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Touches salt water, which is why people mostly go to miami. doral is right on the miami airport flight paths. i think theres like 20 different flight paths that are going to have to be diverted. >> and its a surrounded by office parks and neighborhoods and streets. easy to seal off. sea island is a great example. >> look what the french did. they did is in the riviera. >> thats the thing. this is such a security nightmare to put in the middle of a neighborhood where youre going to have the neigh...

Flight paths. they see how similar they are. and they were aware that there were issues. >> some of the key questions is what did boeing and the faa know after october 29th but prior to sunday? and those are the questions that we have to get answers to. yesterday, consumer reports, you know, announced along with many others that we think that both southwest and american, the two u.s. operators of this aircraft, should ground the airplanes. if they didnt, we thought the federal aviation administr...

Near-term and long-term consequences. >> we have formally requested the chinese investigate these incidents. >> the chinese opened their first overseas military base in djibouti last summer, just next to the u.s. airbase which is home to a fleet of drones and u.s. warplanes. the problem is not limited to this chinese base in africa. on wednesday, marine commandant general robert naylor said marine pilots in japan are facing laser attacks as well. >> it would be helpful if the people that lived a...

Reasonable doubt. hillary clintons uranium deal is not going to enter into that analysis. >> bob muellers a registered republican. put in place by the deputy acting ag that trump had celebrated and relied on. former prosecutor peter, appreciate your perspective. >> thank you. >> we have breaking news right now to get to flight data reveals that that north korean int intercontinental ballistic test came within miles of the flight path of an air france passenger jet. an air france spokesperson say...

Billions and billions to one as far as probability, but again, its not something we can just discard and say, oh, well, we dont think its going to happen so therefore we dont need to do anything about it. its something that still needs to be assessed. >> reporter: so, weve now learned that within eight minutes of that north korean launch last friday, the japanese government did warn airlines and ships in the area about it all. the air france flight continued on its way. it was well past the impa...

Missiles, issue a notice to airmen, to mariners, follow the standard international protocol so aircraft and shipping in these areas know that something might be happening. this is one of the standard practi practices. this is what the u.s. and other nations do when they have missile tests. they have restricted areas and they tell everybody to stay away. this area just 80 miles off the coast of japan is very heavily trafficked with both air and shipping traffic. its a busy commercial area. nobody...

Everyone. air france saying, "north koreas missile test zones do not interfere in any way with air france flight paths. we constantly analyze potentially dangerous flyover zones and adapt our flight plans accordingly." so, you know, while you always see hundreds of flights in that -- in those commercial software packages airborne at any time, the aviation industry tries to assess where the threat areas are and not fly near them. north korea posing some new challenges in making that analysis and ...

Very aggressive missile testing program, theyre firing into areas where it is very heavily trafficked with both commercial air traffic and commercial shipping. off the coast the japan, that is a very busy, area. when the north koreans, as you just pointed out, do not follow internation international protocols. that is what the big concern is here. right now. this latest case actually leading the air france to take a very unusual step and ish a you a public statement about what happened to reassu...

Of this island, landing in the water near the spot the air france plane had just flown. >> the crew of the plane had no idea they were in danger. because the missile was coming in from outer space. if it had broken up in the air prior, it could have been danger to a much broader area. >> reporter: major airlines say they constantly analyze potentially dangerous flyover zones, and air france says the flight was operated without incident, but the pentagon has said north koreas missile launches int...