> reporter: as the plane descended the pilot regained consciousness insisting he was in control but the great lakes crew wasnt convinces. >> i can tell by how hes talking hes conscious but he cant think straight whatsoever. >> that isnt true. im getting better. >> reporter: the plane has a unique feature, a parachute that pops out of the top of the plane in case of engine failure. thankfully it wasnt necessary. 45 minutes after the emergency started, they managed...

Top of the plane in case of engine failure. thankfully it wasnt necessary. 45 minutes after the emergency started, they managed a safe landing in farmington. >> our thanks to nbcs tom costello reporting there. frances aviation bureau has just published its report on the crash of air france flight 447. and we now know that it was just 3 1/2 minutes between the triggering of the first stall warning indicator and the planes crash into the atlantic ocean. all 228 souls on board were lost when the ...

A result of volcanic ash in the flight. but some have experienced severe problems in the past including total engine failure. that was over a volcano in indonesia. all four engines went out. the captain got them started but it was critical for a few minutes and the passengers who had to wait for engines to start. >> it goes to show you how difficult the situation could be. it also goes to show you how little we know exactly how much ash in the atmosphere can affect these planes. lets continue ...

storm. our meteorologist jen delgado joins us from the cnn weather center. jen, how is it looking now? >> we still have watches and warnings across parts of the midwest. of course, we talked about the stormed that happened earlier in the week but according to the national weather service it looks like based on doppler imagery we look like a possible tornado touched down in arkansas. anywhere were seeing in red we still have a tornado watch in effect. thats for parts of arkansas and mis...

June. high fuel prices arent the only thing cutting to the carriers bottom line. qantas said profits have been hit by several events in the last year. you might remember this one, rolls royce engine failure in qantas a-380 jumbo jet is expected to cost $25 million in the second half. theres the national disasters, the queensland floods and the earthquake and tsunami in japan. these will cost qantas a total of $140 million mainly because passengers dont want to fly to these areas. in response, th...

Nbcs jim miklaszewski is at the pentagon with the latest. this was an f-15 strike eagle. they really have a track record of being a good operational machine, so give us the background of the types of mechanical difficulties that should bring something down. >> its impossible to tell. it could have been hydraulics, engine failure. until you talk to the pilots or do an examination of the aircraft itself, which maybe be difficult since the thing crash landed in what is considered to be ostensibly h...