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Seriously tested, but i think with the fact that these targeted u.s. sanctions have finally arrived, that europe will support some of this and that with careful reporting like yours, andrea, we will get to the right answer about who did this. i think that this could be a turning point in the right direction for poroshenko, sad as this event is. and, oh, by the way, maybe a turning point in the right direction for the u.s. as well as we try to put together the right coalitions to get to the right...

Plane, i think theres going to be hell to pay, and there should be. >> senator john mccain, thank you for joining us in this emergency as we continue the breaking news. a malaysian airliner tlig from amster doom kuala lumpur, malaysia, went down near donetsk, we believe in ukraine. over, cra ukrainian territory. its still unknown whether it was pilot error, some kind of mechanical error or some sort of other action. and if so, from which side. michael mcfaul joining me, former ambassador to russ...

After sundown. after about 48 minutes of flying, the plane suddenly turned right towards the open ocean and started descending quickly for reasons still unknown. kennedy may have been trying to avoid the haze. the marthas vineyard airport was only 20 miles away, but the troubles for the plane continued and it ended up hitting the water. >> a plane believed to have been flown by john f. kennedy jr. is now being reported as overdue and officially missing. >> the search for the missing plane began....

Can imagine what that conversation was like even as the early word was that a plane was down. they didnt know much more about it. a plane was down on the eastern ukraine side of the border and it could have been an accident, could have been pilot error. we dont know what might have intervened but if it were shot down, it could have been any one of three parties because all three actually have access to that same weapon system, the aging soviet weapon system thats been described, at least by one ...

Confirmed by the state department or the pentagon, is a claim by kiev, by ukrainian officials that this was shot down by either a separatist backed by russia or a russian system from russia proper. possibly a case of mistaken identity. no confirmation of that. this could have been pilot error. could have been mechanical error. all we know is a plane is down. we dont know of any survivors. 295 people on board from amsterdam to kuala lumpur. john cox, how many pilots would have been on board this ...

>> 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 lives, because he did. he landed the craft, everybody walked...

The aircraft, something along those lines. >> reporter: the aircraft, a boeing 777 is the same type of plane as the missing malaysia airlines flight and the same kind of plane that was involved in last summers asiana crash in san francisco. the ntsb says that crash was caused by pilot error. aviation experts consider the 777 among the safest planes. >> nice to step on the land. >> reporter: united passengers spent seven hours inside a gymnasium on the island waiting for united to send in another...

That crash was caused by pilot error. they consider the 777 among the safest planes. >> its nice to step on the land. >> reporter: united passengers spent seven hours inside a gymnasium on the island waiting for united to send in another plane after a harrowing ride. >> el with, harrowing indeed. alexandra steele joining us from new york. what have they decided? >> there was some kind of problem with an equipment cooling fan. they say the problem has been fixed. the planes returned to hawaii. ne...

The ntsb is citing mismanagement by the crew as the krauz. sight 214 bounced off a sea wall at san franciscos international airport. flipped and burst into flames. three people died. renae marsh joins us now. so, when we hear the pilots, renae, what precisely whats the was the driving factor in that ruling? >> so yeah. that was the headline brooke. pilot error. the ntsb just ruled this. they say it was the action and sometimes inaction of the pilots that caused the asiana flight 214 to crash. th...

Somewhere. >> had to take the plane some wé where. now they believe that he had something to do with it. in his basement he had the flight simulator, apparently stored some where in the flight simulator, though he tried to delete it. flight plans to somewhere in the indian ocean. the plot thickens. maybe this guy did intend to do something with that flight. it disappeared. >> interesting case. people want to know more. well in fact learn a lot more about the cause of the jet crash at the san fr...