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Imagine falling three and a half minutes before crashing into the ocean, falling at 10,000 feet every minute. that's what happened to the people on air france flight 447, all 228 people on board were killed. zain verjee live in london. this preliminary investigation is out. what more can you tell us? >> basically, the headline from this report is that it was likely the pilot's decision in the matter in which he responded to the problems with speed on the aircraft that ultimately caused the crash. what happens is, when you are in the plane, for it to move forward, you have air that goes over th...

Because that creates air again over the wing and it gives the plane speed. what happened, carol, in this air france flight is that the pilot went nose up. what that meant is that there was no air to go over the wing and help push it up. what happened was that it stalled and then it just fell, basically. it fell at a 35-degree angle. it was like 123 miles an hour and it crashed, as you say, at 10,000 feet a minute. it dropped. everybody died. when they did the analyses of the bodies, pelvises were crushed, there was a total fractured bones if people's bodies that gives you a sense of the impact...

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benchmark that many analysts had predicted for this memorial day weekend. the so-called butcher of bosnia may face a haig tribunal. they said he was suffering psychological problems and should not be extradited. this morning, a serbian judge seems to have rejected that. >> if you paid taxes to uncle sam, you have also helped send billions of dollars to pakistan. ever since the navy's secret raid killed osama bin laden, the relationship between the two countries have been fiercely strained. today, secretary of state, hillary clinton, arrived in pakistan's capital to deliver a stern me...

Have taken place of flight 447. the plane flying over 35,000 feet flew into a cloud of storm and then there were a series of failures, notably the speed sensors which cascaded through other computer systems. it's supposed while the pilots were dealing with these, the plane was reduced and fell into a stall. that's the way the rumor and leak goes so far, but it's not confirmed by the airline or the investigating authorities. the investigators will provide a timeline of events on friday, which will clarify matters a bit further. to say this was pilot mistake because the pilots were too busy to n...