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Fuselage. so at that moment there was pandemonium. >> the crew calmly tells air traffic control that the engines have failed. they are quickly routed back to jfk, but it is too late. when the boeing 707 crashes into a hillside in oyster bay, the cockpit breaks off, killing the pilots and flight engineer. they are only 16 miles from the airport. >> come on, somebody get the back here. >> miraculously, 85 of 158 people on board survive impact. they are pinned beneath the wreckage, but theres no fi...

Disappointing, but the underlying economy was showing renewed strength at the end of last year. consumer spending, which drives two-thirds of the economy, was up 2.2%. home building soared more than 15% and contributed to economic growth in 2012 for the first time in six years. only government spending cuts on defense caused overall economic growth to flatline. julia coronado is chief economist with p.n.b.-paribas. >> the fiscal tightening is taking a toll. it took a toll on growth in 2012. it w...

One of a handful of places on the california coast where elephant seals spend time onshore. park ranger anela ramos. whats special about this place that makes it appealing to elephant seals? >> the elephant seals come here to mate and also to give birth. >> reporter: but climate change may have an impact on this elephant seal population boom. rising sea levels could threaten a creature that spends most of its life at sea. researchers say by 2050, a one- to two-foot sea level rise brought on by m...

Flip over seven and a half times, rotors going in every direction. debris and the crewmen flying everywhere. jeremiah, who thought he was safe seconds earlier, nowhere to be found. >> i thought he was still attached to that bird. that scared me to death. >> and then something truly amazing. >> i looked immediately to where jeremiah had been on the mountain and he was still there. >> jeremiah moffett is saved. >> when the helicopter started to lose control, the flight engineer who has been hangin...

Everywhere. jeremiah, who thought he was safe seconds earlier, nowhere to be found. >> i thought he was still attached to that bird. that scared me to death. >> and then something truly amazing. >> i looked immediately to where jeremiah had been on the mountain and he was still there. >> jeremiah moffett is saved. >> when the helicopter started to lose control, the flight engineer who has been hanging out and hanging onto the cable was able to get across the cab and hit a button which sheared th...

Helicopter rolls over some of them twice on the way down. but the mountain has another miracle in store on this day. amazingly, only two of the six crew members suffer broken bones. the most seriously hurt, the flight engineer who had cut the cable, saving jeremiahs life and risking his own. eventually another helicopter picks jeremiah up, and all three of the men choppered off the mountain are treated for their injuries. all three know theyre the lucky ones. >> theres a day that doesnt go by th...

Todays airplane. >> reporter: the windows are a third bigger. theres a light show on board. different colors for takeoff, cruising, dinner time. >> so, we go into the warm colors, basically like candlelight. >> reporter: pilots say the 787 carries the next level of safety. >> situational awareness that this airplane produces for us in the come bit is just phenomenal. >> reporter: from the security camera that shows them who is outside the cockpit door to advanced radar that detects potential mid...

>> jeremiah moffett is saved. >> when the helicopter started to lose control, the flight engineer who has been hanging out and hanging onto the cable was able to get across the cab and hit a button which sheared the cable and essentially blew it off so i was no longer attached to the helicopter. >> the six crew members in the helicopter came to help jeremiah, but now theyre the ones who need help. look at the replay of the videotape. theyre ejected, and the hulking helicopter rolls over some of ...

Engineer who has been hanging out and hanging onto the cable was able to get across the cab and hit a button which shirred the cable and essentially blew it off so i was no longer attached to the helicopter. the six crew members in the helicopter came to help jeremiah, but now theyre the ones who need help. look at the replay of the videotape. theyre ejected, and the hulking helicopter rolls over some of them twice on the way down. but the mountain has another miracle in store on this day. amazi...

To lose control, the flight engineer who has been hanging out and hanging onto the cable was able to get across the cabin and hit a button which shirred the cable and essentially blew it off so i was no longer attached to the helicopter. the six crew members in the helicopter came to help jeremiah, but now theyre the ones who need help. look at the replay of the videotape. theyre ejected, and the hulking helicopter rolls over some of them twice on the way down. but the mountain has another mirac...