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Emergency crews but didnt realize what had happened. >> we thought he just wasnt feeling well, we had no idea he had passed. it was extremely shocking. >> reporter: this is absolutely the reason that we have two fully qualified pilots in the cockpit either one of them trained to the same standard. >> reporter: this is a rare occurrence. the faa tells us its only happened eight times in the past 20 years. david. >> david kerley, incredible work from that co-pilot and tough to hear about the pilot...

Because of those dams. >> al roker tonight. al, thanks very much. after four days of searching, the coast guard believes a cargo ship carrying 33 people, including 28 americans, sank to the bottom of the sea in the category four hurricane joaquin. today crews discovered a body near a life boat in a debris field but they are not giving up hope. there could still be survivors in the water. nbcs kristin dahlgren has late details. >> near the el faros last known position, a grim find. a badly dama...

A life ring belonging to the cargo ship missing for more than three days now with 33 crew members on board. today there was more, what the coast guard is calling 225 square miles of debris field. more life rings, life jackets, containers and an oil sheen. officials wouldnt confirm theyre from the elle faro. >> when we find the life ring thats tied to el faro. we can recalculate where were searching. >> families of the missing crew members continue to gather together hoping to hear any word that ...

Were drawn by a desire to fight the nazis and to fly these planes. the spitfire is amongst the most revered war machines ever built, and to fly, even as a passenger in one these days, is to understand why. its still both a weapon and a beautiful thing. >> reporter: churchill sent a wreath to billy fiskes funeral, hoping his death would stir american passions. fiske and the others who were among the first to fight are now among the few and the honored. mark phillips, cbs news, goodwood, england. ...

As the rest of the planet. nbc news has spent the past four months reporting through americas vast arctic, a place of tradition and dramatic change. nowhere are the problems more urgent than in shishmaref, which scientists say is just one bad storm away from being wiped off the map. the ice that once protected their fragile shoreline from big fall storms is melting. and now theyre losing as much as 20 feet a year to erosion. >> the ocean comes in pretty good. the water comes up pretty high. >> r...

Out in the cockpit. [ siren sound ] the flight engineer starts to read off their altitude. 500 feet. 400 feet. captain collins realizes something is terribly wrong and calls for maximum thrust. the jets nose tilts up 10 degrees and they start to climb. but as they pull up, the dc-10s underbelly and wings gouge into the slope of mount erebus an active volcano. at 300 miles per hour. 70,000 tons of jet fuel ignite the cabin. the tail engine breaks off and roars with a horrifying trail of burning w...

>> ladies and gentlemen, the aircraft is just over 10,000 feet. >> dave was excited to think that he was the commentary on board that would them all about it. >> but today, the weather isnt cooperating. majestic 12,000 foot mount airbus is shrouded in clouds. collins asked air traffic control if its possible to make his descent. >> they got destructions at jims request to circle lower and be able to show their passengers something of the area. >> 237 passengers are straining to get a glimpse of ...

Were they ready? was the cabin prepared, fully prepared? he was very, very concerned about protecting the passengers and what he was not hearing was the fact that the two other pilots, the first officer and the flight engineer, were getting increasingly concerned about fuel. >> the crew members are concerned, but they are not clearly expressing it to the captain. they continue to focus on landing gear problem. >> one of the flight crew came back with a flashlight because it was dark outside to c...

Then suddenly theyre much closer to the ground than they expected. >> flight 801s mounting problems are compounded by the crews failure to communicate. >> the first officer and the flight engineer make comments that indicate their increasing level of concern, but theyre soft comments. >> the cockpit voice recorder shows that up until 40 seconds before the plane crashes, the captain is still confused over the status of the glide slope, even though the first officer has finally stated its not usab...

Position of the landing gear. >> the longer the jet remains in a holing pattern the more alarmed the first officer and flight engineer are becoming about the fuel situation. at 5:50 p.m. 18 miles south of the airport one of them speaks up, but still not forcefully. >> the flight engineer is staring at the fuel gauges said not enough. thats going to run us very close out here but in the precrm era you didnt challenge the authority figures. >> the first officer and engineer insimulated and made st...