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I said, "guys, hold on, whats going on?" "shut up, the flight is hijacked." >> claiming to have a bomb, the hijackers demand to be flown to australia. >> okay, guys, i told them, this flight is destined to nairobi. we dont carry enough fuel to australia. lets land in nairobi. well refuel. and then we can go to australia. otherwise, i told them, its impossible. >> the hijackers refused to allow captain abate to refuel at cities along his route. they want him to fly out over the water toward austr...

Anything that might go wrong. and stuff can go wrong. the risk is that well be able to land but not take off again, so this guy is our return ticket out of the jungle. ♪ >> our captain is joaquin san clemente, something of a legend in these parts, and his co-pilot captain constanza reyes. >> its mystical. you know, and they develop this sensibility with the plane. theres no intel in sight here, theres no software. they have gps, but thats about it. its beautiful, you know, they have to sense e...

Safely onto the water. >> okay. you have to hold it. hold it, hold it. okay, zulu. you are going to make it. you are going to make it. >> the 767 is traveling at about 200 miles an hour. far too fast to ditch safely. but theres an even more serious problem. as this incredible video shows, the wings are not level. a dangerous angle for ditching. watch as the left wing drags along the water with disastrous results. >> they catch the left wing first. youll actually see it come off. hes fighting to ...

The midnight sun. perfect alaskan night. >> 40 miles away, the midnight sun shines on a stadium where a baseball game between the fairbanks gold panners and the anchorage bucks is under way. in addition to baseball tonight, the stadium complex is housing soccer and track and field events and its filled with fans. >> theres a lot of events going on. theres a lot of people outside that day. >> back in the plane, ron and mark cross the cook inlet and enter anchorage air space. >> the suns hitting o...

The train, stops holding it down like that, that handle springs back up right and that brings the train to a stop. its called a dead mans switch. if theres nobody there to hold that handle down, that stops the train when the handle springs back. its literally designed to detect if the guy driving this thing has turned into a dead man. they call it a dead man switch. devices like this have existed for a long time on trains and subways. some airplanes have something similar where it lowers the alt...

Stop. its called a deadmans switch. if there is nobody there to hold that handle down, that stops the train. when the hand him springs back. its literally designed to detect if the guy who is driving this ting has turned into a deadman. so they call eight deadman switch. devices have existed for a long time on trains, on subways. some airplanes have something similar where the plane will kick into auto pilot, which lowers the altitude automatically, in the event the cockpit becomes non-responsiv...

Beard category. congratulations. thats going to do it for us. world news is next. tonight, breaking developments. the new discovery at sea in the desperate search for the ship that went down. 28 americans on board. the life boat discovered and what else they found. also, the captain. what he was trying to do in the middle of the hurricane. the deadly flood emergencies in several states tonight. the mother and a little girl rescued from their roof. the driver trapped in a pickup. the samari...

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 ...

Deg gre gags. the question is not if but only in severity. >> reporter: the investigators believe despite the malfunction of engine four the cause of the accident was the captains preoccupation with the engine problem. his failure to monitor flight instruments and his over reliance on the auto pilot. >> on four-engine aircraft with the loss of one engine, thats not a catastrophic or emergency event if it is controlled properly and handled by all of the crew members. automation is a great tool fo...

With a fatigued pilot youre going to have a performance degradation. the question is not if but the question is in severity. >> investigators believe despite engine number four, the cause of the accident was the captains pre preok pax. his failure to monster flight instruments and his own reliance on the auto pilot. >> on a four-engine aircraft with the loss of one engine, that is not a catastrophic event or even an emergency event if it is controlled properly and it is handled by all the crew m...