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U.s. backing down. whats the latest youre hearing? >> well, jim, sources here at the pentagon are telling us that this flight was part of what the u.s. military plans to continue to do all the time. fly through international air space. china can claim its theres but the u.s. military will not obey the chinese rules they have to file flight plans and state their flight data to the beijing when they fly through these areas. so again, another flight. i think whats happening here is the u.s. is tryi...

The involvement in the inquest and it is interesting to hear your perspective. all right. mark saunders, thank you. >> federal investigators are moving ahead with their investigation into the crash of the u.p.s. cargo plane in alabama. the pilot and copilot both died in wednesdays crash in birmingham. last-mile-per-hour an ntsb board member investigators are working through the data on the flight data and cockpit voice recorders. so far the data appears normal and the auto pilot was engaged unti...

Non-life-threatening injuries. we spoke with an aviation expert who used to pilot a 737 using cockpit and exterior diagrams he describes what could have gone wrong. >> youve got a strut that comes down to the wheels so perhaps something in here when the plane touched down and the forces that are on a plane when it touched down may have decided to fail at that particular time. the gear could have failed backwards or it may have collapsed back up this way. >> reporter: the damage was extensive. th...

Cambridge. >> yes, kate, i am one of those people who remembered 31 years ago watching william be brought out there myself. and i understand in your smile that you are very happy because youre saying, "i wasnt even there then." yes, i know. i saw it. i know that you didnt see it but it was a big moment there. >> i am not making an aiming comment here. >> its okay. youre loving it. enjoy it over there. i hope its nice and cool and wet! >> take it away, you old man. >> all right, all right. were g...

The flight data voice recorders and the go team is on the ground? >> they have had the flight recorders i would say for roughly about four hours now. so right now theyre downloading the data from the flight recorders. and those are actually located in the back of the plane, the back area around the tail. so we have some video of the flight recorders, the ones shipped over from san francisco right there in the lab. so once again, you can see a little bit of soot on them. but the process of trying...

Survivable accidents, which many accidents are. >> was it miraculous or the result of something that so many did survive? >> you know, i would say much of this is the result of the hard work of the aviation community taking accidents, taking lessons learned and plowing them back in, whether its the design of aircraft or training of crew members. and even passenger. and we cant stress this enough, many accidents are survivable. its about knowing where the exits are and listening to the flight cre...

Aircraft or training of crew members, and even passengers. and we cant stress this enough. many accidents are survivable. its about knowing where those exits are and listening to the flight crew in an emergency situation. very important. >> and let me ask you. i hope you heard our richard quest, who reported that the flight data that hes seen shows a plane that is coming in too steep, the angle of it, and too slowly for that runway. what does that tell you? >> well, you know, were going to have ...

>> you know, i would say much of this is the result of the hard work of the aviation community taking accidents, taking lessons learned and plowing them back in, whether its the design of aircraft or training of crew members. and even passengers. and we cant stress this enough, many accidents are survivable. its about knowing where the exits are and listening to the flight crew in an emergency situation. very important. >> and let me ask you, i hope you heard our richard quest who reported that ...

I could have been on that flight. especially when i heard this plane came from asia. i felt for those people. >> it goes through your mind. i have to get on a plane myself later today, so it certainly gives you pause for consideration. brian piper, thank you very much for your excellent photos and your story. the focus now moves to finding out why this happens. nbcs tom costello covers aviation and hes at dulles airport this morning. what are they telling you about the investigation? >> report...

Look at the engines and the flight data before they can ascertain if there was any sort of an engine problem. then it leads you to believe, did the airlines have kmup indication with their pilots? have they said something? have they communicated what happened? a lot of questions are going to be on the tips of investigators minds as they begin this process, and this will be a thorough meticulous process, alex. they will look at everything from the engines to the aircraft struck tour to how the pi...