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Engine. the pilots tried to do a landing but landed in a snowy field a mile away. the plane broke up in several pieces. it is believed all the victims were russian all kid and injured. oil energy producing area. it was briefed they were workers for an energy firm headed to another oil center. according to media reports were following, either pilot error or mechanical problem. terrorism being ruled out, martha. martha: what does this tell us? weve seen similar crashes like this before. what does ...

desperately screaming for help. two separate and independent auto analyses say it is not george zimmermans voice. well get more in a live report moments from now. malfunction and pilot error are the two leading theories in the crash today of a commuter plane in russia with 43 people on board. 31 people were skilled. survivors badly hurt. the pilot reportedly was trying to make an emergency landing shortly after take off for reasons still unknown. better from canada, france and britain ...

we are just getting the details of what caused whitney houstons death. as you know, she was found last month in the bathtub of her hotel room in beverly hills. lets go to kareen wynter who joins us live from los angeles. what can you tell us? >> hi, candy. what i can tell you, the final cause of death has been determined to be drowning from heart disease as well as cocaine. thats right. there was cocaine in whitney houstons system at the time she was found submerged in a bathtub at the...

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miguel marquez is joining us. what more can you tell us? >> reporter: it sounds like an accident. they were training late at night. it may have been a live fire exercise. it sounds like there was fairly intense training. these are two that provide close air support for marines on the ground. they were training for afghanistan, as you said. and they trained very, very hard at night and its possible that it was just an accident. the marines are saying that they collided in the air. obvio...

>> and mary believes there is another issue. >> in their accident investigation they have to rely the manufacturers. therein lie it is problem. they had to go back to airbus and say what happened to your plane? and airbus said it was the pilot. the pilot used the rudder too aggressively. why would you ever construct a plane and ever have the control system in the plane such that if it is used in a way that it is allowed to be used your tail would come off. it is unthinkable. >> air bus told nbc ...

We understand that it was, as you said, a ch 53 c stallion. marine helicopter, we do not know how many people were on board. but nato officials now confirming those six dead. we dont know how many more were on board besides that they are also reporting, shep, that there was no reported enemy activity in the area or at the time. but that obviously will be a focus of this investigation as it always is, was this pilot error? was it mechanical failure or was it indeed enemy activity that brought dow...

Its part of an effort to crack down on pilot fatigue, something investigators say contributed to a devastating crash of a passenger plane in upstate new york not very long ago. nbcs tom costello reports. >> reporter: it was nearly three years ago that 50 people died when a regional airline crashed on approach to buffalo. pilot error was cited as the cause, but the crash highlighted long distance commuting, gruelling work schedules and pilot fatigue, b factors thought to have contributed to crash...

Pushback against these rules that are now official. >> the airlines themselves felt that the new rules might be too expensive. theyre reserving judgment at the moment saying they want to study what the new rules are. the cargo airlines have also said theyre going to be too expensive as well. the bottom line as you stated, the whole point of this is to address issues that came up as a result of that crash outside of buffalo. while pilot error was cited as the reason for that crash, as you mention...

>> in this case, we obviously had a healthy live pilot to be able to talk to so thats where were going to be centering 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 away for the most part. however, in the same breath, damn, i wish you wouldnt have crashed our plane. >> in t...