and left. the second one, i got on the plane and then made them stop the plane before they took off. and the third one, i said to the stewardess, do not let me off this plane. i have too much to do, i travel all over the world and i must get back into the air, which i did. >> can you take us to that moment when you know that this is more than just an indelicate landing on the runway, you know that this could be catastrophic? and give us an idea of what was going through the minds of the people on 214. >> well, what happened was that we were coming down, we passed the washington monument, and i said, i hear something, it doesn't sound right. and the landing gears were not coming down. first they said we're going to go through the tower to make sure that it's not just the indicator light. they went by the tower, and they said, no, the gears were not coming down. they then started pulling up the