Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20120630:19:25:00
The dominican republic. soon after take-off, the plane encounters turbulence. it rolls, pitches, and suddenly the tail snaps off. the plane nose dives into a residential area in queens, new york. >> all the people on that airplane went for a harrowing ride in the last minute of flight going into the ground. >> all 260 people on board are killed as well as five people on the ground, leaving investigators wondering how and why the tail would snap off an airplane. november 12, 2001, it is a bright sunny fall morning as american airlines flight 587 climbs into the sky. in the cockpit are two exp...