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Air france flight 447 caught in a powerful storm and rolling to the right. it is june 2009. a flight from rio to paris. 228 people on board. the plane begins to fall 10,000 per minute and crashes into the atlantic belly first killing everyone. >> this is a big deal. this is what we are looking for. in the middle of the atlantic ocean. >> reporter: two years later they found the black boxes deep in the ocean. before the recovery, it was thought the speed sensors were to blame but the pilots were at fault. a transcript from the voice recorder shows confusion in the cockpit. we still have engines...

We will refrain from imposing new sanctions and allow the iranian government access to a portion of the revenue they have been denied through sanctions. but the broader architecture of sanctions will remain in place and we will continue to enforce them vigorously. if iran does not fully meet its commitments in this six-3407b9sds phase we will turn off the relief and ratchet up the pressure. we will work to reach a comprehensive solution. we approach this with a basic understanding, iran, like any nation, should be able to access peaceful nuclear energy. but because of its record of violating i...

Saying pilots basic flying skills are getting rusty because they rely too much on autopilot. they're linking the problem to the incidents like the asiana crash in san francisco in july and other recent incidents. doug mckelway is live in washington with this story. hi, doug. >> reporter: hi, mattie ann. the faa administrator is announcing changes to this announced october 5th. he is announcing as we speak. the changes are five years in the making and they stem from hard lessons learned from several recent crashes most recent, the kogen air flight 3407 in 2009. that plane was descending into bu...

In on 60 million phone calls in a single month. in germany, the newspaper records, president obama was briefed by nsa chief keith alexander about spying on angela merkel's calls. the nsa quickly denied the report telling cnn general sander did not discuss with president obama in 2010 an alleged foreign intelligence operation involving german chancellor merkel, nor has he ever discussed alleged operations involving murkle. the nsa says the willingness up to now to deny present and future monitoring. >> i can tell you the president can assure the chancellor, the sungs not and will not 3407b tore...

Colgan air flight 3407 went down in buffalo. but the reality remains, only two people are killed, for every 100 million passengers who fly worldwide. all right. tom costello covers aviation for nbc news and joins us live from san francisco. tom, you've been all over this story. the data shows that the numbers are getting better in terms of these accidents. but the record of this specific plane, the 777, is stellar, isn't it, up until now? >> absolutely. this is the first crash, fatal crash involving a 777. it came off the line in 1994. this is a workhorse plane, flown around the world for tran...