Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20150817:01:15:00
>> but when they did that, they no longer had air flow across the flight controls. >> they did a very good job of trying to get control of the airplane. but they just didn't have enough altitude and enough time to do it. >> the plane staggers up to 325 feet. as it's rolled on to its side and now slowed down, it is uncontrollable, and goes into a nose dive. >> american 191, heavy. want to come back into what runway? >> he's not talking to me. >> well, he's going to lose awareness. there he goes. there he goes. >> within 31 seconds of the engine severing from the plane, the dc-10 slams into a tr...