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Conductor who may be going too fast -- >> are you speaking about this positive train control, is that the technology youre speaking about? >> right. that deals with the infrastructure failure which some people are wanting to have that conversation about infrastructure. it also deals with the human failure. it appears in this case -- we knew quickly there was a speed issue which we talked about yesterday morning that deals with the human failure. in this case speed. it will slow the train down. w...

Approaching the curve the rocking begins to take place. the fact the engine went off the high side begins to think the hypothesis is where were headed. the frustrating part for americans and that theres technology in place that can help to address this. lets not get ahead of ourselves. lets assume perhaps there may be human failure here or perhaps theres infrastructure. congress loves to mandate things but dont have the money available to put these things in place. this technology is there and c...

Minot was strike one. malmstrom is strike two. im fearful of what strike three looks like. >> the commander was allowed to resign both from his command and the air force, he wrote a heart felt letter to the airmen explaining his decision to resign and essentially excoriating them for nobody coming forward to complain about the cheating. nobody willing to come forward to say i know this is happening and its wrong. he described it essentially as an integrity problem. that implies a sort of human f...

>> the commander was allowed to resign both from his command and the air force, he wrote a heart felt letter to the airmen explaining his decision to resign and essentially excoriating them for nobody coming forward to complain about the cheating. nobody willing to come forward to say i know this is happening and its wrong. he described it essentially as an integrity problem. that implies a sort of human failure thats unrelated to the nuclear mission. do you see this as something thats nuclear s...

I think peter is right. talking about professionals in the cockpit at this point in time, including a checked pilot. let the airline get away from them, obviously. there is some good where learn something so it doesnt happen again. i think this was simply a human failure in the cockpit. >> the way we understand it, according to deborah hersman, ntsb chairwoman, about seven seconds before impact, the crew notices that they dont have enough air speed, and the stick shaker before they try to call a...

Popular they dont know how much time its going to take and how long the lines will be out of service by the time investigators get their work done. how long it will take for commuters to get their service back online between new york and boston. >> susan, what are some of the things they are looking into as to how this happened in the first place? >> reporter: as the investigator was telling you, they are looking at the braking system. they are looking at the possibility of human failure. they w...

Million flights. veteran aviation safety expert john cox. >> whats significant about that is that were improving by 50% over last year, which was the aviations safest year previously. >> reporter: why the improvement? pilots have never been better trained. computerized cockpits monitor every aspect of flight. alert systems warn of a potential mid-air crash or mountain ahead. hd simulators for pilots and air traffic controllers train them to handle emergencies before they face a real one. debbie ...

Veteran aviation safety expert john cox. >> whats significant about that is that were improving by 50% over last year, which was the aviations safest year previously. its an incredible feat. >> reporter: why the improvement? pilots have never been better trained. computerized cockpits monitor every aspect of flight. alert systems warn of a potential mid-air crash or mountain ahead. hd simulators for pilots and air traffic controllers train them to handle emergencies before they face a real one. ...

>> our seats, 14 abc i think are totally disconnected. >> somehow in the installation process of our seats we introduced a failure. not sure mechanical failure or human failure. >> reporter: american saying it identified what caused three flights to be aborted in mid flight because seats came loose. in one case, flipping passengers on their backs. the seats came in rows of three. and the row is held to the floor with what is called a saddle clamp. its that clamp that was improperly installed on ...

>> and so we dont be brog a man, -- we dont be brog a man. you go up and down and i will get a car elevator too. >> you are a human failure. >> i will say i would like to have an elevator in my car. i am short and just have me go up so it would be wonderful. will romney never, never be on the cover of in touch magazine because he is so out of touch with america? >> it doesnt matter. there are many things to takish you you with -- take issue with, but to have somebody in the white house that know...