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Airline, asiana, has a good safety record. just as investigators were arriving on the scene, though, the airline ceo was already proclaiming the crash was not caused by a mechanical problem. "from what i know," he said, "the 777 aircraft and the engines did not have any problems." and he defended the flight crew as veterans, one with 9,000 flight hours, the other three, a combined 10,000 hours. in reality, this crash could have been caused by many factors, machine and human. there are several sy...

Sullenberger, landed his us airways flight safety on the hudson when his small airbus had a flock of birds. hes reacted to this crash today. sullenberger describing some of the difficulties he says pilots face when landing at sfo. heres a quote from him. the faa classified it as a special airport along with other airports worldwide that involve mountainous terrain or other special vachallenges. it is surrounded by water and of course water is a featureless terrain where depth perception can be d...

Soldiers fired a volley of tear gas. one man was carried away, rseeding from the head. n wasilitary keeps firing tear gas on the crowd. the minute the gas dissipates these people just mark right back again. military helicopters flew low taerhead, monitoring the scene. on night fell, morsis defenders headed towards tahrir square where thousands are still celebrating the deposed presidents downfall. there were violent clashes on the way. the two groups threw rocks and molotov cocktails at each oth...

You are looking tonight at the statue of liberty, right here in new york harbor. a symbol of freedom but also resilience on this 4th of july. the statue of liberty reopens tomorrow after suffering damage in super storm sandy. john donvan has the story of lady libertys triumphant return. >> reporter: she stood there when sandy hit. when the clouds lowered and the rain pounded in, hour after hour, holding her ground. empty, of course, of tourists, who only the day before sandy, had been up inside ...

Weeks ago the department of justice and the coast guard just criminalized parasailing when it results in fatalities and that message was heard loud and clear, reverb rated throughout the country with all parasail operators, they were very concerned about this and despite that, that situation with the two of the owner of the company and the captain being charged with criminal felonies, that seemed not to -- that just fell on deaf ears. >> i guess the question now is, could some regulation on the ...

Hundreds of thousands have taken to the streets. so have morsi supporters and clarissa ward is in cairo. >> reporter: the ultimatum came as army helicopters flying egyptian flags circled overhead, prompting roars of approval from l frhundreds of thousands of protesters in tahrir square. the protesters blame president arsi and his main backers, the muslim brotherhood, for mismanaging the economy and for the breakdown of security. "step down, step down" they owanted. odslim brotherhood spokesman g...

>> the prosecution wants to patient him as a choir boy, minding his own business, buying skittles for his little brother. we have evidence the jurors will never see. heres a woman that he kept company with, who had total contempt for the justice system. >> that doesnt mean birds of a feather are flock together. >> you would be on the stand for me. >> thats a trained advocate for people. thats what i do every day. thats not what this young woman does. if you told me she had a rap sheet, id agree....

H his team members who start re-forming around him. >> i need to make sure im aiming back towards the dropzone to make sure im safe and everybody else gets back. >> as quickly as bland reorients himself unbelievably it happens again. another pocket of dead air and another midair collision. this time two different winged suit flyers. as they tumble in the sky, the team reaches 5,000 feet and bland signals to pull their parachutes, unsure if everyone is accounted for. >> after we hoped the parachu...

I have to hold it right there no matter what happens. >> if he falters in any way h his flock could be thrown in a state of chaos. >> if we are all going in the same direction and all doing the same thing the chances of collision is fairley low but that can change. >> and it can change in an instant. like it can on a -- like it did on a clear day two miles over puerto rico. scott is struck by another wing suitor and starts spiraling out of control toward the earth. february 16, 2008. it is the t...

Out of planes all morning. on their fifth jump of the day they decide to ratchet up the adrenaline to try one of the most dangerous formations a flock can perform. it is called the stack. >> stacking is basically when you get a new mexico of wing suitors -- a number of wing suitors flying one over the top of the other. and you can only see what is in front of your eyes so you have a hard time seeing the people behind you and you have to rely on those people to do the right thing and to not fly i...