Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20111113:21:38:00
Plan, it is an incredibly dangerous situation. and just like the pilots in our other stories, the captain is remarkably calm, even managing to provide comic relief, suggesting passengers light their cigarettes and relax. >> here he is, he is in a situation where he is going to have to ditch the plane, and yet he is able to joke like that. he seems to be very calm and have his sensibilities about him, which if you have to have a pilot that has to ditch a plane, you would want a pilot who has his senses about him. >> the plane remains aloft for nearly five hours operating on two of its four engi...