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Was the woman who is the one behaving badly. trace has the story. >> reporter: planet fitness says there are signs all over the gym that say that cell phones can only be used in designated area and that the staff is very good about gentle reminders about getting off your phone. but gino says that theres nothing gentle about her reminder. she claims she was on the elliptical and an unexpected call from her doctor. she says her ipad was hooked up to the elliptical so she didnt leave the workout ar...

Violently one way or the other and then you have the potential for the wing tip tanks to strike the ground and potentially be punctured and sparks fly and then a real problem. >> megyn: this is just breaking were getting word the lear jet with the nose gear problem is diverting away from this airport to lambert airport. i want to get to trace gallagher with more, trace? >> reporter: were trying to find out where lambert airport is, megyn and-- im sorry? so, st. louis international airport. we we...

Plane to be light and to be able to slow down to a very good speed before it actually touches down gently on the nose gear. >> megyn: and jon scott, were told that thats exactly an lear jet that the landing problem is doing, circling and burning off fuel i imagine in that scenario how donning would it it take? and any danger to those below with the fuel? >> no danger really on the ground. as long as youre able to dissipate that in the air. and, yeah, theyre going to -- as trace said, you dont wa...

What you dont want is the rear gear collapsing and the wing tips coming down and striking one of the fuel tanks on the tip of that lear jet. >> megyn: just as we look the at the plane and you can see the bubble on the wing, thats the fuel tank, jon? >> thats the fuel tanks on this design of the jet. >> megyn: looks like theyre going back up and its another fly-by. stand by one second because weve got trace with breaking news on this, trace. >> reporter: i just wanted to jump in here quickly megy...

This on the belly of the airplane, which is very possible, im sorry, toss it back? >> yeah, trace, well take it back to new york for one minute here and tell our viewers, listen were going on a seven second delay like we do in these situations often, lest anything happen, we certainly hope it does not. bear with us, as we put the feed on seven second delay. all right. and the question is, trace. what kind of -- where is the fuel in this lear jet? our own jon scott is a pilot, just e-mailed me, s...

Approached in a professional way was extremely unprofessional and rude and dismissive. the woman claims that shes been trying to get the corporate offices on the phone for a couple of days to get her pass back. so far, unsuccessful. interestingly, in this whole story, megyn of all the things we read in the interviews, nobody came to this womans defense. nobody. saying, no, no, no, she was fine, it was just, you know, a quick phone call, nobody. so, right now, her pass is gone. dont know if its c...

Hold lear jets as lear jets go. still building them today. >> megyn: youre talking about the jet blue incident and that happened at this airport? >> no, that was happening in l.a. trace was reminding me of that. i cant remember which airport it it happened at. >> megyn: theres video of it. >> there it is, thats what happens, thats what it looks like your front wheel. it was twisted 90 degrees so the way it was supposed to be when it came in for a landing. so, obviously, that tire is not-- and th...

We saw it a couple of times and now were told from ktvi in st. louis that thats not the affected plane, the one that reads united states airport on the side. that there is an lear jet in danger, out a ways and were waiting for information on that. and as we take a look at the emergency crews who are on the ground awaiting the affected plane, and its possible possible landing gear in kahokia, illinois. were not certain whether this plane thats affected will in fact attempt to touch down in illino...

And were hearing that they are reporting that the decide of that lear jet reads united states air force, which would be a good sign. these would be very well-trained pilots on board and we are getting jon scott, by the way, with us momentarily and in the meantime, i want to bring in dj frost, a commercial airline pilot with me now. dj, explain what you think is happening here? we dont know a lot other than its believed to be an lear jet with up to eight passengers on board thats having some sort...

Economy when were just start to go get the recovery back on its feet. >> megyn: well leave it at that. >> thank you. >> megyn: fox news alert on a regional airport in illinois getting ready for what is described as a possible crash landing by a small plane. well, you cant really say that. worried it can be a crash landing. a dangerous landing, but were trying to get the details and exactly whats going on with the plane. trace gallagher has been tracking it, trace. >> reporter: yeah, its an lear ...