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Or perhaps it did. you just never know. it was doomed from the start. the key is you've got to take action early. i think it's a testament to the military and to our faa as well to scramble the jets. obviously in light of the situation, we need to monitor the borders. but retool yourself. get the training. take action immediately. >> colonel waldman, thank you for joining us. he is author of the book "never fly solo." thank you very much for coming in this morning. >> pleasure, sir. appreciate you being here. >> there was a charter plane that was carrying 100 american military contractors, it'...

Welcome back. jamaican authorities say an oil slick may be the possible crash site of an unresponsive small plane. the aircraft went down hours after the pilot's last radio contact with air traffic controllers. it was traveling from rochester, new york, to naples, florida. u.s. fighter jets tracking the plane saw the pilot slumped over and the windows frosted indicating a possible loss of oxygen. an american couple was on board. a relative says they were headed toward their vacation home. a chartered airplane carrying u.s. military contractors has arrived in dubai after being ordered to land...

Not correct in the plane. >> stand by. >> going to make level 250. >> 250, we need to get lower. >> working on that. >> reporter: about an hour and is a minutes 15 minutes, the pilot stopped responding to radio calls. u.s. military f-15s tracked it along the east coast of florida. one fighter pilot looked through the window. >> i can see right before i left there was the first time we 0 could see he was actually breathing. >> the pilot slumped over and the plane's windows frosted. both are signs the pressure may have escaped leaving the pilot without enough oxygen to stay conscious. the aircra...

Off if they're willing to stoop to doing something like this? >> yes, i the. >> and there's the second reason. we're going to get these guys. look closely. if you've got any information about who they are, please contact the seattle police. >> it's just ridiculous. hopefully we will be able to report to you soon that they have been captured. thank you so much for starting your morning with us. next hour of "new day" starts right now. >> happy saturday. yes, you've made it to the weekend. i know that always feels so good. i'm christi paul. >> i'm martin savidge, in for victor blackwell. it is...

Take in the supplemental oxygen. you can't tell from that little radio transmission that we heard where the pilot has radioed in that he's got a problem. we don't know whether he knew it was a problem with the pressurization system. could be, you know, something else is going on with the plane. we just don't know. so, don't know if he had any time to try to get the oxygen mask, but evidently, in the end did not, because everything else on the way that flight traveled out there in a straight line and everything indicates that both the pilot and his wife were unconscious, if not dead already. >>...