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. >> flight 345 from nashville, rick, made a hard landing at laguardia airport and skidded 2000 feet down the runway on monday shaking up 150 people on board. the pictures at the time showed a tilted plane you remember, very frightening sight. we were first told there was no landing gear deployed likely. now federal investigators say their investigation shows that the boeing 737 touched down on its front nose wheel, before the sturdier main landing gear in the back touched down. that is not just...

>> turns out the jet hit the runway nose first, and thats not normal procedure. pilots are supposed to land on the rear wheels first. the ntsb still determining if pilot error played a role and caught on camera. a florida police officer is in hot water for actually dragging a woman to jail. it happened at the pinellas county lockup. the officer was suspended, but one witness says the inmate was drunk and unruly. the copulater admitted that he was being inappropriate. >> thanks so much, peter. ...

We begin with news on that southwest airline flight 345 crash landing at new yorks laguardia airport on monday. right now, federal investigators are saying the plane handed nosewheel first. this is the first real clue weve gotten as to why the planes landing gear collapsed, obviously as you know, planes usually land on the back, not the front. lets get to aviation correspondent rene marsh. the investigation is still going on. does this open the door to pilot error? >> we spoke, erin, to a few pi...

Information, it brings up the possibility, perhaps, pilot error, of course, ntsb is investigating all of this, so they will make the determination as far as what went wrong. we also know they will continue to analyze the cockpit voice recorders and we may get more information tomorrow. >> renee, hold on for a moment. kevin hyatt is joining us now on the phone. hes president and ceo of flight safety foundation, outside of washington, alexandria, virginia. he is a former pilot who flew 787s. kevin...

Particular crash. youll remember half a dozen people were taken to the hospital. their injuries not serious. but this comes just 16 days of asiana crash landed at san franciscos international airport. to people were killed in that one. dozens more were injured in that landing. and as we well know, pilot error is very much the focus of that particular investigation. now it seems in this southwest one, they may also start to look seriously at pilot error. >> thanks. there is word michael jackson...

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Stage, and boefg should have or could have known, that is negligence and emotional disstress and even wrongful death. >> eric: tough to argue? >> i can try. there are two different possible liability here. there is boeing and the manufacturer and whether the pilots were actually trained. airlines says they are but there are reports maybe they are not. so then you could have a mixture of the two. pilots -- i cant speak, sorry -- spreading the liability. >> it could be the manufacturer or boeing a...

♪ >> eric: from the crash to the courtroom. 83 survivors of the asiana airlines announced their plans to sue both the airlines and planes manufacturer boeing largely focusing on pilot error. lis wiehl says yes, but tamara says i disrespectfully disagree with. >> you were in the discovery stage right now. first it was pilot error. now, they are doing more discovery, they are finding it may be the throttle of the plane. it may be the slide function in the emergency slide. so there were people, t...

Preserve evidence but they dont have to worry about evidence going anywhere. they are going to do an investigation with or without the lawsuit. that discovery would be available to the passengers if they decide to sue. >> shep: you wonder how quickly it evolve. investigation just got started. >> i know. hey, maybe this was a equipment malfunction. we dont know if was pilot error or what caused it yet. that will be at the timeered out. you dont have to rush to a courthouse. you have time to file ...