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Suggestion that that was a factor today. and i was also reminded this morning of a british airways 777 that crashed in london several years ago. no win injured. but they determined that ice had formed in the fuel lines at a very high altitude. thankfully the crew was able to descend and put it down. but this would be only the second fatal crash involving the 777. you recall that last july we had the asiana flight that crash landed in san francisco. investigators believe that pilot error was beli...

Wreckage. the passenger manifest included the names of two europeans not on the plane. both had their passports stolen in thailand in the past two years. the bbc reported the men using those passports purchased tickets together. because they were flying on to europe through beijing, they did not have to apply for a chinese visa and undergo checks. the lead investigative country will be determined by where the wreckage is found. but the u.s.ntsb has already dispatched a crew, boeing and royals ro...

Wreckage. the passenger manifest included the names of two europeans not on the plane. both had their passports stolen in thailand in the past two years. the bbc reported the men using those passports purchased tickets together. because they were flying on to europe through beijing, they did not have to apply for a chinese visa and undergo checks. the lead investigative country will be determined by where the wreckage is found. but the u.s.ntsb has already dispatched a crew, boeing and royals ro...

Essentially indicate where the flight was stopped working about an hour after the flight which we think is possibly an hour before total contact was lost. does that give any indication to what happened or could that just be a separate mechanical failure? >> thats what investigators are going to look at. theyre going to want to see where that exact transponder failure occurred and whether or not there was actual radar coverage in that particular area. because the transponder provides a discreet c...

Scared, especially a boeing of that size with a major airliner. it is unprecedented for them just to fall out of the sky. turbulence doesnt do it. >> first of all, there probably wasnt any because the weather is what they called clear in the aviation world, but the closest was the france aircraft in 2009 which did fall out of the sky. it was an airbus, not a boeing and a combination of a instrument malfunction and terrible pilot error and that plane did just fall out of the sky. so it does happe...

From nashville. luckily no one was seriously injured. investigators are still trying to determine if pilot error played a role. well keep you posted. and this morning investigators will question the driver of the train that crashed in spain. he was apparently going 120 miles per hour as he headed into a sharp bend where the speed limit was 52 miles per hour. he also bragged on facebook how fast he could drive the train posting this picture of the speedometer at 125 miles per hour. jurors in ...

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