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Laboratory on air canada flight 797. the plane landed but 23 people on board died. after that smoke detectors and automatic fire extinguishers were mandated in aircraft lavatories. in 1996 hazardous cargo on a flight caught fire. the plane crashed in the florida everglades. 110 people died. it led to new cargo hold safety rules. but not finding flight 370 or its data recorders could be a missed opportunity for change. >> whatever brought down that flight, whether it was fire, hijacked, pilot suicide, explosive decompression, a bomb, whatever, it's important to find that out so we can fix it so...

Dramatic, quick decline. i definitely questioned whether or not we would make it safely to the ground. that's when my fear was probably peaked. >> the captain is now completely relying on air traffic control to guide him down to the airport. >> roger. you're 14 miles east of the airport. continue your left turn. >> he would tell me to turn right until he tells me to stop. >> he was faced with not being able to see his air speed. with not being able to see what few instruments he had. it was a very difficult situation to fly. >> where's the airport? >> 12:00 and eight miles. >> we came in, the ...

Door, they could see smoke but not point of origin. there wasn't open flame. that was behind the walls, it was an inaccessible area. >> a fire behind the walls is a worst-case scenario, it's almost impossible to put out or contain. a disaster is in progress. >> smoke was scary, then all of a sudden i lost all my electric power. >> that's when the crew realized that they had a life-threatening event on their hands. they needed on the ground as soon as they could possibly get there. >> approach air canada 797, we're on a mayday, we're going down. >> moments later, dense smoke begins to come thro...

Atlanta, children had to spend the night, this was something that extended within the city limits and outside of them. and you tweeted yesterday morning, quote, atlanta, we are ready for the snow. for useful numbers and information, make sure you read our press release. >> that's right. and 24 hours -- and 24 hours later -- and 24 hours later, if you put up the images of the city right now, the city after a severe storm weather event is functioning, and 80% of our streets are clear. and zero fatalities occurred. and we handled 797 incidents and got all of the children in the aps school home. s...

But obviously the problem seemed to -- we are talking to people at bus depots, schools in atlanta, children had to spend the night, this was something that extended within the city limits and outside of them. and you tweeted yesterday morning, quote, atlanta, we are ready for the snow. for useful numbers and information, make sure you read our press release. >> that's right. and 24 hours -- and 24 hours later -- and 24 hours later, if you put up the images of the city right now, the city after a severe storm weather event is functioning, and 80% of our streets are clear. and zero fatalities oc...