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Benghazi and then come more air strikes and more ebb and flow of the frontline which is now back around braga, about 135-miles from here. we began with this show with the story of the terror of the passengers onboard the southwest airliner with the hole in it. there is a story of another airplane which passengers were terrified. it was pan am flight 103. it was 1988. and that huge 747 crammed with 270 passengers and crew, most of them americans, was blown up in the skies over scotland. imagine the terror those people including many of them american students felt when that plane plunged to the ...

>> that is one zero you want to hear about. pete, thank you very much. joining me now you from phoenix two passengers that were on the flight. destiny and larry donald joining us. and here joining me is commercial pilot and editor of jet line .co, robert mark. i, of course, want to start with the people who were actually sitting on the plane. debbie and larry, where were you on the flight and where did the horror began? >> the horror began -- we were in see the 15 when the explosion happened. so it actually exploded right in front of our feet and went probably up to row 13 or 12. >> and what h...

That flight that went right and anything you hear that went wrong? >> well, certainly what went wrong is the fact that there was a failure some where in the metal. we don't know why yet. certainly what went right is the pilots did exactly what we are all trained to do year after year in our recurrent training which is as soon as there is an indication in the cockpit of a pressurization change you pull the throttles back and get the nose of the airplane down as quickly as possible. >> southwest airlines going to take 80 planes out of the sky. is that enough to keep it safe. the ntsb and faa arr...

Immediately down-played moussa koussa's defection. >> mr. moussa koussa asked for a sick leave because he was exhausted physically and he had diabetes and high blood pressure. >> reporter: but u.s. officials say if koussa will talk he could be a treasure trove of information. for years the former leader of military intelligence was one of moammar gadhafi's closest advisers and a senior u.s. official tells cnn he could provide inside information on the libyan leader like his whereabouts, his closest associat associates, control over his military, and what would drive him to leave libya. 62-year...

Been reports that there are fighters in pakistan and elsewhere who are spoiling to get back there and set up an islamist state. so it's a worrisome situation. >> judge merkazy, thank you very much for your time. i want to turn to a woman who lost her husband in the bombing of pan am flight 103. we've spoken before about the situation. obviously there's been this big significant relation to the defection by moussa koussa. what was your reaction to this, and what do you think should happen to him? >> my concern right now with moussa koussa is that it seems that the scottish authorities want to t...