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Help somebody deal with that whether it is something that he could have gone to his employer with or whether he feared repercussions if he did go to his employer. cnns rosie thompkins is in montabaur, germany, which is the hometown of andreas lubitz. obviously it has to be an extraordinarily difficult time obviously for family members but for all those who knew this young man. rosie, are investigators -- have they finished the search of his familys house, of his property there? obviously were ha...

Contemplating this and this was an instantaneous decision he made. i want to add to tom fuentes point. the tsa got involved long before he ever got involved to flight training because hes got to be screened. im a flight instructor with small airplanes. if im going to fliekt instruct somebody outside the united states, i have to indicate that on the application. theyre vetted to some degree. so that is important. but this whole thing is -- as an airline pilot, this hits me right in the gut. its v...

To start shopping today. angies list is revolutionizing local service again. visit angieslist.com today. breaking news, helicopters are now scouring the french alps for a flight that crashed with at least 150 people onboard this morning. the flight went down during a flight from barcelona in spain to dusseldorf in germany. the weather is getting worse in the region which could complicate the search efforts. officials believe theres little chance at this point that there are any survivors. >> k...

He has done a lot of interviews over the years about how much he enjoys being able to fly himself and fly in small aircraft. in 1999, i believe it was, i may not be exactly right on that date, but in the 90s he was involved in another crash that was a helicopter crash. he was in a helicopter crash along with a flight instructor and it was a scary hard landing. he was able to walk away from that crash in 1999. he was created in the hospital after this crash. were going now to andrew blankstein wh...

To recover fully, which is truly unbelievable. lets bring in anthony roman, faa licensed commercial pilot and former flight instructor and eric gardner, senior editor for the hollywood reporter. first, lets talk about what happened. anthony, from your vantage point it seemed his skill as a pilot might have saved his life. >> remarkable skill. >> remarkable skill. >> its really a testament to the amount of training that hes done as a private pilot. >> what was it from what you can see so far that...

And fly in small aircraft. in 1999 i believe it was, i may not be exactly right on that date, but in the 90s he was involved in another crash that was a helicopter crash. he was in a helicopter crash along with a flight instructor and it was a scary hard landing. he was able to walk away from that crash in 1999. he was created in the hospital after this crash. were going now to andrew blankstein who has been following the story all day long, thank you for joining us. i know there is some conflic...

This isnt the first time that ford has had a close call. in 1999 ford had to make a hard emergency landing while flying this helicopter with a flight instructor. and you can see the plane right now, a p-22 vintage. its silver shiny fuselage. the plane doesnt have one thing that investigators will look at. when the ntsb gets back here they will not have a black box available to check out because this is as we said a vintage plane, carol. >> im glad it all ended well for harrison ford and others w...

Plane by doctors who happened to be playing golf on the course. first responders say ford was conscious and is lucky to be alive. fords son tweeting dad is okay battered but okay. hes every bit the man you would think he is hes an incredibly strong man. and his publicist says his injuries are not life-threatening and hes expected to make a full recovery. this is not the first time that ford has had a close call in 1999 ford had to make a hard emergency landing while flying this helicopter with a...

Rating on to fixed wing certificate is a pretty lengthy process. you have to be dedicated and very committed to it and spend a lot of time to it. and i know that he has. the helicopter that he flies is a very sophisticated helicopter. so its not just a training helicopter. its a twin turbine, so hes very committed. >> tom, one of the things i had read about him is that when he was in college, he had dreamed of getting a pilots license but he didnt have the money at the time. he said at the time ...

Emergency landing while flying this helicopter with a flight instructor. >> down the runway like -- >> federal investigators will be back on scene this morning. but one thing they wont be able to investigate is this vintage plane it does not have a black box, chris. >> thats for sure. >> at least it has somebody who can tell the story of what happened. thank you for the reporting. back in new york a much bigger situation. the ntsb investigating a near disaster at new yorks laguardia airport. d...