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Million miles. never in my wildest dreams would i expect to be in this situation. im totally thankful and blessed that it wasnt any worse than what it was today. >> well well be watching and were glad that everyone is safe and that there are no major injuries. thank you marques zak, and jay rawlins, both of you for your time. >> thank you. a date of shattering emotional testimony in the trial of the accused boston bomber. the father of this young boy confronting his sons alleged killer, as oth...

In effect they went into the water and 27 people were dead. in this case those embankments, and that chain link fence really saved the day. >> no doubt about it. >> the question is how did this happen? why were these pilots in the situation they were in? was there a piloting error? an equipment malfunction? theres a lot of questions to be asked. >> were going to pay attention. as much as i fly into laguardia they have my attention. thank you for the report. >> you bet. lets bring in marcus zac...

Kind of panic, most people were just relieved and thankful that we were able to live through this ordeal. did people realize how close they were to the water? >> i dont think most people did unless you were on the left-hand side, or like myself you fly in all the time and you know that water is right there. i know myself my first thought when we start eded one we started veering to the left hoping that the angle we took was not going to propel us right into the water. >> jay, what are your bigge...

Runway had been plowed shortly before the incident and pilots on other planes reported good braking action. >> now, a question -- what does that tell you by that statement jay? >> in a normal airport, meaning one with a long runway that could probably tend to relax a captain that was approaching, but laguardia is not like that. as mentioned earlier, its a difficult airport even in the best conditions because the runway is only 7,000 feet. that particular aircraft im familiar with and it requires...

its close, the airport is closed. we got a 3-4. >> call 100, say again. >> an air krafl off 3-1 on the service road. please advice laguardia is closed at this time. >> if he comes up hes lacking fuel on the left side of his aircraft heavily. >> you said leaking fuel? >> a-firm the wing is ruptured. >> passengers describe the harrowing moments. >> we landed it started skiing it hit the side of the rail then 400 yards, next thing we knew it came to a halt. >> it was kind of like a state ...

A text message sent to the families prior to the news conference said they had to assume beyond any reasonable doubt that the plane was lost and that no one survived. it was heartbreaking news for the families. and today the question is still why. why did it happen? why did the flight go so far off course? and will we ever find out what happened? joining me now is jay rawlins, a retire american airlines captain and bob hagel, who covered aviation for nbc news for 25 years. thank you both for com...

Really wouldnt know. >> jay? >> i agree. finding that debris, finding this aircraft sat the root of all of this. we cant make final determinations what happened without finding the aircraft. either it went to the south and its in the ocean some place, which suggests that there was some sort of a mechanical problem of which there could be many, or it is not there at all. and if its not there, if theyre not able to pull up any debris that is positively from the aircraft, then the malaysian authori...

Likely to find would be the lighter things like wooden pallets or seat cushions, smaller pieces. i how would they find out how far its drifted, bob? >> they have computer modeling, woods hole did it in a crash five years ago. but computer models is computer modeling, you know. its not exact. thats still not certain it will take you back to the right place. and youve got to get awful close if you have any hope of hearing the pinging noise from the submerged black boxes. >> if they cant find the b...

Where theyre getting some of these piecing already. i mean, theyre seeing them, but theyre not confirming theyre piece of the plane yet. but if they find out these really came from the plane, then you have to trace back the currents and calculate where the plane might have originally hit the water. and thats where the majority of the wreckage would be, only down on the bottom of the sea. and then you got to listen for a pinging noise when you get in that area to try to lead you to the flight dat...

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