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The aircraft in case it restarts. just like any other type of fire. they have to be on site until it's deemed clear. as long as that's happening and there are fire trucks out there, i don't assume we'll open that north runway until everything is clear. again, there will have to be another inspection of the north runway and the lighting. everything is 100%. we don't operate until it's 100%. >> you've been listening to greg meyer, broward county department of avs. before him we were listening to someone from the broward sheriff fire rescue describing what happened at the ft. lauderdale airport e...

deployed with passengers used to get them off that flight safely. but then also, the equipment and the amount of fire, the amount of disperse ant used to get that fire under control. on the left is the image of the passengers getting safely off that flight and closer to the terminal there at fort lauderdale hollywood international. jay blackman is in d.c. and joins us now. explain what you think could have caused this and how this as we are saying was reported because of another flight seeing the issue and the fuel leaking before the fire started. >> i think it's probably a little to...

Situation? is it the same mechanism, do you know? >> the issue comes to this. if the behavior has a common original starting point and is similar, you can get these errors particularly where there's inattention. if you have a different holster configuration, then you get a directed attention towards the process, and you minimize the chance of an error. however, it is much better as greg meyer was talking about, to use an entirely different limb which then makes you less susceptible to the slip and capture error. >> good to have you on, bill. phil stimson and mark geragos. coming up next the le...

>> meyer sees that as a recipe for disaster and working to get police departments to change the holster configuration, separating the taser from the handgun. randy kay, cnn, new york. >> and not everyone buys into the theory. joining us is phil stenson, a professor of criminal justice, and bill lewinski who testified at the bart trial and retained as a consultant with the attorney in this case and tulsa county sheriff's office and lou gehrig os with us. and you explain this as junk science. explain. >> it is junk science. it is not expert testimony. there is no -- there is no testable theory a...

Stronger response that takes them in a different direction. greg meyer testified for the defense at the trial of officer mehserle. >> he's mentally trying to draw his taser, which is in a cross-draw position over in front of his belt but his hand is on his side arm. so he raises himself up and then fires the one shot. and then immediately reacts you know oh, my god. >> reporter: officer mehserle was convicted of involuntary manslaughter. the jury finding he'd acted recklessly but not intentionally. >> slips and capture can happen when officers rely on old habits and when training is limited. i...