Moment but first of all, let me tell you where i am. This is the very landing area in order to get to Ketron Island where the 29yearold crashed that plane. Now, to give you an idea of how sparsely populated that is, the last census said theres only 17 residents living there. We now know theres dozens of investigators at that site. They would have left from here in order to get there. It is about a 10 minute ferry ride. The first as well as the data recorder. Ultimately, what evidence they could yield . We dont know. Of course, we do have a lot of conversation between air Traffic Control and the horizon employee. As for the pilot himself, obviously, he went through extensive needs means to get that. He had to taxi it and take off. Here, theres a lot of questions how this person who seemingly had no fliying experience was able to get that aircraft airborne. He played a lot of video games. Maybe that gave him the wherewithal to do this but still, so many questions as to how he got that airplane in the sky. Well try to get those answers. Experts to understand more about this bizarre and ultimately tragic plane crash. Cnns david soucie and Lieutenant Colonel rick francona. Dave soucie, how was this guy able to get into the commercial airliner . It was not a small prop plane and able to just take off. Heres the thing thats odd to me, ana, the ceo said, yes, it was his job and authorized to be there but way out of protocol
in that you never ever tow an aircraft unless theres two people involved. So the fact he was able to get the tow hooked up, aircraft out there and move it out there because he has to call and ask for clearance and thats usually what the second person does. So they need to really look at their process and procedures and see what fell through the crack here because this should not have happened. This is in the top ten busiest airports in the country at the very least. Colonel francona, this we now know ended with one person who died. The person who was in the plane. It could have been so much worse. Absolutely. Thats why it was so critical to get the fighters into the area as fast as possible. They came from portland international. There was an International Guard base there and they scrambled these two fighters. They went on to get up to the area. Its 100 miles away. They closed that in a few minutes and once in the area, they had to assess just how
potentially dangerous this was. No one knew what this flyer had in mind. Was he going to turn that aircraft toward Downtown Seattle . Was he going to go after a Sports Stadium . The space needle . A whole lot of things these guys didnt know. So they had to get up there quickly and assess the situation. Fortunately, it didnt require any action on the part of the military. They just kept him away from Populated Areas and it appears that he either had an accident or took his own life. We do know he was in communication because we played some of the audio from the air Traffic Control radio signal. Did this guy have any chance of landing this plane safely . Do you think they would have been able to talk him through it . Everybody said were surprised he was able to take it off. Its a twin engine aircraft. You have to coordinate the engines through signal line thrust. So, and he was able to fly a barrel roll, recover from that
loop and do a turn. I think some of the audio said he was having one problem with an engine. I think he may have run out of gas. He might have been able to get it down on the ground. He did more than anybody thought he could do. David, who is responsible for securing these planes and typically, how secure are they . Oddly enough, its the Ground Service agent himself thats responsible for securing the airplane and so thats where the breakdown is here, but once again, even that Ground Service agent has to have two people present at all times so the fact he was out there by himself, towing the aircraft by himself and disconnecting the tow bar and then moving the tractor out of the way to get it and move, the fact it happened without even being noticed by anyone on the ground, service crew, its phenomenal to me. Thats such an oversight and i think somebody got very complacent about their jobs if they werent watching him do that and raising the right questions. Based on what we heard at that press conference, it sounds like he wasnt necessarily out of place. And so there Wasnt An Automatic red flag per se. However, i wonder, are there alarm systems set up inside these aircraft. Is there a key he would have had to use in order to turn it on . How did he know where to begin when it comes to controls and would there have been barriers in place for somebody like him wanting to get behind the controls . No, there really isnt. Theres no key. Other than to the door. And it can be secured there but during an operation, the aircraft on the live tarmac, it would not be locked. It would be open. So anyone with the Ground Clearance could get on board that aircraft and move it and even fly it. But theres many, many layers that still go on that we dont really have time to get into, but there had to be three different layers of security that were breached here and listening to the ceo, hes not mentioning those. He is saying he had the right to be there. Sure, he had the right to be there but the fact what he was doing there, theres two other
levels of security of people watching and checking and seeing where his id is and where he is and Whats Going On in the tarmac. All of that should have been noticed from air Traffic Control all the way down to the ground operators themselves. When we talk about the response, colonel, you mention the f15 jets that were scrambles. We know they were armed but didnt interfere in that way. They let things play out. Why do you think that was the case . Nobody wants to shoot down an unarmed civilian airliner. You want to solve these problems with as little violence or damage as possible. As long as he was not presenting a risk to other people, they were willing to give him the time he needed or the air Traffic Controllers time they needed to get him to comply with their direction. So the two pilots, the two f15 pilots were there as a safety measure. Had things gone worse though, they were prepared to use those weapons. The next step would have been to get in front of him and deploy
some flares to get him to comply. Do you think, colonel, that radio what we heard in terms of their communication made a big difference, at least the slight idea. Maybe his motive that it wasnt a terrorist behind the controls . I. I listened to the air Traffic Control tapes and these controllers did a good job. Trying to talk this guy down and reason him rather than threatening him and let him make the decision. I think they handled that rather well and assessed he wasnt a threat to civilian areas. If you listen to the conversation, he said, no, i dont want to go to mccord field. Kro
