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Aircraft. even one using a timing device that would have started out of cairo. or whether it was a luggage put in the cargo hold. >> the navy has joined the search over the mediterranean, deploying flyers from italy. this is a an anti-submarine and maritime surveillance aircraft that detect debris beneath the surface of the water. meantime fox news is told not to expect any changes to airline security at airports here for the time being. here on a heightened state of alert after the downing of t...

You can see on the map right there. it includes belongings from some of the passengers and ten crew on board. an aircraft seat and human remains. the u.s. greece and france are among those helping with the search efforts right now, all this as the european space agency says it has detected an oil slick in the mediterranean, not far from where they suspect the flight went down. with me to talk more about the recovery effort, tim taylor, a sea operations and specialist for tiburion. were also join...

But theres hope that turbulent flights could soon be reduced dramatically. new technology like this, cutting-edge radar software, could make it easier for pilots to spot turbulence ahead and try to avoid rough air altogether. after changing planes and flight crew, those passengers headed to chicago finally made it safely to their destination around 3:30 this morning. david? >> finally. all right, linsey, thank you. now, to the race for the white house tonight. primaries in kentucky and oregon ...

A d.c 9 is heading from dallas to toronto when the cockpit is filled with smoke. the electrical systems shut down making it near lily impossible control the plane. >> the captain was faced with a difficult task. >> the pilot tries to get the plane back on the ground, but passengers are already sure coming to smoke inhalation. june 2nd, 1983, air canada flight 797 has a normal take off and climb to cruising altitude. but about 2.5 hours into the journey, the plane experiences an electrical malfun...

People. >> we dont have time. its getting worse. >> you can definitely feel when we started to descend because it was a real dramatic quick decline. i definitely questioned whether or not we would make it safely to the ground. thats what my fear was probably peaked. >> the captain is completely relying on air traffic control to guide him down to the airport. >> roger, youre 14 miles south of the airport. continue the left turn. >> okay. >> he would tell me to turn right until he told me to stop....

That if you are going to work together as a team, you are going to make a decision as a team. you come to a joint solution, not an individual solution that is then worked into the equation. >> up until that point, we only taught the technical aspects of flying. they had the stick and rudder skills, but we never taught decision making and judgment in a fonormal way. i got with one of the top air safety investigators on the board. he said, al, if you can sell this to the board, this is going to be...

Plane that there might be a fire in the trash can that somebody might have put a cigarette out in the trash. >> the captain sends his first officer claude to assess the situation. >> so i look back and you couldnt see the back of the airplane for the blue hazy smoke and claude came back and said i dont like what is going on back there. i think we ought to go down. >> the pilots put on oxygen masks and prepare for an emergency landing into the closest airport, cincinnati. the crew moves passenger...

In. >> a flight attendant empty as fire extinguisher but cant find the source of the fire. >> when they open the laboratory door, they could see smoke but not point of origin. there wasnt open flames. it was behind the walls. >> a fire behind the walls is the worst-case scenario. its almost impossible to put out or contain. a disaster is in progress. >> the smoke was clearing and then all of a sudden, i saw my electric. >> thats when the crew realized they had a life-threatening event on their h...

Post crm. crew resource management is the training all airlines use to improve communication among flight crews. >> before krm, tcrm, the captai the decision maker. you were expected to talk to him when you had something technical to say. it was very difficult for junior crew members to confront, particularly a very senior captain. there was a strong reluctance to criticize. >> crm breaks down the barrier of communication between two or three crew members in an airplane. it enables pilots to act...

Airport into view. >> okay, we have the airport. >> four miles i think i saw the airport in front of me. the runway was almost perfectly. >> the landing is rough as the plane slams into the ground, all fire tires explode from the pressure. >> although it was a very hard landing, it wasnt rocky. we came to a firm stop. >> but the passengers and crew are not out of danger. coming up, as passengers try to escape the smoke, the plane bursts into flames. >> it looked like an inferno. ♪ the intell...