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Winning the lottery. you have -- >> i'm losing you. >> sorry, i'm totally -- >> i can talk to that. can you hear me? >> yeah, i've got you. >> let's take the fact that all pilot errors are -- mechanical are a combination of things. air france, the pilots weren't trained how to compensate for it, in fact, made the wrong decisions. we've had that often. it's normally not just a pilot error. something mechanical. the md-11 swiss air flight in nova scotia. the pilot decides to dump fuel off nova scotia as oppose to land in halifax and the plane didn't make it and crashed at peggy's cove. we have t...

We heard the four chief earlier this evening speak about when they first a arrived on the scene they saw people walking off of the plane. but we know there are two ifitalities involved in the crash and if it was, we don't know if it is a tail low landing, are there safety precautions put in place for the boeing triple seven that allows for less damage to be done. >> tail strikes are not something that is common with the triple seven. tail strikes happen occasionally on planes. there was a common aircraft of a generation ago called the md

>> the faa has done extensive testing on in-flight fires and the research you may have as little as 20 minutes to get the fire under control or you may lose control of the airplane. >> over the years, aircraft had become heavily protected against fire. materials are tested for flammability, smoke detectors installed throughout, but these precautions are the product of hard lessons. fires often start in areas of the plane that are not visible to the crew. in this hour, dramatic animations will show you where these hidden infernos can start, making you an eyewitness to the disaster unfolding. >>...

Crew. >> the faa has done extensive ç testing on in-flight fires and the research you may have as little as 20 minutes to get the fire under control or you may lose control of the airplane. >> over the years, aircraft had become heavily protected against fire. materials are tested for flammability, smoke detectors installed throughout, but these precautions are the product of hard lessons. fires often start in areas of the plane that are not visible to the crew. in this hour, dramatic animations will show you where these hidden infernos can start, making you an eyewitness to the disaster unf...

now we're learning the reason why they chose that specific target. it might not necessarily be what you think. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com he's certainly one of the most visible people on the planet that with global media watching his every single move. how did president obama take most of the world by surprise when he showed up in afghanistan. we're learning new details of this rather complex and massive operation. our white house correspondent brianna keilar is joining us. brianna, tell our viewers what you are learning....