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would have been a better place to hit or a worst place to hit. theres so many apartment complexes around here. >> can you describe more that area of where the plane crashed? >> yeah. its -- we are maybe a half a mile from virginia beach ocean front. big resort area. lots of homes, lots of apartment complexes. and its -- its just a place that, you know, anywhere but here kind of thing. again, if it was a half a mile to the west, it could have been in a creek or a marshy area. and he wou...

Rubber to take the load there. up on the nose gear, when that comes down, if you blow a tire there, your landing zets squirrelly, but much of the steer can is done with the vertical stablizers. megyn: if it is the nose gear how difficult a land can is that for an experienced commercial pie loot which we assume this flight has. >> reporter: i think most pilots would prefer to land with stricken back gear. if one of them itous in front your steering will and lot more tricky. megyn: how dangerous i...