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Precarious situation. i know they practice with flight simulators with every situation and they are prepared for everything, but sometimes mother nature is much stronger and throws a curve at you. jay how true. i think it was about eight years ago southeast asia airline went bankrupt and in large part because of an accident and it was flying on a fairly routine flight and there were some thunderstorms in the area, but there there was a malfunction on board and they accidentally knocked the auto pilot off and the airplane got into a high speed dive. it went past the 90-degree bank. the pilot tr...

Authorities called horrific. the pilot and three people inside were killed. another rushed to the hospital. some with serious injuries. the plane had no passengers when it took off shortly before 10:00 a.m. the pilot of the plane quickly issuing a mayday. moments later, he lost control. veering left, slamming into the top of the flight safety international building which houses advanced flight simulators and is owned by investor warren buffett. mark goldstein, a distinguished controller who only retired last year died in the accident. aviation sources telling abc news that he was the pilot. >>...

Vanderbilt, middle of his class. >> did you need my help when i sounded the alarm on flight simulators. >> filed first lawsuit in 1987. no one would listen. john: we'll plug his book, out of harm's way, one man's relentless crusade to save your kids from vo game madness. you don't have evidence, you are making this stuff up. you don't have evidence. >> a ton of evidence. the american psychological association has done at least three studies that talk about the deleterious effects of violent video games on the entire teenaged population. some of which become more aggressive in speech. some of t...

Responsibility. >> it's his responsibility. >> he's the captain. >> he shoulders all the responsibility because he's the master. >> it's really -- i mean it's kind of harkens back to another time but i mean how much training does a captain of a ship have? is there a universal course of training? >> that depends. it took me about 12 to 13 years before i was sailing captain so i had quite a bit of training and the training was reinforced through the maritime institute where we go, every time we're off ship we go back to get some type of training to reinforce that. some of the training now is the...

Simulator training, very similar to what airline pilot dose. they are regulated to be in flight simulators every nine months that they have to go in and go through training on flight simulators. there's no regulation right now in the maritime, so there's a good possibility that nobody sailing the ship has ever been in a simulator, depending on what nationality or what flag you fly under. something was not seen. it's a great thing to do. >> i appreciate you being here. thank you very much. honor and duty. we've been talking about a captain's duty to perform, to protect the people who trust hi...