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The supervisor went again and didn't give any reason and he called the manager and when the manager was coming he left the gate, the manager called him back. he came to the gate again and the manager went to him and he was talking with him half an hour and after half an hour the manager came to us. his face was red and he apologized to us because of the conduct of the pilot. and he said, you know, i cannot do anything because the pilot is not willing to let you go. >> mr. rahman did you see or talk to the pilot at all? >> no, i couldn't see him. i couldn't talk to him. >> so you had no contact...

Of mother nature while whole countries are closing down their airports because of it and there is absolutely no way of knowing how long it will last. >> wow. unbelievable pictures. gary tuchman joins me now from iceland. gary, how did you get so close to the same volcano that's causing planes all over europe to stay grounded? >> reporter: well, the key is, don, that we approached it from the north. and today the winds shifted. the winds were coming from the north and blowing to the south. so that's the irony, that thousands of miles away people are being affected, they couldn't fly, and yet we...

I have a strong opinion about this. this has been a hot topic on my facebook page. let me read you the comments. anthony writes, i have my feeling on homosexuality but dessite how one may feel, we cannot, should not deny folks these kinds of rights and responsibility. christine writes on my facebook page, i often wonder what century we live in. reading this makes me think we are no better than cave men. how orr why would any hospital reject a partner or loved one's visitation rights based on a patient's sexual preference. now, if you're a pilot, another story, pilot taking antidepressants th...

We are learning more about what happened once the hole was ripped into the cabin ceiling above the heads of passengers. pilots fastened oxygen tanks and immediately began diving down to 11,000 feet from 34,500 feet. they did it in four minutes. the pilots have between 30 and 60 seconds to put on their oxygen masks before they would go unconscious if you can consider that. if they hadn't acted quickly and couldn't fly down to a breathable altitude the outcome could have been like helios airways in 2005. that flight crashed as a result of a depressurized cabin that knocked out the pilots and mos...

Development of this container dome that they want to put over the big leak, put it over there and that would allow them to start pumping oil out. that could take several days. there is no quick and easy solution here. so right now as they work on that, they've got to worry where the oil is eventually going, savannah. >> there's also the possibility, lester, as i understand it, of drilling a relief well but that would take at least 90 days to complete. have they starred to do that just in case a worst case scenario develops? >> i don't know for sure if they have started. that is one of the many...