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Talking about the possibility of an engine problem. also on the plane a pakistani pop star who has turned to an evangelical recently. we are told he was likely dead and killed on board. the military said so far they have recovered 40 bodies. it is likely everybody on board perished. the trouble is pakistan has a spotty record with aviation accidents. we count at least 13 passenger aircrafts involved in fatal crashes just in the last 20 years or so. then if you talk about this airline in particul...

This plane had issued in accidents in the past concerning the air speed. >> this particular type of plane. >> this particular model. when you get to the runway, there have been instances where they havent been able to stop this plane on the runway. its just speculation but the pilot was concerned about the speed. you want to come in slow enough to land. having been this low and clipped a utility pole or power line doesnt make sense. why was this plane so low? saying a plane sputtered doesnt soun...

He was 73 years old. martha: the watergate hearings, he said were there any recording device in the oval office? that was a question that changed the entire investigation. he will be remembered for that. bill: the debate over future debates continue. the candidates hammering out what they want to see changed. carl cameron standing by with the latest on that. martha: what caused a russian airliner to crash in egypt. a fatal flaw in the plane or possibly a terrorist attack? >> i think an engine pr...

Greg meyer is standing by to come over and join us. gregs with the airport as well. he can explain a little bit about dynamic air. why dont you come on this side of me. thank you. dynamic air which has been operating here at the airport for about 6 to 8 months. scheduled service but it operates different than most airlines because -- >> its a charter flight service. they dont work like a normal flight like a delta airlines or someone else here. they have flight schedules, but they have different...

Again, its all very early. were still trying to determine some of the facts here. >> kerry sanders reporting there at the airport for us. great work. thank you, sir. were joined on the phone by jay rollins, a former american airlines pilot. hes flown this type of aircraft befo before. have you been able to see the images of this boeing 767? what does it look like to you where this fire may have originated? >> yes, i have seen the images. it appears the left-hand engine is the one in question. yo...

People say i have been through every hurricane we have here. i made it through that and im going to stick around this one. >> others are sticking around because they are worried about looters and whatnot. officials are sending officials around the area to prevent that from going on. other people saying im going to wait it out. if waters continue at the rate they were, a lot of these homes will be okay. the concern is if they have to open up flood gates further up north. that will raise these wat...

People say i have been through every hurricane we have here. i made it through that and im going to stick around this one. >> others are sticking around because they are worried about looters and whatnot. officials are sending officials around the area to prevent that from going on. other people saying im going to wait it out. if waters continue at the rate they were, a lot of these homes will be okay. the concern is if they have to open up flood gates further up north. that will raise these wat...

His final stop, philadelphia. he is set to arrive there in three hours and begin his philadelphia visit with matt. he will give a major speech at independence hall. tonight hell appear at the star studded festival of families, along with actor mall mark wahlberg and soul diva aretha franklin. so who will be the next speaker of the house. it is the big question after john boehner stunned the world with his announcement. he has spent years struggling to bring the establishment tea party wings of h...

Deg gre gags. the question is not if but only in severity. >> reporter: the investigators believe despite the malfunction of engine four the cause of the accident was the captains preoccupation with the engine problem. his failure to monitor flight instruments and his over reliance on the auto pilot. >> on four-engine aircraft with the loss of one engine, thats not a catastrophic or emergency event if it is controlled properly and handled by all of the crew members. automation is a great tool fo...

While the plane was in the air? >> well, for accidents that happen while the aircraft is in the air, you can count them on the fingers of your hands. recent ones. everything from rapid decompression to fire to some kind of -- and we dont expect this here because of the controlled descent and the air speed maintained but some kind of an engine problem where you have an engine failure, you lose your air speed from your engines for some reason. it can happen for a lot of things. it can happen with ...