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Mountain. these losses of air pressure happen several ways. theres a sudden loss of air pressure, it is catastrophic the plane breaks or less explosive loss of decompression, it inkpas tats the crew and slow decompression that can take ages to happen. it is very early in analysis of the flight. we have to zero in on this one moment, at the end of the cruise when it starts to descend. what caused it what was the reason to descend at that point, and why particularly this is fundamental, why was th...

Very mountainous area that this plane has gone down. jay, were you going to say something? >> yes, they would also need to try to get out some sort of a radio broadcast because you would want to let the airport know and the radar controllers know because that way they could assist in getting you on the best heading towards that airport. >> yeah christopher dickey joins our coverage. we were talking, when you see this area an area that is so part of -- that part of europe and italy and france thi...

Supposedly were doing what they were supposed to do and they didnt work. so what im suggesting here is we know -- what are the facts? we know after the acar system went down the transponder was turned off, the last communication this plane made a 180-degree turn, basically. it flew back across the malaysian peninsula. they have military radar which tracked this airplane. they have primary radar hits until they got to the west coast of malaysia. at that point we have the north and the southbound ...

Place between the regional radar controllers and the air traffic controllers at local airports. here is randy babbittt, the faa controller speaking this morning in atlanta. >> we also take to responsibility in the management side, in terms ever scheduling. we are going to work together. weve found through modern medicine and studies -- we are going to eliminate some of the things that can be fatiguing, change the way we schedule so it doesnt happen. again that accountability starts with all of u...

Traffic controllers, eric bitman is not surprised. he is a controller. >> the job is stressful. it makes you tired right there then you change to midshift, where you stay up all night long, stare at blank cope with no traffic. >> they stresses, such as single parenthood, day care issues and regular overnight shift and you have recipe for fatigue, with at least five controllers found sleeping on the job, the latest saturday in miami, secretary of transportation responded with a flurry of rule cha...

Managers will be present at early morning hours and also late night hours. in addition to that there will be a new hand off procedure between regional radar controllers and air traffic controllers in the tower. at 11:00 this morning the faa administrator randy babbitt and paul reynaldi spoke to reporters in slant about this issue as part of a tour they are conducting. they basically echoed the sentiments of ray lahood. here is what lahood had to say yesterday. >> we are going to make sure that c...

Proposed several rule changes which will take effect immediately. among them, nine hours off, now, between shifts and no swapping of shifts, so, air traffic controllers can spend the weekend. and managers are present for late-night shifts and early morning hours, and in addition, there is a new hand off procedure between the regional radar controllers and local air traffic controllers. and early this morning the f.a.a. administrator and the president of the national air traffic controllers assoc...

Controller was asleep. the pilots call signal you will hear is cheyenne lifeguard. 2:00 a.m. in the skies over reno. >> lifeguard -- >> reporter: the pilot of this medevac plane with a seriously ill patient onboard urgently needed to land. >> reno tower -- >> reporter: no answer from the tower, but radar controllers in northern california were listening. >> were going to call him on the phone lines. >> all right. well circle. >> reporter: despite phone calls to the reno tower, still no answer. f...

Four more air traffic controllers were suspected of falling asleep on the job. in the tower. the latest incident was in nevada. where a plane carrying a sick passenger was forced to land with no clearance from that tower. they simply couldnt get answer. as nbcs tom kocostello reports this is part of a disturbing trend. >> reporter: it was early morning in reno. the pilot of this medevac plane with a seriously ill patient on board urgently trying to land. no answer from the tower. but radar contr...

All right. thank you, sir. >> did you hear him there? he said i have no comments. has no comment. that is the suspended air traffic controller there. thats the one who fell asleep in the tower at reagan national airport this week. in response to that incident, the faa administrator is now ordering radar controllers to check in with the towers during the overnight hours. this basically means the air traffic controller, theyre going to confirm that somebody is in there, somebody is awake, and the ...