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>> seven seconds before impact the crew discussed they were not at their target air speed of 137 knots. they were well below 137. it wasnt just give or take a few knots. >> the ntsb says it could take months to come up with a definitive cause with no evidence of mechanical error. all signs are currently pointing to pilot error. joining me now from san francisco is nbc news correspondent tom costello. tom, what are we learning at this point about the planes final moments and the latest on the inj...

Driverless, runaway train. >> reporter: there is a lot of questions on how exactly it happened, whether or not they werent hook properly or if there was some sort of other mechanical error going on. we are hearing reports that there was a fire on the train earlier that evening and something may have happened when they tried to put out the fire. the operator of the rail cars, the owner of them, says that the engineer of the rail cars wasnt the last one to touch it so there are a lot of questions ...

This discussion as well. >> the 90th birthday celebration taking an almost deadly turn in california. a woman 6 other friends and caretakers were waiting in a limo about to head into a party when the car burst into flames. >> there was smoke and ladies were coming out of the back of the car. i was telling them hurry up, hurry up. all of a sudden flames from that same area. i mean huge flames burst out of the car. >> a memorable birthday. i am 90 years old now i have all of this business to remem...

Certain age groups but gave up after setbacks in court. until recently it was only available to women without a prescription to women 17 and older. another limo has caught fire in california, but this time everyone got out alive. ten people were inside the car. many of them in their 90s. they were celebrating one of the birthdays for the people in the car. some of the women who relied on walkers and canes had to be pulled out when the car started smoking. >> there was smoke and then ladies wer...

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People are desperate as this goes on and obviously, a lot of people are wondering how this could possibly happen and the egyptians are promising a full investigation, however, its unclear if theyre going to be able to figure out anything more than either human error or perhaps some kind of mechanical error on the balloon that allows the gasoline to begin and once you have the fire happen little to do to put it out. >> i dont understand. i mean, how did the pilot save himself if the balloon is hu...

Aviation authorities to determine the exact cause of the crash. today was a clear and sunny day so might have been pilot error or ma ca mechanical error. >> shannon: you mentioned there had been another airplane from the same airline that had some team of problem and had to return from where it had taken off? is that the case? >> that happened sometime last month. second baseman sure that -- so im sure that these are things that will come up on investigation. >> shannon: okay. we thank you very ...

From the siberian city of kuman, smoke was spotted quickly from the engines and then the pilot tried to make a forced landing but it was just really a big crash in a nearby field about 2 miles away. the plane broke up in many pieces. again, as you said, 31 dead, 12 injured. its believed all the victims are russian. this is a major oil energy producing area. the plane was going from one oil center to another, probably all company workers from what we are seeing. according to the report, again, th...

Caused by mechanical error or pilot error. they talked with the pilot but its too early in the process to see what went wrong. here is some of what he had to say. >> its early in the investigation. so our folks on the ground are trying to make sure we get things that could disappear if we dont collect it now. >> reporter: a new york congresswoman is asking the faa to restrict or began non-essential helicopter flights that originate in manhattan. since 1995 there have been 7 crashes in the hudson...

Was mechanical failure they want to get to the bottom of that and the congressman will be having a congressional hearing. >> its interesting theyll have the hearing, other than the 2003 accident. there was one in 1995 a that was mechanical error, it was thousands of trips that it goes back and forth from manhattan to staten island and has had a fairly good safety record, but we have a lot more news to cover this hour. >> indeed we do. were learning more about the massive explosion tearing throug...