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You -- what -- when an airplane is approaching 30 years, the aging of aircraft and wiring and whatnot needs to be inspected. the first aircraft that came to light was was the flight 800. 747. why did that happen was earlier, the airplanes were obsolete before they got to a 30-year life. the two airplanes that flew 30 years, one was a 747. the other one was 727. now 737. 777 will also be in that mode because it is a very successful aircraft. >> that's a point the life of the airplane had a becomes very key. developing problems they weren't aware of before. that's another reason why great urgenc...

>> we heard a loud crash overhead and looked up to see part of a small 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. >> you see it over there? >> come on, get in the car, see it? just take this! >> at the moment of impact, nbc channel 39 reporter john britton and his cameraman, steven howell, are covering a press conference just a few blocks away in the reside...

Like building blocks, each midair collision has helped make the skies safer. so much safer, in fact, that according to an m.i.t. study, technology has advanced to the point where we can expect only one midair collision every 100 million flight hours. the last time two commercial jets collided over the u.s. was the 1960 accident above new york city. since then there have been three more midair collisions, all involving one large aircraft and one small. in 1967, mary schulte's father is at the helm of a piedmont airlines boeing 727, which collides with a twin cessna over north carolina, killing ...

After that, unfortunately, the next time little more cloud cover and some rain. >> what people don't realize, rick, this area they are searching is about 1500 miles off the coast of australia, which is like flying from washington to denver. for instance, the p-8 which is like like a souped up 727. it's got to spent 2 or 3 hours and it has to return and refuel and that's another 1500 miles back. >> yes. that gives them a very short window that gives them actually out there doing that surveillance. hopefully if they get some vessels out there, then they can launch helicopters or some planes from...

Visit us at thereidreport at middle east.com. the psych is next. what's up next today. >> what you were saying is really important. we're going to do another special edition of "the cycle" all about the plane from stem to stern. we'll talk about the search, the investigation, we'll talk about the psychology of the whole globe and why we want to sit around and talk about this missing plane and this mystery all the time and plus i'll tell you about another plane, another boeing 727 that just disappeared similar to this although different in different ways. we'll talk all about that plane today. ...