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Assuming theyre working. and then theyre going to do an initial sight inspection, wheres the debris field, coming down from the altitude its scattered far and wide, so it will take time to find and identify all the pieces. and if reports -- news reports about the activities of some dissident egyptian groups in the area, that may complicate their work. >> assuming the flight data recorders are recovered, how will that impact the pace of this investigation? >> it could have a big impact on the pac...

Rozo navigational beacon near calis airport. but it interpreted the r as a beacon 132 miles to the east and behind the plane. the mistake reroutes flight 965 directly into a 9,000 foot mountain. >> had they typed in rozo, that way point would have come up. but they didnt know that. and that was one of the lessons learned coming out of this accident. >> columbias civil aviation authority releases its final report in september of 1996 and finds probable cause was primarily pilot error. the flight ...

Airplane was over a place that the pilots didnt understand. clearly, the pilots couldnt see the mountain, or they would have flown around it. >> in june 1980, the office of air accidents releases its findings, known as the chippendale report. it cites pilot error for flying at low level in an area of poor visibility when the crew was uncertain about their position. but in april 1981, a parliamentary investigation known as the mann report absolves pilots from any blame. instead, justice peter man...

>> coordinates shift meant that the airplane was over a place that the pilots didnt understand. clearly the pilots couldnt see the mountain, or they would have flown around it. >> in june 1980, the office of air accidents releases its findings, known as the chippendale report. it cites pilot error for flying at low level in an area of poor visibility when the crew was uncertain about their position. but in april 1981, a parliamentary investigation known as the mann report absolves pilots from an...

You have a historical record. but what i see in their investigation is they looked at all of these things in isolation rather than trying to find why the loads occurs but how they occurred. >> and mary schiavo believes there is another issue. >> in their investigation,they have to rely on the manufacturers. therein lies the problem. they had to go back to airbus. and say hey airbus, what happened to your plane? airbus said it was the pilot. the pilot used the rudder too aggressively. why would y...

Authority releases its final report in september of 1996 and finds probable cause was primarily pilot error. the flight crew didnt adequately plan and execute their approach and lacked situational awareness. and they didnt revert to basic radio navigation when computer navigation became confusing in a critical phase of the flight. colombian investigators also cite the crewss fail your to retract the speed brakes which prohibited it from gang enough altitude during the escape maneuver. >> out of ...

Findings, known as the chippendale report. it cites pilot error for flying at low level in an area of poor visibility when the crew was uncertain about their position. but in april 1981, a parliamentary investigation known as the mann report absolves pilots from any blame. instead, justice peter mann faults incompetent airline procedures which changed flight coordinates without warning. in a subsequent appeal by air new zealand, the new zealand court of appeals faults mann for overstepping his a...

It is look more like a recovery effort and they will have to take away bodies, evidence and find the black boxes to work out what went so terribly wrong. but for now they will be staying put and they are hoping that tomorrow morning the weather will clear and they will be able to continue with that hike. >> and we are also learning that the trigana air service does not have a particularly good safety record. talk to us about that and whether authorities have any idea what possibly caused this cr...

Field and theres potential to hit children and young people. >> but an investigation by the national transportation safety board finds the crash could have easily been avoided. >> in this case, we obviously had a healthy live pilot to be able to talk to so thats where were going to center in on. >> the ntsb determines the reason for engine failure, pilot error. the pilot ran out of gas and didnt switch over to his reserve fuel tank. >> in the hospital, he came up and i thanked him for saving our...

Turned onto the wrong runway in 2006 for takeoff, the air traffic controller failed to notice. the plane crashed killing 49 on board. the government blamed pilot error but noted that the controller had worked all night with only two hours of sleep before his shift. that devastating accident led to a study of controller fatigue done three years ago but not released until today. two out of ten said they made significant mistakes on the job and over half blamed them on fatigue. most said they were ...