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In service was configured as a short-haul flying machine, not necessarily a long-haul flying machine. when i was used it was used by the white house to fly all over the u.s. and south and central america. the passengers included on occasion the actual president of the united states. that means that this dc-9, at some point, was air force freakin one. air force one isnt one specific plane. air force one is what you call whatever air force plane the president is on at the moment. so when the presi...

And that means that this dc-9 at some point was air force-freaking one. air force one isnt just one specific plane. air force one is what you call whatever air force plane the president happens to be on at that moment. so when a president was on this plane, and a president was sometimes on this plane, this was, technically, air force one. and the big news here, the big good news here, is that this sometimes air force one plane right now is for sale. its for sale. you can buy air force one, the g...

Concorde story. coming up, moments after take-off, fire erupts inside the cabin of a dc-9, sending it nose-first into the florida everglades. weve reduced taxes and lowered costs to save businesses more than two billion dollars to grow jobs, cut middle class income taxes to the lowest rate in sixty years, and were creating tax free zones for business startups. the new new york is working creating tens of thousands of new businesses, and were just getting started. to grow or start your business...

Brought against valujets maintenance contractor sabretech. sabretech ultimately pleads no contest to one state charge of mishandling hazardous waste. the company also faces 24 federal charge, but it convicted of only one. failing to train employees in hazardous materials handling. before the cases are finished, sabretech goes out of business. valujet is temporarily grounded by the faa but goes on to merge with airtran airways, and is later acquired by southwest. >> when you fly, there are so man...

A dc-9 is heading from dallas to toronto when the cabin and cockpit are suddenly filled with toxic smoke. the electrical systems shut down, making it nearly impossible to control the plane. >> the captain was faced with a unbelievably difficult task. >> barely able to see through the thick smoke, the pilot tries to get the plane back on the ground, but passengers are already succumbing to smoke inhalation. june 2, 1983. air canada flight 797 has a normal take-off and climbed to cruising altitude...

Controller, you dont necessarily have to have a transponder. but if youre going to operate anywhere in controlled air space, you have to have permission to operate in that air space. you cant just fly into it without permission. >> the dc-9 crew believed they were in protected air space, and they were. but unbeknownst to them, the piper strayed into their air space. >> the general aviation airplane struck the tail, taking off the vertical and horizontal stabilizers, literally the back of the air...

The news from california keeps getting worse. officials are searching through the ruins of the crash, found 15 more people dead on the ground. >> labor day weekend, 1986. more than a mile above a suburb of los angeles, a piper crashes into a dc-9, a middle aged couple and their adult daughter, in the crash over san diego, eight years earlier, the larger plane, psa flight 182 loses sight of a much smaller cessna and slams into it from behind. over cerritos, the piper pilot doesnt realize he stray...

Another flight has a mechanical problem and ends up in no-mans land, too far to go back or forward. when the plane meets the water, there are violent consequences. the aircraft ends up in pieces. miraculously, everyone onboard survives. over the caribbean sea, a dc-9 has had a staggering chain reaction of bad weather and bad luck, runs out of fuel. the violent impact kills 23 of 63 onboard. and in the most famous case, a jet has the misfortune of running into a flock of canada geese. all onboard...

A dc-9 is heading from dallas to toronto when the cabin and cockpit are suddenly filled with toxic smoke. the electrical systems shut down, making it nearly impossible to control the plane. >> the captain was faced with a unbelievably difficult task. >> barely able to see through the thick smoke, the pilot tries to get the plane back on the ground, but passengers are already succumbing to smoke inhalation. june 2, 1983. air canada flight 797 has a normal take-off and climbed to cruising altitude...

It was a symbol and they lost something with the end of the concorde story. coming up, moments after take-off, fire erupts inside the cabin of a dc-9, sending it nose-first into the florida everglades. get two times the points on dining in restaurants with chase sapphire preferred. [ chuckles ] ♪ [ honk! ] ♪ [ honk! ] ♪ [ honk! ] ♪ [ male announcer ] now youll know when to stop. [ honk! ] the all-new nissan altima with easy fill tire alert. [ honk! ] its our most innovative altima ever...