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Longer in production actually, the dutch company that once built it went out of business more than 20 years ago. kazakhstan isn't taking any chances they grounded all the fokker 100s and all of bek air's flights. kate >> matt bradley, thank you. a retired navy s.e.a.l. who has been celebrated by president trump is under new scrutiny tonight after "the weekly"'s documentary series from "the new york times" obtained videotaped interviews from the navy investigation of gallagher's conduct. we'll warn you what you're about to see and hear is disturbing. >> the guy got crazier and crazier. >> rep...

Tin can like from coke >> reporter: this passenger can be heard saying that only one emergency car and no ambulance was on the scene a full 20 minutes after the crash. among the victims, journalist dana kruglova traveling to celebrate new years with her parents the plane carrying 93 passengers and five crew members took off in freezing conditions from almaty, kazakhstan's largest city, headed to its capital, nur-sultan >> one of the areas that the investigators will look at was the proper take off speed obtained and if there was any ground icing this airplane is not tolerant of any ice on the ...

Are still on the scene, clearing up the scene of this rather catastrophic scene that we see here just outside of the largest city in kazakhstan, almaty, where a bek airplane regional airliner, crashed very shortly after takeoff on its way to the capital of the country. authorities have grounded the fokker 100 aircraft, as well as has suspended, pending investigation, operations by that airline. kazzic authorities have responded quickly. on the scene, they issued a note of condolence. and the current president of kazakhstan said that saturday will be a day of official mourning in kazakhstan. so...

Cass ak authorities have suspended flights by beck air, the regional carrier that operated the fokker 100 aircraft. as well the president has declared saturday will be a day of mourning. we're still awaiting further information and updates on the situation and the casualty count which has stayed at this point as far as the death toll, unexpe unexpectedly low. the u.s. coast guard is searching for seven people aboard a tourist helicopter that's missing off the coast of kauai. >> hey, john, details a bit sketchy, but it sounds like weather may be a factor here. we know when the helicopter went...

Production stopped in 1997. american airlines had them in the fleet for many, many years. the fokker 100 has many decades of experience. for 30 years, people have been flying them. they'll be looking at how this was being flown. was the plane properly de-iced? were the settings in the aircraft correct? were they taking off in the right conditions? and then was the plane maintained? this is a very small, regional air, national air in kazakhstan. it was banned until 2016. i wouldn't worried about the plane. >> but the ban from the eu i think is significant. >> yes, absolutely. the airline did no...