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Plane at that airport before and only had 43 hours of experience. although he had thousands and thousands in the air on other aircraft. 747s and such. the ntsb now saying the pilot coming in too slow for the landing. the plane signaled the problem four seconds before impact. it s called a stick shaker, but there is a yoke that the pilots are holding and that yoke vibrates or shakes and it is telling them that a stall is approaching. gretchen: so the pilot tried to abort the landing just 1.5 seconds before the crash. that was too late. brian: caught on cam remarks the exact moment a home explodes in michigan. blowing it right off its foundation. authorities think a natural gas leak is to blame for the blast that sent one man to the hospital much his wife and baby escaped without injury. and can you see that black dot? in that black dot is a black dog. he made a run for it moments after the explosion. but took the roadways. ....
This has become something of a familiar sight here this evening. this is an empty podium in san francisco. we are waiting on another news conference. that news conference is set to begin any moment there. we re going to be briefed by officials in san francisco. the it s like the last news conference, there will be an official from the fire department, there will be an official from the airport, and also perhaps the mayor himself. we are expecting to learn, hopefully, some new information about the injured, the number of injured, the extent of those injuries as well. we just heard from melissa before the commercial break. we re hoping to get some new information on that. and also perhaps find out whether that one person who s still unaccounted for has, in fact, been found. meanwhile, here in the studio, dan rose, pilot, lawyer, and also the captain. the captain is still with us, captain tom bonn. 40 years, a pilot. flew the 747s, flew the 767s. ....
Department, there will be an official from the airport, and also perhaps the mayor himself. we are expecting to learn, hopefully, some new information about the injured, the number of injured, the extent of those injuries as well. we just heard from melissa before the commercial break. we re hoping to get some new information on that. and also perhaps find out whether that one person who s still unaccounted for has, in fact, been found. meanwhile, here in the studio, dan rose, pilot, lawyer, and also the captain. the captain is still with us, captain tom bonn. 40 years, a pilot. flew the 747s, flew the 767s. you have not flown the boeing 777 yet. still some time, though. i don t think they re going to let me do that. still some time. they re not going to trust me with one of those. let s talk a little bit, dan, let me start with you on this one. because, again, we ve heard from a number of eyewitnesss. we ve heard from someone on the plane, we ve seen the tail of that plane on ....
Cariear. and that changed in the 70s. passengers showed up in backpacks and flip-flops and crammed into the back of 747s and that was the end of the age of he eloquence. have you seen the new show? what do you think about it. i like the back drops, the music and the glamorous steward he is. i would like to show them more of the sky gods in the cockpit, as well as the cabin and the pan am building. it s fascinating. it s fun to live back in those days by watching those shows. i watched last night, in fact. thanks for being with us. i appreciate it. i will have to check out the new book. have a good day. it s been my great pleasure. ....
With the 747s and dealing in that environment in the same way following the same rules. has there been a case when you haven t got ahold of an air traffic controller? yeah, it happens every now and then. usually what happens is in the course of a flight i was flying in that case the day before yesterday from washington all the way here to chicago with a stop in pittsburgh. about every 10 or 15 minutes as you pass over ground radio stations going back to the notion of a ground-based system. you get handed off from controller to controller. every now and then things get lost in the hand-off. occasionally you have to kind of double-check the frequency, circle back to the previous frequency. sometimes there s a backup frequency to go to. there s many layers of capability in the system usually that allow you to get in touch. now, if you can t get in touch with somebody, you have a flight plan and you re supposed to fly the flight plan as you have been ....