Plane Glided News Today

Edge of space. and the way it works, spaceship 2 took off attached to a mother ship called eve at the right altitude. it detached. the pilots fired the rocket engine. it flew nearly vertical up to the edge of space. the astronauts got a few minutes of weightlessness before the plane glided back down, landing back on the same runway it took off from at space port america. so now the idea is, after two more test flights, virgin galactic will finally begin making good on its promise to send paying ...

I guess it hit his face and hit fist face and we were so scared. >> i was holding back of his head to try to keep him calm and wait for people to show up. >> tire hit him and down there. blood right here. but we tried to fet all the blood off. >> reporter: doctors had to shave the boys head for surgery. in a sign of friendship his friends shaved theirs as well. pilot was not injured. salvage crew retrieved the plane later. an investigation is underway. the boy will be okay. amazing, patti ann, c...

That would be consistent with a slow descent down into that region. >> the specter of the miracle of the hudson where the plane glided on water and passengers walked away from the crash had given hope to some families perhaps another miracle would be revealed here but at the crisis center as time passes praying has given way to despair. this family told cnns gary tuchman they lost seven loved ones on the doomed flight. >> translator: when we heard the information firstly, of course we hoped our ...

And clues floating on top of the water may or may not tell you about the cause of the accident when you move to the second layer which is the water column beneath them and you start reverse engineering their position against the competing currents below, you can get an estimate on where they came from and that can lead you to the third layer down here which is the heavy bits on the bottom because those are the ones you really have to get. what are we talking about? were talking about big parts o...

Early to even speculate? >> its really too early to speculate. its not very fruitful to speculate. really what theyre doing as you reported earlier, theyre really bent on getting these black boxes out of the water. the destruction of the fuselage itself that will unlock the secrets pretty quickly. i suspect this case will not take too long to resolve, absolutely not mh370 and then the answers will emerge pretty quickly. we could, as sort of a mental exercise talk about the possibilities related ...

Found it we dont know and we cant confirm it at the moment and given the weather will be the way it is and remember this is the monsoon. the seas which are shallow do get whipped up and you get a lot of sediment and mushing in the water and visibility under water will be difficult, as well. >> andrew the new year came to indonesia when we spoke four hours ago. its obviously supposed to be a happy occasion and many of these passengers were flying to singapore, one presumes to celebrate the new ye...

Did i distill it age it and mix it but do we know why it causes us to act the way we do? we know ethanol affects speech motor skills and decision making skills but despite various scientific explanations drunkenness is still a bit of a mystery, roger says. >> they have some good ideas, but which recentptor in the brain and it could be that and could be that and im pretty sure its that and not quite positive. >> if those decision making missteps lead you to have one too many. ♪ ♪ >> you may w...

Photos and distinguishing marks and also for the samples which could help them with dna matches so it is going to be quite a long process to identify all of those victims and of course there is the burial to go through, as well and absolutely harrowing days ahead for so many families in this grieving city. >> just awful. andrew stephens live in surabaya indonesia. the debris uncovered so far has been floating on the waves, but what investigators have recovered may only be setting the table for t...

>> maybe this is the time. maybe for the next couple days, the next couple of months, the next couple of years we will find the ending. but there will be a time that it will end. so to me, i dont want that it -- but if i have to phase it. >> it could be true, because the area is where the plane should be. its so strange that there was no emergency beacon signal. i think the plane glided on to the water and sank so the beacons werent activated. >> well, you can see that people are stealing themse...

Is -- but if its the facts, i have to face it. >> i feel the news from the press conference could be true because the area is where the plane should be. its so strange that there was no emergency beacon signal. i think the plane glided on to the water and sank so the beak conswerent activated. >> so the family members following the news just like the rest of us, and some of them stealing themselves for a potential very long wait, don. and certainly, as that wait, many of them i have spoken to ar...