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Airplane was because it was below their field of view. >> start to lift. >> start to lift. >> the 172 struck the leading edge of the right wing about halfway across the span, and that is the famous picture. you see smoke and fire trailing from the right wing of the boeing 727. >> as a result, it pulled the nose further and further down and they couldn't stop it, and they lost control. they did not have control of the jet, and it tragically went into the ground. >> in its final report, the ntsb faults the psa crew for failing to maintain visual separation from the cessna and for failing to info...

Collision. >> as the boeing 727 was approaching san diego, they were told about a small general aviation airplane. >> it's a cessna. do you see him? and the psa flight crew said, yes, we see them. at that point, the psa crew became responsible for maintaining separation. >> the crew initially saw the airplane, but then at some point lost sight of it. they talked about it amongst the three pilots that were in the airplane. yeah, do you know where that cessna 172 is? i think it passed off the right side. >> they're required to tell air traffic control that they no longer have the cessna in sight...

San diego, september 25th, 1978. an nbc news crew captures a small plane spiraling to the ground after it has collided half a mile up with a much larger 727. >> behind us we heard a tremendous explosion. we knew at that point it was a lot more than just a single plane. and of course, we found out later it was an airliner. >> both pilots in the cessna are killed along with all 135 aboard the jet and 7 people in the residential neighborhood below. police set up a makeshift morgue at a nearby high school, and immediately, the questions begin. who's at fault? what caused this tragic accident? how ...

Part of a cessna airplane spinning to the ground. then suddenly, we heard a thunderous crash that sounded like a bomb hitting. >> no one knows it yet, but 17 seconds earlier, half a mile above them, the private plane has collided with a boeing 727. pacific southwest airlines, psa flight 182. >> come on, get in the car! come on, just take this! >> at the moment of impact, nbc channel 39 reporter john briton and his cameraman steven howell are covering a press conference just a few blocks away in the residential san diego neighborhood. >> john and i were on a standard news story. and i'm shootin...

What does he do when joe biden goes to him and says i'm doing this thing oh that's nice you are doing it or good for you and i can't wait to see this develop? and the conversations around that, that's where the action is going to be. >> biden is obama's legacy. running for another term. obama just said recently i could run for another term and i could win. biden is really a third term for president obama. for that he would love to see that happen. is it the best thing for the party at this point, i don't know. >> look at the votes now 83% are tweeting biden think that president obama would pic...