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Stop. it's called a deadman's switch. if there is nobody there to hold that handle down, that stops the train. when the hand him springs back. it's literally designed to detect if the guy who is driving this ting has turned into a deadman. so they call eight deadman switch. devices have existed for a long time on trains, on subways. some airplanes have something similar where the plane will kick into auto pilot, which lowers the altitude automatically, in the event the cockpit becomes non-responsive. so if no crew members in the cockpit give any response, to the stimuli in the cockpit the fear...

Beard category. congratulations. that's going to do it for us. world news is next. tonight, breaking developments. the new discovery at sea in the desperate search for the ship that went down. 28 americans on board. the life boat discovered and what else they found. also, the captain. what he was trying to do in the middle of the hurricane. the deadly flood emergencies in several states tonight. the mother and a little girl rescued from their roof. the driver trapped in a pickup. the samaritan swimming to him. and the roads simply giving way. the midair mystery tonight, the pilot who d...

A life ring belonging to the cargo ship missing for more than three days now with 33 crew members on board. today there was more, what the coast guard is calling 225 square miles of debris field. more life rings, life jackets, containers and an oil sheen. officials wouldn't confirm they're from the elle faro. >> when we find the life ring that's tied to el faro. we can recalculate where we're searching. >> families of the missing crew members continue to gather together hoping to hear any word that their loved ones are okay. >> danielle ran off with the ship's second mate, she sent her e-mail ...

Deg gre gags. the question is not if but only in severity. >> reporter: the investigators believe despite the malfunction of engine four the cause of the accident was the captain's preoccupation with the engine problem. his failure to monitor flight instruments and his over reliance on the auto pilot. >> on four-engine aircraft with the loss of one engine, that's not a catastrophic or emergency event if it is controlled properly and handled by all of the crew members. automation is a great tool for pilots, but then it reaches its limit, like anything else. now it is up to you, the human, to fi...

With a fatigued pilot you're going to have a performance degradation. the question is not if but the question is in severity. >> investigators believe despite engine number four, the cause of the accident was the captain's pre preok pax. his failure to monster flight instruments and his own reliance on the auto pilot. >> on a four-engine aircraft with the loss of one engine, that is not a catastrophic event or even an emergency event if it is controlled properly and it is handled by all the crew members. automation is a great tool for pilots but then it reaches its limit like anything else. no...