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Lucky ford was able to land here. spoke to one man probably saved some lives, jose. >> do we know how this happened? obviously an engine failure, but any more information on that? >> reporter: you know, you understand that ford had taken off from santa monica airport not far from here when there were engine problems. folks in the area reported hearing the sound of the engine and sputtering then nothing as the plane began to glide through the air, thats when he crash landed. faa, ntsb are now inv...

It suddenly lost power. he did manage to make an extraordinary landing. this is a golf course. all of that green grass that youre looking at and that is the vintage plane. you can see that the nose has broken off but the body itself is relatively unscathed, perhaps why he didnt have any more severe injuries. witnesses pulled him out. his head was bleeding. they did take him to the hospital and he is listed in stable condition. the question is why that engined stalled. people who heard the plane ...

And found somebody to call for help. now investigator says she might be able to help them figure out what wet wrong. it happened friday night. the childs father was supplying a small plane from florida to im. he reported engine problems over kentucky and crashed in the western bart of the state. four people died including the childs father, mother and sister. the girl, name sailor broke her wrist in the crash but was still able to walk, hike, through the deep woods to get help. >> through some r...

. a new theory is emerging as to what may have downed flight 8501. indonesian weather experts are pointing to possible icing-related engine problems as one explanation. its all outlined in a new 14-page government report that looked at weather conditions on the day the plane crashed into the java sea. lets talk more about this with cnn meteorologist chad myers and former pilot alistair rosenschein joining me by phone from england. chad, lets start with you. we know it was stormy on the day of ...

Tragic for this little lady. investigators calling sailor gutzler a remarkable young lady after what shes gone through. they hope she might be able to help provide some valuable clues as to what happened in this plane crash. abcs gio benitez at the scene of the crash. >> reporter: images from above as ntsb investigators comb through the planes wreckage. a little second grader surviving, courageously trekking three-quarters of a mile through the woods at night. sailor gutzler trying but failing t...

Did to survive this deadly plane crash. the twin engine aircraft went down in a dense forest on friday. the young survivor sailor lost her mom, dad, stfr, and cousin all on that plane. lets get now to cnns nick valencia with more on this. there was a press conference. we are finally seeing some images of the plane crash site and this little girl is remarkable. >> and during that press conference we find out just how remarkable she was just exactly what she had to go through. as we talked about a...

That her mommy and daddy were dead and that she had been in a plane crash. that brought eyes to my eyes too. too. i thanked god that i was here when they come to the door. she is a brave little girl. >> certainly is she was taken to the hospital where she is expected to be okay. four other people on board were killed. the little girls mother and father. father. her 9-year-old sister and 14-year-old cousin. air traffic controllers say the plane reported engine problems shortly before losing conta...

Key west, florida back to their home in nashville illinois. illinois. and they go down in kentucky and everybody on board dies except for the 7-year-old little girl. and she makes her way through some terrible touraine and knocks on a complete strangers door. >> you are looking and just saw a picture of marty gutsler. daughter piper and cousin sara wilder. all four of them apparently killed in this plane late yesterday afternoon over kentucky at the helm was marty gutsler who called air traffic ...

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....

Listen to this. a 7-year-old girl is the sole survivor of a plane crash. he was able to walk. walk to a house near the crash site. and that resident called 911. the twin-engine aircraft went down last night after the pilot reported engine problems. the faa and the ntsb are expected to arrive. those who died include a 9-year-old girl. her parents and a 14-year-old cousin. well have more on that later in the hour. the latest for the search for victims and wreckage and the cause of airasia 8501. ...