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It was just the transponder. there should be no difficulty getting it somewhere. >> ross, every time that weve had big, catastrophic commercial air disasters, there has been a kind of engineering response to it or regulatory response to it. and, of course, thats part, right, thats part of why getting to the bottom of the mystery is so important, just in terms of improving the system as a whole which is really kind of a miracle if you take a step back and recognize just how many planes are whizzi...

Difficult. karen, do you agree with what ross was saying before this basic principle of how confident you as a pilot would be under these conditions to be able to land that plane if there wasnt some catastrophic mechanical failure, if you had to get it down, you could? >> absolutely. we have anboard computers. we can type in the destination. its kind f like using your iphone and google maps. follow where you need to go. there was nothing wrong with the airplane, it sounds like. it was just the t...

Ago, a mile under water in the gulf of mexico at the site of the bp oil disaster, where a new cap has just been successfully lowered on to the broken oil well. this new and improved cap is a much tighter fit than the old one, apparently. it still has to be tested and monitored for two days to see if it totally works, but if it works the way its supposed to, bp will soon be able to capture essentially all of the leaking oil from the ruptured well. the millions of gallons that has already leaked o...

Ago, a mile under water in the gulf of mexico at the site of the bp oil disaster, where a new cap has just been successfully lowered onto the broken oil well. this new and improved cap is a much tighter fit than the old one, apparently. it still has to be tested and monitored for two days to see if it totally works, but if it works the way its supposed to, bp will soon be able to capture essentially all of the leaking oil from the ruptured well. the millions of gallons that has already leaked ou...