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Tail. all that will float. and there is nothing. it is very, very surprising. it almost makes you think of planes lost in world war ii and when he find them at the bottom of the ocean years later. but those are old fashioned planes. today's modern planes have so many electronics on them, unless it was a catastrophic loss, it's hard to fathom how a plane could remain intact under the water. >> because you would think in this day and age of gps, transponders, you can't go anywhere without people knowing exactly where you are. a huge boeing 777 simply doesn't disappear without any pings going off...

592 was too much for valujet. the small carrier eventually folded and later merged into air tran in 1997. now here is another look at just one of the commencement speeches being given today. here is some of what tom brokaw had to say to the graduates in new orleans earlier today. >> judgments of historians will not be confined to barack obama or governor jindal. to the tea party or the nra, not to god help us, those judgments will not be confined to the kardashian or lindsay lohan. they will ask the enduring question of history. did good men and women act on the challenges of the day or did ...

As it reaches 10,000 feet, fire breaks out in the cargo hold. moments later, pilots lose control of the plane and plunges into the everglades. >> they discovered that it had already burnt up pretty much in the sky. >> may 11th, 1996, valujet flight 592 has just taken off from miami bound for atlanta, georgia. six minutes after take-off, the pilots hear a loud noise from inside the body of the plane. seconds later, the electrical systems fail. the first officer radios air traffic control. >> immediate return to miami. >> jesse fisher is on duty. >> his voice was very calm. very in control. he d...

I need the closest airport possible. >> he's maybe two or three miles closer to dade collier, but at his rate of speed and altitude, he can easily make miami, and miami has services. we have fire equipment. there's medical. collier is out in the everglades and there's nothing there. >> walton little is fishing in the everglades and can see that something is going very wrong for flight 592. >> when i hear the loud jet noise, i look to my left shoulder. i see a large aircraft, unusually low to the ground. >> we're like, okay. this is probably going to be a crash on the airport now. >> i realize ...

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