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Good morning. the news from cerritos, california, keeps getting worse. there are officials searching through the ruins of sundays mid-air crash and found 15 more people dead on the ground. >> labor day weekend 1986 more than a mile above cerritos, a suburb of los angeles, a piper archer smashes into aeromexico flight 498, a dc-9. the top of the piper is sheered off, instantly killing all three passengers aboard, a middle-aged couple and their adult daughter. in the crash over san diego a -- eigh...

Small aircraft and another catastrophic midair collision. >> it was a sunday. it was in august. and my brother and i were playing on the driveway. my father was sitting on the lawn. and we were on our bikes. and i remember my brother just very casually said, look, theres a plane on fire, and its coming down on our house. >> 6,500 feet above cerritos, california, a suburb east of los angeles, a privately owned piper archer has strayed into the path of aeromexico flight 498, a dc-9 with 64 people ...

Fathers plane had crashed. and i told him, that couldnt be true, because he was the best pilot. >> the outgrowth of it was a very strong commitment by piedmont airlines to be involved in to the traffic collision avoidance system. and some years later, they were one of the first, if not the first airline to fly with an active tks system on board. >> six years later, betty barron is aboard a charter jet that collides with a dc-9 over france. all 68 on the dc-9 perish. everyone on bettys plane surv...

That made that drop? >> the dc-9 was flying around. you have two large passenger jet aircraft that are converted for fire use flying in the area here. once again, we remind you how tricky it is. you are in a pass you have winds to deal with. it is very tricky flying to try to get the water drops right on the spot. >> ifts quite a sight. news chopper 4 flying above all the fire flight with the numerous air tankers operating in a close proximity. such meticulous work as they get into the thick of ...

Why me? >> reporter: she was 4 years old when sheep survived the crash of northwest flight 255. the phoenix bound dc 9 went down in august of 1987 moments after taking off from detroit. killing 154 people on board. >> started falling down from the sky. and the pilot told us we were going to crash. >> reporter: george was 17 years old when he became the sole survivor of of a 1985 crash in reno that killed his father and 69 others. >> i remember the plane started to descend. theyve told us to fast...

Heard. so if theyre in less than 100 feet of water, then the scuba divers can stay down for maybe 20 or 30 minutes. if they can get in the water. but we still have to wait until the weather clears a little bit more to get them in the water. and then they still have problems within those currents on the bottom of the ocean and the poor visibility. >> and let me ask you this alan this preliminary report from indonesias weather agency says that the engines of airasia 8501 may have iced. we dont kno...

>> it was a sunday, it was in august and my brother and i were playing on the driveway. my father was sitting on the lawn. and we were on our bikes and i remember my brother just very casually said, look, theres a plane on fire and its coming down on our house. >> 6,500 feet above cerritos, california, a suburb east of los angeles, a privately owned piper archer has strayed into the path of aeromexico flight 498, a dc-9 with 64 people on board. at the time corrine kingsbury is 5 years old. >> my...

Welcome to whats next. comcastnbcuniversal. the tensions or russia. a top tide president obama says its possible russia is preparing to take more of ukraine. moscow is amassing troops along the eastern border them massive mudslide north of seattle claimed four lives. 18 people, maybe more, are still missing. now back to "why planes crash." a dc-9 takes off from miami international airport and begins its assent. as it reaches 10,000 feet, fire breaks out in the cargo hold. moments later, the pi...

Youre going to operate anywhere within a controlled airspace, you have to have permission to operate in that airspace. you cant just fly into it without permission. >> the dc-9 crew believed correctly that they were in protected areas and they were. but unbeknownst to them, the piper had strayed in their airspace. >> the general aviation airplane struck the tail of the dc-9, taking off the vertical and horizontal stabilizer and rendered the dc-9 inverted. the back end of the airplane, and theres...

Takeoff, fire erupts inside the cabin of a dc-9, sending it nose first in though florida everglades. did you get my e-mail? [ man ] i did.