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Reporting. new development in the colombia plane crash in november that killed 71, including most of a brazilian soccer team. errors made by the pilot, airline, and bolivian regulators are to blame for that deadly crash according to aviation authorities. the plane didn't refuel in route, did not report engine failures caused by lack of fuel until it was too late. authorities say the plane was over its weight limit by nearly 900 pounds and flying at an altitude it was not certified for. the ceo and co-owner of the charter company, as well as air traffic controllers, are currently facing crimi...

Invulnerable against a storm like this but these ships can go fast. >> these ships are carrying massive weight cargo. this ship is as big as the "titanic." but they lost control. they losteerage. they had engine failures for whatever reason. that's not clear as of yet. water intake. if they lost their steerage and can't steer into the sea and control the ship they are at the mercy of the weather. >> one message received by the coast guard we're taking on water we think we're under control but then nothing else. that suggests something happened and happened fast. how quickly could that happen? ...

If they put 7700 in that would be the same thing as declaring an emergency. may day is also declaring an emergency. >> what is urgent? i guess, what is emergency emergency mean in pilot lingo? >> it means, you know -- >> i have no other options. >> it means look at me on the radar because i'm going to need search j rescue. >> really? >> there's nothing worse that you could say to emphasize how bad this is, than urgent, urgent? >> that's correct. there is really not much reason for the first pilot to say much more than that. because what that first pilot needs to be doing is working with the pi...

Not keep going. >> being a pilot yourself do you know how common the engine failures are like this or how common for engine failures like this? >> it is very unusual before a pilot takes off, whether it is a large aircraft or a pilot myself just on our own time, because you run a series of checks to try to make sure that everything is correct and nothing like this will happen. occasionally, it does, and in situation situations like that mr. ford did everything right. >> all right. thank you very much. i appreciate phil crumm joining us. harrison ford hospitalized tonight after crash landing hi...

As they traverse through large areas of thunderstorm complexes. we've got very dynamic updrafts and there's also cold air downdrafts. and that is exactly why we experience this turbulence. of course pilots are trained in their airline training to navigate around these storms to make you and i as comfortable as possible as we travel through the air. but with this amount of thunderstorm activity it's almost impossible to miss that area of thunderstorms. remember however, that turbulence is not what brings down thunderstorms, it's the pilot's reaction not turbulence that often leads to engine fai...