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When the pilot extends the landing gears. green lights indicate the main landing gears are down. but the nose gear indicator remains dark. >> the nose gear showed that it wasn't either down or up. it didn't say what position it was actually in. so they broke the approach and advised air traffic control that they needed time to sort through a technical problem. >> unaware of what's going on in the cockpit, flight attendant beverly raposa feels the plane turn away from the airport. >> i wasn't concerned because things like that happened and if there was a problem, we had a phone by each of the f...

Landing gears. green lights indicate the main landing gears are down. but the nose gear indicator remains dark. >> the nose gear showed that it wasn't either down or up. it didn't say what position it was actually in. so they broke the approach and advised air traffic control that they needed time to sort through a technical problem. >> unaware of what's going on in the cockpit, flight attendant feels the plane turn away from the airport. >> i wasn't concerned because things like that happened and if there was a problem, we had a phone by each of the flight attendant seats. if there was a prob...

Beverly feels the plane turn away from the airport. >> i wasn't concerned because things like that happened and if there was a problem, we had a phone by each of the flight attendant seats. if there was a problem the pilot would have called us. >> to troubleshoot the problem, the l-1011 climbs to 2000 feet. then heads towards the everglades. the captain puts the plane on auto pilot. >> everybody wants to find the solution. that's just nature. we want to accomplish the mission. >> the crew suspects nothing more than a faulty lightbulb. the co-pilot starts to replace it but he can't get the new ...

On tv's "the west wing" summed up a common frustration among passengers. >> we're flying in an l-1011. carries a sim 5 transponder tracking system. are you telling me i can still flummox think thing with something i bought at radio shack. >> short answer to that question is apparently question yes. i'm joined by "new york times" aviation writer christina groney. i see people breaking this rule all the time. my producer was listening to his ipod on takeoff. so should i be worried? >> well, i think you should be worried. i think everyone should be worried when people don't follow those rules. no...