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On the chin. there was no damage to the rest of the body. i recognized her right away. >> testimony from those who did survive would prove valuable. but in the meantime there are countless other clues to pursue. >> we had millions of airplane parts scattered over a mountainside but the flight data recorder and the cockpit voice reporter and witness statements all of these different sources of information helped investigators put the puzzle together. >> within days, two important clues turn up. a...

Scattered wreckage, tattered clues to what may have happened. now, youre about to become an eyewitness to the accident. our dramatic animations will put you up close and even inside those troubled planes, right next to passengers experiencing unimaginable terror. in the next hour, jets with extreme failures that can be traced back to the machines very core or structure. >> structural failures when part of the airplane itself fails. in the worst case, it can be a wing actually coming off the airp...

I just grabbed my son and got him some clothes and we ran out. >> i have a big picture window and the plane was coming right toward me, and i was afraid it was coming in the house, and it swerved and went across the street. >> i thought that was it. i mean when i looked up the plane was right over the top of me. my wife was standing in the door and i just hit the ground. i thought it was going to explode when it hit but it didnt. >> live on the scene from south bend, indiana, jim, whats the late...

>> cnns jim spelman is in south bend. people still arent allowed to go back home? >> reporter: its going to be a little while before they are able to go back home. its a really surreal scene here, carol. you can see firemen around the tail section of this plane right up against the house. you can see a damaged house. the blue one to the right. the ntsb and fire and police here in south bend all got together a couple hours ago to put together a plan to, one, have ntsb finish their investigation a...

Realizes something is wrong with the altitude. he said we are still at 2,000, right? the captain begins to look and says what happened to the altitude and they begin to take corrective action. >> but it is too late. >> the engines roared and we hit and the world exploded. it was a huge fire ball. >> the plane rips apart. the crash is scattered over an expansive area. >> i was in the tail and the tail section broke off and we began spinning. and we spun 1,500 feet and at the end of the spin, the ...

now he makes shocking remarks about asian-owned businesses. wolf blitzer is off. im joe johns. youre in "the situation room." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >> breaking news, a horrifying scene in a crowded apartment complex in virginia beach as a navy jet crashes into buildings there, shooting flames and thick, black smoke into the sky. the crew members ejected and were taken to the hospital. now an urgent effort to account for all of the people on the ground. our brian todd ha...

Would be among the survivors. sadly as he discovered at makeshift morgue that was not the case. >> translator: she had a scar here. no damage to the body. i recognized her right away. >> testimony from those who did survive would prove valuable. but there are clues to pursue. >> we had millions of airplane parts scattered over a mountainside but the flight data recorder and the cockpit voice reporter and witness statements all of these pieces of information help investigators put the puzzle toge...

Hear -- >> hows it going out there eastern? the first officer looks up and realizes something is wrong with the altitude. he said we are still at 2,000, right? the captain begins to look and says what happened to the altitude and they begin to take corrective action. >> but it is too late. >> the engines roared and we hit and the world exploded. it was a huge fire ball. >> the plane rips apart. the crash is scattered over an expansive area. >> i was in the tail and the tail section broke off and...

Enunbeknownst to the pilot, the tremendous force blows the vertical fin and other parts of the tail section right off the giant 747. critical hydraulic lines are severed in the process. >> the first officer makes several radio calls that says, were in uncontrollable flight, we do not have control of the airplane. theyre fighting literally for their lives. >> the airplane starts to go into what they call a pitch oscillation, up and down, as well as a dutch roll. the airplane starts to swing back ...

Japan airlines flight 123. is it a tragedy with many clues tonight but no hard answers yet. >> it takes rescuers half a day to get to the remote spot where japan airlines jal flight 123 has slammed into the mountains of tokyo. the investigators begin combing the wreckage for clues. my rack usely they find something they didnt expect. two women and two young girls have survived. >> the four people that survived the accident were seated in the aft section of the airplane. the tail section broke fr...