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Yeah. we've got the gang up here. >> among them is teenager pat mcgeehan. his father, lieutenant colonel mark mcgeehan is in the pilot's seat. >> my mother and i, along with my younger brother, brendan, were watching from our front yard. i was waving at the plane thinking maybe my father might be able to see us down there. >> lieutenant colonel arthur "bud" holland is the lead pilot. holland is skilled and experienced with thousands of hours in the b-52. but he's known to take risks in violation of air force safety regulations. >> bud having a reputation of knowing the aircraft very well. i th...

>> there are no black boxes onboard to learn what happened inside the b-52 cockpit. so the crash footage is proof during the investigation. investigators determine that holland, alone, pushed the b-52 beyond its operational safety limits and that he had done so on many previous occasions without reprimand. footage from the early 9 '90s shows holland show boating for photographers and flying below operational safety limits. >> those videos should have been enough evidence to ensure that bud never had the opportunity to fly unsupervised and be in command of an airplane of that. >> but senior com...

Narrowly averted, and a personal tragedy. all four men onboard the czar 52 die on impact. >> and when i saw the fireball explode over the trees, at that moment i knew my father was gone. >> crash images reveal the heartbreaking fact that mcgeehan attempted to escape from the airplane in the final desperate seconds. >> my dad initiated his ejection sequence. you could see the hatch below right before impact. but there just wasn't enough time for him to make it out. and the aircraft nosed into the ground. >> mcgeehan's good friend, now retired three start lieutenant general richard newton iii is...

Ground, was to order all of his men under his command not to fly with colonel holland. >> on the day of the fatal crash, pat mcgeehan says his dad was flying co-pilot in order to protect his officers. >> i'm very proud of my dad for sticking to principle to the end. >> in the wake of the incident, the air force takes action. mcgeehan's superior officer is court-martialed for not removing holland from flight duty when was officer learned holland broke safety rules. the air force makes it easier for complaints to go up the chain of command and starts using the video for training purposes. but th...

>> there are no black boxes onboard to learn what happened inside the b-52 cockpit. investigators determine that holland, alone, pushed the b-52 beyond its operational safety limits and that he had done so on many previous occasions without reprimand. footage from the early 9 '90s shows holland show boating for photographers and flying below operational safety limits. >> those videos should have been enough evidence to ensure that bud never had the opportunity to fly unsupervised and be in command of an airplane of that. >> but senior command reportedly looked the other way. the investigation ...