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9/11, egypt air, silk air, malaysia and air france. those five alone there are 4200 deaths. thats about the iraq war. on those five crashes, it was a mystery what the pilots were doing. when you put it down to raw, hard data thats a lot of lives lost. it is a practical issue when almost 300 accidents, commercial plane crashes are caused by pilot mistakes. makes perfect sense to cut down on them. >> les is about to jump out of his seat. go ahead. >> thank you, don. 4200 deaths is significant and ...

All the time. if they are constantly doing themselves all the time they have no time for privacy activities, half of which require you to be naked. we know that isnt happening. there is no privacy in the cockpit. 9/11, egypt air, silk air, mals malaysia and air france. those five alone there are 4200 deaths. thats about the iraq war. on those five crashes, it was a mystery what the pilots were doing. when you put it down to raw, hard data thats a lot of lives lost. it is a practical issue when a...

Two hours into the flight contact was lost. they said they had several hours worth of fuel, the seven hours would have passed earlier tonight, they say they have no idea where the plane was. joining us by phone while we await the news conference. john scott, a pilot. john, your thoughts? >> well, you know, im just thinking about some of the major aircraft crashes that weve covered over the years, megyn. and you know, this could be anything. but when you think back, air france 447 went down over ...

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