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Of mine who was my flight instructor, the four of us had planned, long planned this trip to the ranch and back home. we had experienced a beautiful day together. beautiful flying conditions. on the way home we made a scheduled stop in a town, our last stop of the day before we arrived home, back to our children. thats when the accident occurred. after taking off from that stop. >> glenn: pilot error? mechanical error? do you know? does it matter? >> there is a pending -- >> glenn: lawsuit. >> an...

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Senator stevens was in another plane crash in 1978. his first wife was killed but he survived. obviously this time he was not so lucky. the governor of alaska sean parnell paid tribute said stevens stood for alaska, fought for alaska, he was a lion who retreated for nothing. wolf? >> its obviously too early to know the exact cause of this crash, but what are investigators likely to be looking? >> certainly weather. there were reports of fog, rain, limited visibility. its always hazardous to fly ...

He remembers being in the plane, flying along, everything was normal. and then all of a sudden they just stopped flying. his next memory then is after the crash. he talked to a second survivor who said hed fallen asleep in his seat right next to the pilot and then he woke up after everything had happened. he remembers hearing planes in the sky. another passenger was trying to find a radio, which he ended up not being able to find. so theyre going to have to use those accounts, you know, as spars...

Them? >> well, i think youve -- i am satisfied they are going to kill the well. and i think that youve taken too much out of the stock. i bought the stock at 36, so im a loser of a buck today. arry: whats the danger of other spills? >> you know, this is the first one in 50 years. and, you know, not to be repetitio repetitious, but it has been awhile. but, you know, two pilots qualified, crashed an airliner. you can sure have pilot error and sometimes you do have. you dont quit -- you dont shut d...

>> larry: you have faith in them? >> well, i think youve -- i am satisfied they are going to kill the well. and i think that youve taken too much out of the stock. i bought the stock at 36, so im a loser of a buck today. >> larry: whats the danger of other spills? >> you know, this is the first one in 50 years. and, you know, not to be repetitious, but it has been awhile. but, you know, two pilots qualified, crashed an airliner. you can sure have pilot error and sometimes you do have. you dont q...

Like they knew it was going to occur. so its hard to say that would be pilot error if they actually warned people. >> here is something were getting and yet to be confirmed by the associated press, but another news outlet is reporting from a source -- im going just put this with very tentative quotes around it, that this ferry lost power. dont know what would cause that. but if that indeed were the case, that would certainly help to explain why when trying to put the engines into reverse, and sl...

Im alex witt and youre watching "msnbc saturday," where its 9:00 on the east coast, 6:00 a.m. out west and heres whats happening. we begin this hour with the breaking news of the polish presidential plane crashing in western russia, killing the countrys president, along with some of the highest military and civilian leaders. that plane went down in heavy fog on approach to the smolensk airport in northern russia. all 69 passengers on board were killed. tom aspell is in london with the latest on ...

The body of polands president will lie in state in the capital of warsaw from tomorrow until saturday when he will be buried with his wife. jim maceda joins us from warsaw. jim, russian investigators are suggesting pilot error may be to blame. i want to talk about the outpouring of grief from people there. its been incredible to see flowers and all the folks standing out to honor this president. >> yeah, absolutely. we might as well start with the grief. you may catch a glimpse behind me of a st...