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The flight was originally on it ways from paris -- to paris from rio. airport officials say the plane taxied to a secluded part of the airport after landing and all 405 passengers and crewmembers were evacuated and put up in hotels for the night. oil is pouring into the gulf of mexico, almost completely unabated as bp strives to completely contain that oil leak once and for all. the company has removed the cap that was partially covering the spewing well and will attempt to replace it with a better fitting cap. more on that in a moment for you. new numbers this morning on how much oil is l...

Is entitled to-- is intended to provide a tighter fit over that pipe coming out of the well. the problem is when they cut the pipe, it was an imperfect cut, a jagged cut so the existing cap was only able to contain at best about half of the oil leaking out of it. with this new, custom fitting cap, they're hoping to contain all the oil leaking out of the well as interim solution while they continue to dig the two relief wells which will be the permanent solution, only then, only once they complete those two relief wells will they be able to pump mud and cement into the leaking well and permanen...

>> brian: we have just learned that the underwater robots started to work to remove the cap from the gushing oil well, which could contain if everything goes well with a new cap the well by monday. malini wilkes is standing by with more on that. and your other top stories. hello. >> reporter: hi, brian. the robots are replacing the well head with a tighter fitting cap to allow more ships to hook up and siphon off the oil. while it's installed, up to 5 million additional gallons of oil could flow in the gulf. six troops died in afghanistan. one died from gunfire and another from roadside bombin...

Seems to think we could have this thing capped by monday and stop all of the oil from gushing if things go according to plan. do you buy it? >> well, even today, they say that they're gonna try to swap out that ill fitting cap that's only collecting a fraction of the oil with one that actually fits so this could happen as early as today and they're moving this oil recovery vessel, the helix into place to try to capture some of this oil you see flowing. >> here you go. they're going to remove the cap. they're going to make a slice and then put on a tighter fitting cap that as the guys mentioned...

Cars, including jeep liberty and dodge rams due to a brake problem. new signs of hope, engineers will begin work on a new an ambitious plan to completely contain the gushing oil well once and for all. let's go live to venice, louisiana and ann thompson with a good saturday morning. what is this new plan? >> reporter: good morning, alex, it is a complicated procedure that is going to start today. and we will watch, we'll pay very close attention to what's happening 5,000 feet under the sea because what happens there could ultimately control or contain more of the oil and ultimately help bp ki...