Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20150831:00:26:00
Williams. just after 9:00, they begin their descent and plunge into darkness in a narrow corridor between the towering mountains that top out over 18,000 feet. >> when you fly over terrain that doesn't afford a lot of lighting, back lighting, it's like flying into a black abyss. >> adding to the danger, three years before anti-government guerrillas destroyed the radar station and it wasn't replaced. they can't tell when aircraft are off course. the pilots are relying on the radio navigation beacon to guide them safely through the narrow corridor to runway 1. >> flying in areas where there is n...