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And those search teams, including 34 aircraft and 40 ships, are, in authorities words, combing every inch of the sea. what appeared to be clues have been debunked. a giant oil slick spotted in the south china sea was tested but results showed it was not from the missing jetliner. nor were pieces of debris that at first appeared to be part of an airplane. no distress signals were sent from the plane, but radar indicates flight 370 may have turned back before losing contact with air traffic contro...

Broadcast. and its the first potential it is the first potential breakthrough in the search for a plane thats been missing for nearly two days now. the focus is on a stretch of water just south of vietnam on the gulf of thailand. vietnamese crews have spotted this piece of what may be from malaysia air flight 370. ships from 11 different countries are searching for more, including the u.s.s. pinckney. hundreds of families continue the agonizing wait. these parents in indonesia likely lost their ...

A malaysia airline 777 cruising along at 35,000 feet from kuala lumpur to beijing disappeared off the radar early this morning, no radio call, no distress signal. and now two oil slicks seen off the southern coast of vietnam are fueling fears that the plane with 239 people on board crashed into the south china sea. relatives of passengers have been gathering at the airport in beijing. three americans are reported to have been on board. the names of two passengers listed on the flights manifest m...

Now partly focused on two mystery passengers traveling on stolen passports. there are a lot of angles to cover here. we begin with tom costello in our washington newsroom. tom, whats the latest? >> malaysia airlines says this plane was last inspected just ten days ago and it was in proper condition. their words. at this hour those naval units from several countries are listening for the pinging sound that should be coming from the planes emergency transmitters in an area where the vietnamese mil...

Engineer who had 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...

Heres abcs susan saulny on the investigation tonight. >> reporter: a sky high rescue ends with an emergency of its own. tonight federal authorities are looking for the person who flashed this medevac helicopter with a laser pointer. a beam of green light like this burned 30-year-old medic michael pruett, one eye so badly burned he was rushed to the hospital. >> you wouldnt think of a little green laser as having the power to bring down an airplane full of people but you could end up killing 400 ...

Getting people to their destinations may take days, not hours. at chicagos ohare and midway airports crews work to deice planes and in new york signs at jfk warn travelers that the airport was closed after this delta connection plane carrying 35 people slid off a runway. no serious injuries were reported but the airport was shut down for more than two hours. airlines say all the delays and cancellations have been made worse by new rules mandating longer breaks and capping flying times for pilots...

Oh, my goodness. oh, that is horrible. good lord. oh, fellows. oh, my goodness. youre watching this live, folks. >> absolutely couldnt believe what i was seeing. >> more than six tons of metal 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 imm...

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. 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 ...

Basic flying skills. nbcs tom costello has our report. >> reporter: its the end of a long cross-country or international flight. but in todays highly automated cockpits, how much flying do the crews actually do? captain karen kahn has spent 36 years as a pilot for a major airline. she worries about younger pilots relying too heavily on autopilot. >> its there to help you. it is not the actual commander of the airplane, you are. so you need to use it like an adjunct. its like another crew member ...