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>> but its just too dark to see. the captain and co-pilot are still struggling with the light bulb. >> this is where human error begins to show itself. ideally someone does nothing but monitor the auto pilot. but with the difficulty that the first officer was having with the bulb, the captain understandably wanted to try to help him. no one was concentrating on monitoring the auto pilot. >> the crew is unaware that the airplane is slowly descending from 2000 to 900 feet from the control tower th...

Crash of an eastern airlines jumbo jet near miamis airport. >> but what caused the plane to crash? the mystery lies in why the auto pilot suddenly failed to hold its altitude. it turns out it wasnt a mechanical failure but rather human error. according to the report, when the captain leans across to help with a light bulb, he hits the control column, shutting off the auto pilot. the warning chime went off but no one seemed to notice. >> the crew not only didnt respond to it they didnt actually h...

he was arrested wednesday after turning out what to be fake explosives from undercover officials. amanda knoxs attorneys begin closing arguments today. the american student was convicted of killing her roommate, meredith kircher. "world business today" starts now. good morning from cnn london, im charles hodson. and good afternoon from cnn hong kong, im andrew stevens. welcome to "world business today." the top stories this thursday, september 29th. >> vote yes to say the euro....

Protest tonights execution of derek oneal mason or yesterdays execution of lawrence russell brewer, you are in effect saying there are right and wrong ways to administer the death penalty and we should just do it right, its all we have to do, just do it right. but as long as we have derek oneal masons and lawrence russell brewers, we are going to have troy davises. the death penalty is a human system created by human beings, run by human beings. that means there is human error built into it. a h...

Mason or yesterdays execution of lawrence russell brewer, you are, in effect, saying there are right and wrong ways to administer the death penalty and we should just do it right. thats all we have to do, just do it right. but as long as we have derrick oneal masons and lawrence russell brewers, we are going to have troy davis. the death penalty is created by human beings, run by human beings. that means theres human error built into it. a human system is not capable of perfection. government do...

Mason or yesterdays execution of lawrence russell brewer, you are, in effect, saying there are right and wrong ways to administer the death penalty and we should just do it right. thats all we have to do, just do it right. but as long as we have derrick oneal masons and lawrence russell brewers, we are going to have troy davis. the death penalty is created by human beings, run by human beings. that means theres human error built into it. a human system is not capable of perfection. government do...

decade after 9/11 as investigator investigato investigators investigate a suspected plot. scientists are still working nonstop to identify the remains of 9/11 victims. and thats enabling some loved ones to find closure. were taking you behind the scenes. and president obama hits the road to prince william up support for his job creation plan. his first stop is the home turf of one of his sharpest critics. im wolf blitzer in tampa, florida. the site of mondays cnn tea party debate and y...

struggling to piece it together. from the capitol, we want to show you images from new york city. scenes just like this. police popping up in the backs of trucks. taking a close look at trucks, vans. here is what we have learned just within the past hour. all of this coming from intel sources in washington. they say their source of information is a communications intercept involving a known al qaeda operative in pakistan. this known operative is said to have discussed a vehicle bomb at...

case from new york. >> reporter: this is being reported by state run media and specifically a judiciary source talking with them tell iing the that the two hikers that remain in prison now, shane bauer and josh fattal, have been sentenced as you said to eight years. it is five years for spying as they put it, the words, cooperating with the american intelligence service. and three years each for illegally crossing the border into iran. now, this information, according to the lawyer, fo...

threatening to throw, project, place or discharge a destructive device, possession of bomb making materials, and also cultivation of marijuana in his room at his house, and possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia as well. major newman? >> good morning. once we were able to identify mr. kanos whereabouts, where he lived and what his relationship was to the new tampa freedom high school area, i notified the supervisor sergeant pryor who works out there, very intimately with that n...