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a plane, a beechcraft turbo-prop, owned by a local doctor and took it over tupelo and flying around and around and around and flight tracker is keeping track of what hes up to. hope he hasnt been making good on his threat, but hes running out of fuel in the process. charles watson is in mississippi. >> neil, obviously, this is a developing situation we were here in jackson, mississippi covering the water crisis when we started seeing reports of a man flying low and a plane circling a w...

There -- this was a surviveable event and someone drowned, of course, youd see water in their lungs and all that kind of thing. all these bits and pieces and factual information will eventually make the bottom line story. but, you know getting them in isolation and trying build a storyline is really unfair at this point. >> you do believe that once we have the black box, well be able to put together more information about the story? >> absolutely. because the data on the flight data recorder it ...

What is the vertical speed indicator saying what is the -- >> so is it normal to slow down in a situation like that? >> you would never slow down as youre approaching. there is a stall speed for a reason. we talk about going into the stall. one of the key things when you get into a heavy stall is the stick shaker. what will happen is the yoke or the the stick which the pilots fly with which literally start to shake. thats when youre entering the very final moments of a catastrophic stall and you...

Flying through a super cell. so you really try to avoid it. the air bus does have some very specific flight control features that help the pilot fly the airplane. im not so sure those are either helpful or probably less than helpful in the situation when youre in the stall speed, the altitude where maybe youre in a high speed stall or a low speed stall. thats what you get in the thunderstorm. it can really put the air may not out of control. >> i have to admit, im a little taken aback. they have...

Aircraft would have been in a stall position. but if you look at that screen grab down in the bottom right-hand corner it says 535, which is the indicated air speed, clld be awhich would be a normal speed, not a stall speed. >> so that isnt too slow that isnt -- i read somewhere it was 100 knots too slow to maintain flight in an ascent no? >> right. thats what was reported. but converting the knots theres there -- but ground speed and air speed are two different things in terms of winds aloft. i...

Land slower. and youll come down at a speed that would be a little above the stall speed. its a difficult thing to do when the sea state is high. i -- you know, if youre i missing -- coming in without fuel, you would want to come in faster and then let up and come in like the sully landing. in very high seas, it would be difficult. >> rob mccallum and miles obrien, thanks. why are malaysian officials now telling families to hold out hope for a miracle? plus, president obama is taking action,...

Experienced pilots come in so slow, dangerously slow at stall speed, and right up to san francisco international airport a an approach that requires quite a bit of attention as you come in here, alex. >> tom, let me ask you because i think a lot of people are under the impression that in situations like this especially with landings and take-offs, the airplanes on-board computer systems kick in at a certain point if you are in danger and that did not seem to be the case with this flight. do we k...

Deborah hersman had said. the stick shaker, i can tell you, ive been in the simulators and i have simulated the stick shaker and it is brutal. this is a very, very aggressive noisy -- sounds like a rattlesnake. >> richard quest? richard quest, i want to go through a few points and have you respond to them. >> right. >> to make it as clear and concise to the viewer as possible. okay. so theres two different recordings. there is the cockpit voice recorder with two hours of information. excuse me. ...

It is possible. but only depending on what their speed was when theyre -- i mean, if they were just under the approach speed, then yes, of course, its possible. push it forward, the engines -- takes a few second, whatever for them to spool forward but if theyre significantly below the speed, no -- i mean, only had seconds to go, and to use a little phrase, there is no way to push it all the way forward and go to power and go around is, takeoff, go around, you could push it all the way forward bu...

San francisco international airport. as you see there on the right of the screen, thats exclusive video in the crash. it will be up on the screen and bring in richard quest. youre with me? >> yes, i am,en deed. >> okay. richard -- >> information -- >> we did. we did. i want to go over some of it with you right now. let me go through this. the speed she said on the approach. this is what she said according to the cockpit voice recording. right? she said the speed on approach 137 knots and then we...