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helping a woman in the floodwaters. an official says 1,000 people have been rescued so far, and more resources are on their way from the u.s. mainland into puerto rico. an official now saying that some areas have seen record levels of water. more rainfall and rivers even higher than after hurricane maria. jennifer gray is standing by in the weather center for us, but first, lets go live to puerto rico and cnns leyla santiago, and youre there on the ground. what are you seeing? >> well,...

This just in to cnn. the faa just rejected a controversial request from an airline to slash pilot hiring standards to tackle the pilot shortage. cnns pete muntean joins us. what can you tell us. >> reporter: weve been talking about the pilot shortage for months. all the flights cancelled or delayed, 50,000 this summer alone. the gold standard that airlines say is keeping them from hiring more people is whats known as the 1,500-hour rule. that is how much flying time a new pilot needs before goin...

Plane that had 150 people onboard is due to appear in federal court. he tried to disable the aircrafts navigation system before takeoff at miami international airport. we have cnn aviation and government regulation correspondent rene marsh here with us. luckily the pilots caught this issue but it was just before takeoff, right? >> yeah. >> its very scary. what happened? >> lets set the scene. this plane is actually on the runway. its traveling down the runway. you have 150 people onboard. and th...

That went down off of indonesia last october killing 189 people. now, bloom bruburg is reportingn the very same plane before the disaster, the crew got help from an unnamed source, an off duty pilot just happening to be traveling in the cockpit. >> cnn has received that before the max 8 before the crash but that disaster is under renewed recruit fli. melissa bell is live in paris with the latest. melissa, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, dave. whats so interesting about this latest revel...

Indonesian crash. >> im going to ask les in a moment to explain why people should feel okay about flying on these planes or not and what a pilot needs to know but i want to ask jeff, because jeff wrote in an article covering this an explanation that i think is easy to understanding. boeing engineers had to move the point where the plane attaches to the wing. this affected the way the plane handled. most alarmingly it left the plane with a tendency to pitch up which could result in an aerodynamic...

>> thats why this state of affairs regarding whos trying to get this equipment and what purpose theyre using it for has to be better regulated. im not saying prohibited. but just like you cant get a scooter and go on a highway, we need to have rules like that for drones. most people who have drones do it for recreational purposes. or possibly surveillance purposes. terrorist or anyone else are going to use whatever technology the market makes available to them. >> just the last thing any pilot n...

Describing what the last moments on that flight sounded like through the cockpit voice recorder. >> hes knocking asking to be let in, zero konsresponse from the co-pilot. you hear human breathing within the cabin, and we hear this breathing up until the final point of impact. which we assume means that the co-pilot was living was alive in the cockpit. then we start hearing banging, someone trying to break the door down. >> in the united states pilots can never be left alone in the cockpit. if on...

Breathing up until the final point of impact. which we assume means that the co-pilot was living, was alive in the cockpit. then we start hearing banging, someone trying to break the door down. >> in the united states, pilots can never be left alone in the cockpit. if one pilot needs to use the restroom, a flight attendant needs to remain in the cockpit while that pilot is absent. katie couric asked the ceo of germanwings about this protocol earlier today. >> are there regulations where a flight...

Pilot breathing, there was no apology. there was no prayer. there was nothing from the co-pilot as he brought the plane down. but you do hear passengers who have now started to realize their lives are about to end. you hear screaming according to the prosecutor. jeffrey, the u.s. standards already are, its accepted that two people in the cockpit at all times. thats the way it is in the united states. if a pilot needs to leave, a crew member steps in, many airlines around the world are saying tod...