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Reality show there was a crash northwest of argentina. >> three olympic athletes among the victims. it's believed that the helicopters collided. the pilots of the delta jet that slid off the runway at laguardia airport last week say they may have had mechanical problems. the plane's automatic systems were supposed to slow it down on landing were actually not working properly. the accident happened along the snowy runway. 55 passengers and crew were injured when an amtrak train slammed into a tractor-trailer truck stuck on the tracks. police are escorting that truck. investigators want to k...

It's a series of bells that go off. it's a series of lights that begin to illuminate whether it's amazing if it's a fire in the new jersey, a fire down in the cargo hold, if it's the apu, down in the wheel well. any number of compartments are immediately identified. i mean, if it's in the engines, what do you do? >> we have these levers. we can discharge foam, anti-require fee regardant. >> say it's the cargo hold or the wheel well. >> they have automatic systems, as well. >> automatically. it's not like you have to make it go? >> yeah, exactly. >> so i mean, then, if you're starting to talk a...

The july 6 crash killed three people. an all-day hearing in washington to determine what caused it. rene, what are the key findings from the hearing today? this hearing that's still going on right now? >> the new details pittsburgh the pilot at the controls didn't fully understand how the plane's automatic flight systems work. hard to imagine. most passengers trust that the pilot knows what they're doing in the cockpit. here are the highlights. a relief pilot in the back seat of the cockpit called out sink rate three times, twarng plane was descending too fast. the pilot flying acknowledged he...

Moves to correct the problem. the pilot at the controls admitted he was uncomfortable landing the plane visually and he wasn't confident. he knew all he should about the plane's automatic systems. in fact, investigators said the pilot misunderstood how the automatic throttle worked. he thought even in idle, would it kick in speed if it was needed but that is not how it works. take listen to captain sully sullenberger's tape on today's revelations. >> right now airline pilots are not getting enough indepth training and bg these complex systems. and it is also important they know how to monitor ...