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Was as close to the hurricane as it actually was. thankfully because i think we all would have had a rougher time on that flight had we known. >> usually when you're above the clouds you can see the storms rolling in. could you see the weather from up there? >> oh, yeah. we could still see the outer bands of the hurricane had had started going across the island when we took off. i took video going out as we were flying out and i could still see the waves in the ocean through that sheer cloud and i took video all the way up watching irma get further and further away. >> listen, jason is an avia...
Authorities as well as european authorities and bringing in the best experts because they want to make sure that they answer the question of exactly what brought this plane down. we were on a plane flying in from seoul with a member of the ntsb and he was telling us that the very top experts are being brought in in preparation for analysis of those black boxes. they are hoping the indonesian authorities are hoping to get ahead of this and get the answers out there as quickly as possible. >> kyung lah in jakarta, thanks very much. let's bring in our aviation analyst miles o'brien and peter goal...
Federal officials say it's happening more than ever. people are buying lasers online and aiming them directly at aircraft. there were more than 2,800 recorded incidents last year, nearly double the number from 2009. ten times higher than back in 2005. christine is an aviation writer and author of the blog "flying lessons." we have a small version of this laser here, but what are people doing with them? >> well, they are using them to scan the skies or try and do some target practice because laserests are quite enthusiastic about building lasers, enhancing the capability of lasers and then gett...
Later. the plane's battery charge increased under the rays of the sun and powered the plane through the night. the pilot, the sole ok pant, said, i have flown more than 26 hours without using a drop of fuel and without causing pollution. he said his ipod battery did die. he couldn't keep listening to his first tunes. but he had an average speed of 26 miles per hour. it was a test flight. the project's co-founder saying, quote, we're on the verge of perpetual flight. engage. let's bring in our aviation writer tonight. fill in some of the details, including how much that plane weighed, for insta...