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>> for this flight attendant, hearing is an emotional experience. >> i was filled with gratitude when a passenger who survived came over and thanked me for my actions. >> as a consequence, intersection departures at night are no longer permitted. while on the runway, pilots are encouraged though not required to remind air traffic control that they are waiting for instructions. >> these types of procedures were completely capable of being done before the accident. this was a totally preventable a...

More than a faulty lightbulb. the co-pilot starts to replace it but he cant get the new bulb to go in. >> they fought with this thing for several minutes. the captain instructed the flight engineer to go down and see if he could manually see an alignment stripe that is on the nose gear that you can see from a small view port down under the flight deck. >> but its just too dark to see. the captain and co-pilot are still struggling with the light bulb. >> this is where the insidious nature of huma...

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>> i have a wealthy friend and he bought a $400 wine. >> you could tell. >> of course i was polite. but i was embarrassed. i didnt want to admit i cant tell the difference between this and like the franzia. but i got my buzz on nonetheless. so all was well in my world. >> and then you went to the theater. >> the theater. the titanic. we all know the story well here. but theres a new study out here that says it actually may not be all just kind of human error that led to the famous crash of the s...

Bill: now to a story stirring a lot of outrage and worry among many parents. a cvs pharmacy in new jersey mistakingly giving kids a powerful cancer drug instead of fluoride. it went undetected for two months, maybe longer. kathleen london is a family practice physician and an assistant professor and attending physician at new york presbyterian hospital. good morning to you. simple human error? >> i think its simple human error. the pills look similar. fluoride has a flavoring to make it taste ab...

affect the u.s. economic recovery with higher prices. >> more compensations cost for costa cruises. the costa allegra ship are offered full reimbursement. >> first off though, greece has made a lot of sacrifices to try and secure its second big bailout from the eu and the imf. unfortunately though, it seems as though it still hasnt made enough. eurozone members holding a meeting in brussels decided to withhold more than half of the $175 billion that athens so badly needs to stay afloat...

The smaller project is scheduled to be finished next year. investigators now say a deadly elevator accident in manhattan was the result of human error. maintenance workers never e restored an emergency system before returning it to use. and a birth control pill recall because of the packaging error. pills in some pacts were packed in the wrong order which could make the drug less effective. did president obamas apology for the burning of qurans in afghanistan make matters worse? thats the ch...

In memphis are doing their best to explain an embarrassing spelling error. but not many people are buying it. >> yeah. that mix-up was on the marquee outside of a high school where the word "welcome" was actually spelled w-e-l-c-m-o-e. welcmoe. you can blame a faulty spell checker saying it was a typo. but this sign of course has no keyboard or computer. clearly human error at play here. the schools explanation, "reading is fundamental. spelling oftentimes is not." >> reading, writing, and arith...

Simply not true. not true. the states election commission reviewed more than 200 names and found no instances of dead people voting. most cases were human error. in three cases, absentee ballots were received from voters who later died. okay. the commission said continuing the review would be costly for the state. attorney general wilsons office released a statement saying we cant simply rely on the review of some 200 of 950 records. that is unsatisfactory. lets turn to ben jealous, president an...

>> we know for a fact the number could be higher than 900. turns out that those facts are simply not true. not true. the states election commission reviewed more than 200 names and found no instances of dead people voting. most cases were human error. in three cases, absentee ballots were received from voters who later died. okay. the commission said continuing the review would be costly for the state. attorney general wilsons office released a statement saying we cant simply rely on the review ...