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I mentioned the situation in 1976 -- i guess it was 1978, three mile island, pennsylvania. there was operator error involved in that. frank is right in regard to the 40-year-old plant. we need to make sure that we are updating and upgrading and constantly looking for safer facilities. think about chernobyl in 1986. that reactor had no containment video whatsoever. 275 people lost their lives. today in the ukraine, 50% of their power is nuclear and they have 19 reactors. none of the type that led...

>> very faintly over the the intercom we heard somebody saying something about red. >> reporter: in all, at least 37 passengers were hurt, though none with serious injuries. >> people on floor, like laying down on the floor, hurt. people just -- everybody was just yelling. >> reporter: this is the same ferryboat involved in a deadly 2003 wreck that killed 11. saturday authorities almost immediately ruled out terrorism or operator error, which was the finding seven years ago. instead they say the...

>> a group adrenaline rush turns deadly, a sky diver dying from his injuries after a collision with another sky diver in california. the two were part of a training camp providing tips on making multi-person jumps. and, were told the man visiting from russia was an experienced sky diver. and the collision coming in the midst of a landing attempt, 40 to 50 feet above the ground and it was likely operator error and doesnt look like equipment malfunction. ni . >> a weather alert, hitting states har...

>> a group adrenaline rush turns deadly, a sky diver dying from his injuries after a collision with another sky diver in california. the two were part of a training camp providing tips on making multi-person jumps. and, were told the man visiting from russia was an experienced sky diver. and the collision coming in the midst of a landing attempt, 40 to 50 feet above the ground and it was likely operator error and doesnt look like equipment malfunction. ni . >> a weather alert, hitting states har...

Going to be due to the fact somebody hit the gas pedal instead of the brake and i hate to say what no one else wants to say but these things are researched before, and an operator error is one of the possible causes. and, toyota is doing everything possible that it can, and we have had 39 highway fatalities, that linked to this and i dont know what the word "linked" means and there are 2,000 complaints and there are 2,000 complaints about mcdonalds, and the thing is blown horribly out of proport...

Interstate five back open later today. ainsley, steve, and brian, back to you. brian: so, yeah. going to be very anxious to see if what went into that and if this was actually operator error. steve: speed. apparently the early reports were that it left the station on the first day of rail service up there half an hour late. and the whole idea of spending over $100 million was to get there about 10 or 15 minutes early. looking bad and then it looks like speed. ainsley: this was inaugural ride and...

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Drug and alcohol testing on them and theyre awaiting those results to see operator error was the case or if this was more of a mechanical failure on the trains part. martha. martha: i bet they will check to see if anybody was texting at the tile too. that is issue in other train derailments. barrett, thank you very much. well check in later. bill: there could be a significant break in the mystery of flight 370. weve been down this road before but today objects have been found floating in the ind...

Equipment failure. u.s. congressman, member of house that committee joins me now. congressman, thank you very much. this tragedy, four people dead including a member of the nbc family, "today" show audio engineer and three other people and their families, an accident that should not have happened whether equipment error, operator error, how do you explain 82 miles an hour going into that spuyten station. >> the engineer may have been asleep, lost his focus. we have to look at the brakes. first i...

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