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It should have been higher. obviously it was coming low. they will try to decide why it was low. was it human error or mechanical. there are three fire stations at san francisco international airport. they all responded within two minutes. some were flown out, others driven out, others went to the hospital when they found out they had injuries they didnt know about. really the factor here was the fact that two people died in this plane, a horrible tragedy for their families and those injured but...

Told 28 "l". >> gregg: there is debris in the water, john. it looks like it just hit the jetty. >> yeah, i think he brought the plane in too low. most airplane accidents are caused by human error. there could be other causations here, other factors, may have been a gust of wind or something, microbursted that caused the plane to lose at feud in a hurry and the pilot couldnt adjust to it. the debris field is dragged all the way. you see those things that look like tepees. those are the marking po...

>> reporter: but they were trapped by rapidly shifting erratic winds and the searing heat. >> lost 19 of his best friends and co-workers. and he is working through it the best that he can. >> reporter: now more than 500 firefighters are determined to battle a blaze that is not contained and scorched more than 13 square miles. >> youve got to get back on track. they know that. to honor the firefighters theyre going to put the fire out. >> reporter: so far the wildfire has destroyed 200 homes and ...

At di- pplomas. the third "i" is missing from virginia. nearly 1500 diplomas will have to be reprinted. the university apologizing and blaming human error. >> my college thesis, i used the word deficit like 30 times. it spell checked it wrong. i handed it in. it was just a rough draft. "new day" anchors, what do you have for us, guys? >> we are not judged on our spelling in television. >> is it true the professor in college thought the word was appropriate given the nature of your paper? >> exac...

Democratic congressman jim mcdermott of seattle sent a letter to the fbi director robert mueller saying the ad is quote, not only offensive to muslims and ethnic minorities, but it encourages racial and religious profiling. the seattle times notes the 16 wanted terrorists on the ad are of varying ethnicities. seven from african countries, four from the philippines, one each from malasia, chechnya, three american born. all terrorists tied to various attacks. virginias radford university is in p...

Government justice and the fbi and everybody to my knowledge thought it was highly likely to be an act of terrorism, but again, they were asking me for the proof or evidence, and we didnt have any. >> and day after day, flying is the safest form of travel, and disasters are rare, and when they do occur, more often than not, they are the result of human error. a pilots mistaken judgment, and this time it was not which is what made the crash of twa 800 so puzzling from the beginning and so astonis...

Questions, but he also perfected what "the washington post" refers to as the art of the dodge. yahoo! news identified 13 distinct types of dodge in carneys 9486 nonanswers, not counting todays briefing. 1905 times he said "i dont have the answer." 1383 times said i would refer you to someone else. 1125 times, you already know the answer. carney also frequently wont speculate, well get back to you, thinks it is a good question and appreciates the question. gap runs a company and blames human er...

Who writes if this program is so effective why did it fail to detect major hasan when he he was communicating with a known terrorist by way of the internet. good question for the secretary of defense for tee taeup detainees. good morning to you. >> good morning. bill: 20 09d, thi 2009, the program is up and running. how do you miss a guy on anwar al-awlakis web page? >> they didnt miss him because intelligence collection is only as good as what you do with it. the reason this happened h the guy ...

For taxpayers the amount of human error involved in this is stunning beevment have all sent out email accidently to a group my vacation pictures from 2006. embarrassing i had to leave town. >> yeah. >> im sure you caught the hearings yesterday with fer business spinach who played the great spock on star trek. questioned and he was embarrassed those were his words. what did you make of his performance there. >> again. this gets back to the questions i think all taxpayers are asking what kind of i...

For taxpayers the amount of human error involved in this is stunning beevment have all sent out email accidently to a group my vacation pictures from 2006. embarrassing i had to leave town. >> yeah. >> im sure you caught the hearings yesterday with fer business spinach who played the great spock on star trek. questioned and he was embarrassed those were his words. what did you make of his performance there. >> again. this gets back to the questions i think all taxpayers are asking what kind of i...