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plaquemines parish south of new orleans. its not what you want to see. water over top the levee could cause it to fail. issued a voluntary evacuation order as they rushed to get it fixed. in new orleans itself, more than a foot of rain dumped there. all four of the citys storm pumps are operational but he says the city cannot breathe easy just yet. >> i want to reiterate and put an exclamation point on this, we are not out of the woods yet. this is a very stubborn, persistent slow-movi...

Billion. >> and our own jeanne meserve joins us from the aviation summit in washington. and i understand you have demonstration to show us. >> right. were in the simulator. in is a mock-up of a 7 37 cog pa cockpit. were going to show you how communications will change with nextgen. with me is a pilot and retired controller. how will this change the pilots job communicationswise? >> what you are about to hear is the sovoice rendition of an air traffic control clear today. >> ft. lauderdale one, s...

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Ozzy saw half the first show and said this is gonna destroy us all, get it stopped, you have to do whatever you can to get it stopped. it is the worst thing. the most embarrassing. >> i must confess im not the television person in the family, i dont like doing it. i just dont like doing tv. >> greta: how about -- one of the most bizarre social events the white house correspond dens dinner? -- spore respondents dinner? >> we still talk about it kelly was going to cover it for "e" but she said aft...

Ozzy saw half the first show and said this is gonna destroy us all, get it stopped, you have to do whatever you can to get it stopped. it is the worst thing. the most embarrassing. >> i must confess im not the television person in the family, i dont like doing it. i just dont like doing tv. >> greta: how about -- one of the most bizarre social events the white house correspond dens dinner? -- spore respondents dinner? >> we still talk about it kelly was going to cover it for "e" but she said aft...

Investigation. its a joint polish/russian joint team. they are focusing most of all right now on obviously the two black boxes but specific conversations between the pilots and atc, air traffic controllers. they understand at this point that there were no or could come to the conclusion early on that there have been no obvious technical faults or mechanical failures. the pilots were indeed warned, according to black boxes that there was low visibility, 400 meters. thats about 1300 feet in heavy ...

Retire. its a function of how much time on the job and how old they are. but we have an alarming number of controllers who have the ability to opt out of atc, and i can tell you this, an experienced controller as opposed to an inexperienced controller, there is a very, very big difference. so, dont talk to me about aviation safety if youre going to talk to me about firing these two guys -- or this guy -- taking an experienced controller out of the tower at this time. i think it would be a huge m...

Take off from a playpen voice or some refugee from the viennas boys choir or whatever. >> you think the pilot should be accountable as well. they should have reported it? >> if i was in the takeoff position, and they said eastern, youre cleared for takeoff. i would have said say again, tower? thats not a logical voice. >> we had an email from another pilot who said that before 9/11, this was not an issue. that from time to time, kids could have been in this control towers and possibly giving ben...

Hours. that tape gives me pause. no one has cause that a child is on the horn. we know from the past events like the helicopter crash in the river, a slightest bit of confusion can spell fatal disaster. want to have fun with the kids, please dont do it on atc. the union issued a statement saying it is not indicative of the highest professional standards that controllers set for themselves and exceed each and every day. the controllers have been relieved of their duties pending the outcome of the...

Peninsula. and the wreckage of the plane has been located and were told that the plane is an 18-year-old airbus a-321 and flight radar 24 radar show the jet was descending at a rate of 6,000 feet per minute before the radar signal was lost. a russian air transportation official tells nbc news that 217 passengers and seven crew members were aboard and that the flight was handed off to air traffic control in cyprus at 7:14 local time. but the pilots never made contact with atc vanishing from radar...