i dont want to get involved in that and said, move you away from the airport so you dont disrupt our operations. He said, i dont want to destroy everybodys day. He did exhibit some rationale that he wasnt going to threaten anyone except himself. Rick francona and david soucie, thank you both for being with us. Thank you, ana. Unbelievable moment, dramatic Dash Cam Video. Nearly loses his life. Got much more to show you, how this unfolded, plus, change in charlottesville. How last years violence changed the National Conversation on race. And the giuliani factor. The president s attorney making a slew of tv and radio appearances this week. Whats his strategy . Mark geragos joins us to discuss. Youre live in the cnn newsroom. The latest news and information from around the world with host Ana Cabrera. Include temporary numbness, discomfort,and swelling. Ask your doctor if coolsculpting is right for you and visit coolsculpting. Com today for your chance to win a free treatment. Anncr as you grow older, your brain naturally begins to change which may cause trouble with recall. Learning from him is great. When i can keep up anncr thankfully, prevagen helps your brain and improves memory. Dads got all the answers. Anncr prevagen is now the numberoneselling brain Health Supplement in drug stores nationwide. She outsmarts me every single time. Checkmate you wanna play again . Anncr prevagen. Healthier brain. Better life. And its time to get outside. Pack in even more adventure with audible. With the Largest Selection of audiobooks. Audible lets you follow plot twists off the beaten track. Or discover magic when you hit the open road. With the free audible app, your stories go wherever you do. And for just 14. 95 a month you get a credit,
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emergency because of this anniversary. Lets get right to correspondent Kaylee Hartung in charlottesville. We know there are events planned there. Kaylee, how are Police Planning to keep the peace . Reporter well, ana, so much of the violence that we saw in charlottesville last year right here in these downtown streets, the Downtown Mall Area now secured by a perimeter. Metal and concrete barricades stopping any vehicles from crossing the downtown streets. Entry points for pedestrians just two of them, just like this one behind me where bags are surged and the implements of riot are taken. Weve been told that a couple of cans of Aerosol Spray and Brass Knuckles have been taken but no one denied entry on to the downtown mall. Everyone i have spoken with today said their purpose for coming down here is to heal. Last summer, charlottesville became a battleground. Erupted between white supremacist and protesters. Terror in virginia. One person is dead. One year later, a new team of officials are vowing not to let history repeat itself. We have to start owning that we did not live up to our training. We didnt live up to our oath but we have the opportunity to recover and get it right. Reporter after a sharply critical report placed blame on the Charlottesville Police department, failed to contain the violence and protect the public. This is not a Law Enforcement event. This is a Public Safety endeavor. Chief al thomas retired. Michelle bracny took over two months ago. I did walk in with my eyes wide open, but i didnt really the extent and the breadth and width of what the responsibilities would be because i had not really had the opportunity to hear how hurt this community was and still hadnt healed. The first images of hate saw in charlottesville came from here. The night before the planned and
permitted altright rally. Went to the University Of VirginiaCampus Wielding tiki torches. The visual was startling but not the worst wed see. Violence in this intersection adds police looked on just outside the park where general robert e. Lees statue stands. Socalled Alt Right Activists chanting racist slogans with confederate flags with antiracist counterprotesters and the day turned deadly. This street where James Alex Fields Junior allegedly barrelled into a group of counterprotesters. Heather hire killed in the attack. 35 others injured. The driver, a nazi sympathizer, tried for murder and federal hate crimes. There was anger and outrage in reaction not only to the violence but the hateful rhetoric that was openly on display here. I have a message to all the
white supremacists and nazis who came into charlottesville today. Our message is plain and simple. You are not wanted in this great commonwealth. Shame on you. And then, very fine both, sides. The refusal to condemn in the immediate aftermath further inflamed the National Conversation. When you think about the flash point that charlottesville was in this country for the dialogue around race relations, where do you think we are one year later . So, i dont know if we as a city or even as a nation has had that real honest dialogue about equities and in terms of really moving the needle forward, im not sure that weve actually instituted policies, procedures or even support that could help move the conversation beyond a conversation. And so the conversation continues this weekend. As the second Unite The Right rally organizes in the nations capital. Here in charlottesville, the
focus will be on continued healing and chief bracny said theres an all encompassing plan for whatever and whoever the weekend may bring. Reporter this Law Enforcement presence in Downtown Charlottesville as well as this secure perimeter will be in place until monday morning and its being met with mixed reaction from members of this community, ana. Some say they feel its an overcorrection from the failures of a year ago, others say they welcome it and they welcome the inconvenience to feel the safety they do here. Better safe than sorry. Chilling to remember those events a year ago. Kaylee hartung, thank you so much. Far right conspiracy theorist alex jones now banned on facebook, youtube, apple and spotify for breaking the rules. But jones can keep tweeting for now. The founder of infowars used Social Media Platforms to spread fake conspiracy theories. Twitter finally admitted jones and info wars have violated the
look on his twitter account and kind of look at it and compare it to the Terms Of Service and we found multiple violations in the Terms Of Service from alex jones and infowars, content that degraded muslims, degraded members of the gay and transgender community, engaging harassments