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During world war ii. investigators suggest pilot error may have caused the crash. because of tag, he was advised to proceed to minsk, but he still tried to land in smolensk. >> was there any signs of life, any reports of that? >> well, it appeared that the plane had clipped some trees in a forest near the end of the runway there. rescue teams were on the scene quite quickly. they searched through the wrecka wreckage, which were in flames by the time they got there looking for survivors, but ther...

Contact with the tower, and there might have been clearances given. i would think within the next hour or so, well know what the tail number of the plane was, what size plane it was, and that will give you an indication of how much fuel it was carrying, but remember, in general aviation, the overwhelming majority of accidents take place on takeoff and landing, and the overwhelming majority of accidents are pilot error. and i mean, thats what you start out with. now, we dont know what the weather...

The most difficult in the world. did they miss signs. joining us from vancouver, in all the sadness over this athlete dying, officials were saying he did not have as much experience as other lugers. was that the problem? >> well, contessa, i think they were very quick to do a lot of things of the investigation took about ten hours before they were basically claiming it was pilot error, so to speak. i think the bottom line was what the georgian gel gags all along, you can have an athlete wreck on...

Since continent at flight 3407 fell out of the sky near new york killing one people on-board and one person on the ground. critical problems in our aviation system since them still have not been fixed. >> after the latest hearing, federal officials are worried history could repeat itself. our senior correspondent allan chernoff has been tracking the investigation and joins us now for the "a.m. breakdown" this morning. good morning. what were the lessons learned out of this crash? >> boy, too man...

Both of you. like most crashes this was a chain of event, pilot error, fatigue, lack of professionalism in the cockpit. they pointed to other influences saying training record keeping were involved here. what was the most important takeaway lessen from the crash? >> it focused on pilot proficiency and performance. my concerns here is how those are impacted obviously by pilot pay and pilot scheduling and the regional airline industry. >> michael, for you what was the most important lesson? >> i t...

And a plea from an orphanage there asking unicef to open its tent cities filled with children so they may be better cared for at other facilities. the u.n. is holding the kids to prevent possible child trafficking. meanwhile a hearing set for this hour for five idaho-based charity group members facing child trafficking charges. well get the latest in a live report from karl penhaul momentarily. pilot error. ntsb investigators have ruled that was the cause of continental flight 3407. the crash ...

That will be rolling towards the northeast for our next winter storm scheduled to arrive in the mid-atlantic and northeast friday and saturday. well talk more about this storm that looks to be much stronger than the one that came through last night in about 30 minutes. >> thanks, rob. still ahead, well be talking about what happened, what went wrong in that colgan air crash over buffalo. the ntsb saying pilot error was only part of the problem. eight minutes past the hour.

He was arrested after entering the u.s. from canada with a car laden of explosives. pilot error they say is one of the main causes of the last winters fatal crash. ntsb chairmanwoman detailed the findings at todays final meeting. she also criticized the fta for delay. the board is questioning whether regional airlines are held to the same level of safety as major airlines. the french court is trying to determine who is to blame for the deadly crash of an air france crash of a concorde. they ...

The improper procedure and should have pushed it down and added power and deborah hirshman said this about the crash, the chairman of the ntsb. >> what this investigation revealed is a picture of complacency, that resulted in catastrophe. as we heard, in public hearings, back in may, this investigation also revealed a number of other issues. issues such as cochairing and pilot professionalism and these issues are really larger than this accident itself. eric: the airline blamed pilot error for t...

Arent so sure. back to you. >> all right. mike barnicle? >> you know something, mika? as tom just pointed out, whats infuriating as a frequent flyer is parent companies like american or delta or usair, they are in business, and they continually cut back every benefit for flight attendants, for people who take the tickets, for pilots and co-pilots, and they put us at risk. and they get away with it. we end up focusing on, oh, pilot error. no, no, corporate error. >> yeah, there is that. and a yea...