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Officials at the airport say this mass sirf 747 cargo jet is going to take off any moment now. it has been stuck since it landed there last night when the pilots touched down at the wrong airport. the plane has not been able to take off till now because the runway at jabara is really too short for a plane of this size. lets talk about it with robert mark, he is a commercial pilot and publisher of jet whine.com. robert, everybody is wondering how do pilots set down at the wrong airport? >> well i...

There was one inside. the only other option is lighten the load by taking off a the lot of fuel. if they get the load light enough it will get off in 6,000 feet. jon: the good news is they have a cold front coming through. the wind is roaring in out of the north. the runway that they are on is aligned to the north. that will help them lift off. so the air is getting colder. that is more dense and helps the engines. helps add lift to this thing. >> you could be good in ground school. jon: you kno...

Which was supposed to land safely at runway 28 "l". something went wrong at the very final moments of the landing according to robert mark who we just spoke to. a commercial pilot who has flown into sfo himself. we also had our own jon scott and licensed pilot calling about who or what, if the computer would be in control at that point in the landing or if in fact the pilots are in control. both are saying at that point, its usually the pilot that is landed by hand. according to weather reports,...

Nothing going on, the flight attendants, very much like a fireman rea little go to a bell in the station. they ran to those doors. they knew which doors open and got a lot of people out. we still dont know how many people have been lost in this. but the fire was really intense. >> arthel: robert mark, thank you for your time. a commercial pilot has flown into san francisco international in the past. >> rick: we are waiting for a 5:30 eastern time news conference from national transportation safe...

Turn leants on the ground -- turbulence on the ground and included the entire tail basically being shorn off of that fuselage. >> arthel: some 291 passengers on board. emergency slides had been deployed. we were talking to a commercial pilot, robert mark earlier. he had flown into san francisco airport. at that point in the landing pilot more than likely was in control of that plane. a report that all electronic instruments in the cockpit on the boeing 777. again we want to let you know, if you ...

That is what led to a delta crash in dallas that led to a whole bunch of safety changes and information, radar changes to help avoid wind shear. what caused this one to come in so low, i dont know, but it isnt necessarily pilot error. there may have been a pocket wind or tail wind that hit this plane that wouldnt allow it to stay in the air. >> rick: jon scott being a great news man and co-anchor of what is happening now, he a licensed pilot. thanks so much for your time. >> we wanted to bring i...

48 people. 190 people were taken to a safe zone in the airport itself. of those people they were classified as green, meaning their injuries were minor. out of those 190 people taken to the safe zone, 82 were transported to the hospital. that brings the total number of people hospitalized from this crash at 130. doing the math. 48 transports and 190 people taken to the safe zone, that is 238 people accounted for at this point who were on the flight. some of the passengers are still unaccounted f...

Will be able to get answers from the n.t.s.b. as we are waiting for them to give us a briefing of what happened as far as they know at this point. they are going to be bringing us news briefing from reagan national airport. we want to let you know at the time of the crash in san francisco, there were no thunderstorms in the area. the skies were clear. light winds which according to some -- robert mark who has flown in san francisco airport, winds can be a problem. it sits right on bay, light win...

And -- there you see some of the debris from what i presume was the tail. it seems to be three pieces. one at the top of the screen. other two down near the right hand corner and those are lying on the run way. as chopper shot pulls out a little bit, well be able to see the proximity to the wreckage of the plane. again we want to bring into our conversation, robert mark who a commercial pilot, editor of jet flight.com who has flown into this airport. talk to us -- are you seeing the same picture...

To landing 72. experienced travelers know the ripple effect from ohare. means people get stuck in the terminal from lax all the way to laguardia. the only good news the cuts were expected to go into effect in january. now they are delayed until june. jenna: how are the decisions made where the cuts happen? >> reporter: faa analysts tell us these are politically chosen. these are hand picked. robert mark a commercial pilot and industry analyst. he tells us this president hasnt been friendly to av...