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Would result in an impact to the ocean in which the main body of the debris should be reasonably intact that a condensed area. however, if the plane encountered severe baseball or softball sized hail which is known to occur in these extreme weather conditions then the glide path would have been a bit longer and the debris field spread out much farther. if there was a loss of control due to severe disturbturbulence, we would have a completely different scenario. the aircraft could have become inv...

The world, and the clock ticks down to the hour when those all important black box pings stop sounding in about 17 days. joining me now is ntsb investigator greg five, and former safety investigate, paul mccarty. the new york times says the circumstances of the crash, that there was in fact a crash, would have a very profound effect on the debris from the degree of dispersion of that debris. from a laymen -- explain to us laymen, when a jet runs out of fuel, if thats in fact what happened here, ...

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>> absolutely. on a flight like this where theres good weather in san francisco, i believe you have a graphic of the visual approach. the controllers will ask the pilots to maneuver the plane. once they do that, theyre clear to approach. so theyre visually and manually flying the aircraft on that approach, and, yes, they can immediately see when the aircraft starts to sink below the normal glide path. >> the san francisco international airport is not the only one on a perimeter of water. you hav...

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Know, we are headed on an economic glide path towards greece, while at the same time hes trying to balance the international hot spots, whether its the middle east, whether its the economic front in the european union. and it poses some real challenges. which is why i know well talk about it later, the immigration debate is a welcomed distraction because at least gets you some cheers in some corners politically that otherwise youre not getting cheers right now. i think that thats something when ...

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Its hard to believe come saturday night when we report this thing coming out of south carolina that a couple of votes are going to decide who the nominee is. if romneys in a tight fight on saturday night, if he barely squeaks down in south carolina, will he still be in trouble even if he technically wins? >> i dont think hell be in much trouble at all. the iowa thing is a little bit of a setback for him. santorum having been determined to have won iowa. if mitt romney wins new hampshire, and the...