Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20150831:01:27:00
Come to the cockpit. the minute the door opened the atmosphere just hit me full force. it was like oh, no, this isn't an emergency. it's a bleep, bleep crisis. >> the situation is grave. the plane has lost all of its hydraulic fluid. >> hydraulics in a modern large jet airplane is the lifeblood of the airplane. it is how you physically move the flight controls. it provides the muscle to move these very large surfaces against very fast moving air in a controlled manner. >> we were keeping an ear, i'll put it that way. control, no. we were just trying to keep it flying. it was doing what it want...