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Hours. quite frankly they were unprepared for this type of scenario. they are not used to it. it was a desert area. a huge mess. >> when i heard about this i'm thinking passenger bill of rights this doesn't apply over there. you mentioned the fog. i also read something about plane delayed switching crews, was that part of the issue? >> yeah. it seems crazy two things were at play. from the passengers they are saying they are told there wasn't enough space in the airport to accommodate them. so many airlines in the same boat couldn't handle all these passengers who were delayed. so the other th...

Of a boeing or an airbus, you know, very high-tech piece of machinery, brings them 100 years into the economy, into globalization. but their civil aviation doesn't necessarily match what their ability to purchase does. do you see that mismatch? is this an example of that mismatch? >> well, i have to say, in this case, boeing and, indeed, airbus, these two main, big manufacturers, they're very clever. they've produced aircraft which do not require a huge amount of technical skill to operate. they are very, very cleverly designed. and in fact, now you can learn to fly these aircraft purely in a ...

-- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com anyone cheering president obama's new stance on same-sex marriage has vice president joe biden to thank. the president himself is now confirming what many had suspected that the vice president forced the president's hand when biden announced his support for gay marriage over the weekend and now we're hearing that's a sore subject at least among some white house insiders. our chief white house correspondent jessica yellin is working the story for us. what are you hearing over there, jessica? >> reporter: wolf, there are times when a president is...

Ranted about iraq and iran and 9/11 and when tried to get back into the cockpit the first officer made a highly unusual public request. went on the overhead paging system and said subdue that pilot. that is the same speaker system they usually announce mundane things like flight time and the weather. this time the request to the entire plane restrain the captain. imagine hearing that. that is when passengers and flight attendants took the guy down and the first officer diverted the plane to amarillo. air traffic controller recordings reveal the request for help as the jet headed toward the air...

Little sleep. coleman's father, ken is frustrated, because there are no new federal regulation enforce to make flying safer. >> i don't want another family to go through what we are going through as we continue the grieve for our son two years later. the process and the time line is exceedingly painstakingly. >> reporter: it is a long process. since the crash, a national transportation safety board investigation pointed to pilot error. congress held hearings and passed a bill that became law mandating the federal aviation industry impose new regulations. airlines, pilots and regulators negotia...