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They are supposed to be limited to no more than a handful in a single box. but a loophole allows them to get around the rules. >> there are a handful of lithium batteries packaged in small numbers but the limit on the number of packages is not there. so it is a concern. we know it has been a concern in cargo airplanes. >> dozens of fire incidents have been langed to lithium batteries. in july of 2011 an eye on battery exploded a ups plane causing it to crash near dupuy killing the pilots. not al...

Going to bring you the new information just minutes and our aviation experts will be here to talk about it. and today malaysian shah airlines after days of denial confirming that flight 370 was carrying highly flammable lithium batteries in cargo hold. what could that mean to the the administration. former administration pipeline safety administration also a pilot. he joins us. good evening, sir. >>g, greta. >> well, the ceo of malaysia airlines sort of sat on this one for about four days. he ...

Flight to beijing, this aircraft would have flown straight for seven hours until it ran out of fuel and ran straight into the ocean. >> and martin, the pilots have said that the priority is to stabilize the plane and navigate before they communicate back with the ground. but would there not be any opportunity in there just to make it clear to those on the ground that something was happening or would there even with be an automatic signal to the ground that there is an emergency on board? >> well...

Preestablished thing that goes on if you know that there is a fire on board? >> yes, there is, your previous guest i heard the tail end of that conversation. thats the way it operates. one pilot focuses on the airplane. the other pilot focuses on the checklist and they may share the communications, it just depends on the work load of the pilot working through the checklist at the time or trying to figure out, you know, plug it in a route to some place they want to go to quickly. and but those du...

Going to bring you the new information just minutes and our aviation experts will be here to talk about it. and today malaysian shah airlines after days of denial confirming that flight 370 was carrying highly flammable lithium batteries in cargo hold. what could that mean to the the administration. former administration pipeline safety administration also a pilot. he joins us. good evening, sir. >> hi, good evening, greta. >> well, the ceo of malaysia airlines sort of sat on this one for abou...

Preestablished thing that goes on if you know that there is a fire on board? >> yes, there is, your previous guest i heard the tail end of that conversation. thats the way it operates. one pilot focuses on the airplane. the other pilot focuses on the checklist and they may share the communications, it just depends on the work load of the pilot working through the checklist at the time or trying to figure out, you know, plug it in a route to some place they want to go to quickly. and but those du...

Live report about the thousands of firefighters who will join the effort today. investigators say the pilot of a ups plane that crashed in birmingham, alabama, received two low-altitude warnings. preliminary results show no signs of distress from the pilots or any kind of an engine fire. a homeowner in texas is thank. for her not so scary guard dog today. the lap dogs scared away a gun-toting burglar. the would-be robber kicks the gate if her house and ran away when the dogs went after them they...

Used to living with jet noise. what woke them up this morning is something they will never forget. the broken and burnt wreckage of the cargo plane sits in an open field a half mile from a neighborhood. nearby broken trees and power lines show how close the jet came to killing people in their homes. >> im just thankful that it did not kill us. thats dangerous. i mean, it was just like the plane was like this and we were in the middle. >> reporter: pieces of the plane litter barbara benisons yard...

Homes. >> i am grateful that it did not kill us. thats dangerous. i mean, it was just like the plane was like this and we were in the middle. >> reporter: pieces of the plane litter barbara benisons yard. the ups plane was out of louisville, ken tucky, flying over roof tops. people say they awoke to what sounded like a flight in trouble. >> it was low and then it sounded like it was sputtering like it was out of fuel. >> reporter: seconds later fire and explosions. >> i heard boom, boom, boom. >...

Kill us. thats dangerous. i mean, it was just like the plane was like this and we were in the middle. >> reporter: pieces of the plane litter barbara benisons yard. the ups plane was out of louisville, ken tucky, flying over roof tops. people say they awoke to what sounded like a flight in trouble. >> it was low and then it sounded like it was sputtering like it was out of fuel. >> reporter: seconds later fire and explosions. >> i heard boom, boom, boom. >> reporter: federal crash investigators ...