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She sets up for what i think is going to be the final landing here at jfk. so, scott, just imagine that you are the pilot of that 747 with 90 tons of space shuttle on board. what are you doing, what are you thinking? >> well, what you're thinking is everybody in the world is watching you right now and you sure don't want to mess this one up. jon: that's for sure. you mentioned the drag of the, just the aeronautical drag of having the shuttle onboard that big 747. it's a pretty fine touch on the throttles i imagine as you try to bring this thing in for the last time? >> well, yeah, the pilots, ...

now he makes shocking remarks about asian-owned businesses. wolf blitzer is off. i'm joe johns. you're in "the situation room." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >> breaking news, a horrifying scene in a crowded apartment complex in virginia beach as a navy jet crashes into buildings there, shooting flames and thick, black smoke into the sky. the crew members ejected and were taken to the hospital. now an urgent effort to account for all of the people on the ground. our brian todd has the very latest details. brian, what do we know? >> joe, the very latest from fire and rescue of...

How fast they were going or how slow they were going and they were chasing -- what we call chasing the vertical speed because they had no valid airspeed information trying to maintain control of the airplane. >> it is fascinating stuff. i know more information will be released in the upcoming weeks. greg, come back with us when we hear more and maybe we'll get a few answers. we appreciate it. >> absolutely. absolutely. >> clayton, what's coming up? >> thanks, dave. is this what the obama administration meant about healthy school lunches? kids served raw scallion as a snack? get ready for memor...

>> 22 minutes after the top of the hour. couple of quick headlines. pilot error may have contributed to that deadly airfrance plane crash in 2009. black box recordings reportedly show that the pilots were distracted when airspeed indicators malfunctioned. another report says the captain wasn't even in the cockpit when the problem started. and today, chrysler is paying back $7 1/2 billion in loans from the u.s. and canadian government. the company is eager to pay up due to the whopping 12% interest rate. chrysler still owes another $2 billion. it declared bankruptcy in 2009. let's head on back ...

Was asking for to climb to 38,000 feet. that is the very top of this aircraft's flight envelope. the airplane may have been arguing with the pilot not wanting it to climb that high. i've seen accidents in the case of fly by wire technology pilot is fighting the airplane because the airplane doesn't do what the pilot wants to do. they get confused and causing a bad emergency. >> great example of that air france crash. they were in a thunderstorm, about 32 35,000 feet. what happened the plane in thunderstorms, for some reason the pito tube airspeed indicator got clogged up with ice. that started...