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Not built to withstand the weight of the plane. again, main gear, then nose gear. that's the base igs of landing a plane. they'll be looking into why did this happen? why did this sequence of events happen the way that it did? >> what else did we learn from this investigation? that is a crucial clue. what else did you find out? >> we also found out in the final four seconds of the flight, the plane essentially, the nose of the plane went from two degrees upward to three degrees downward. that should not have happen. it should have maintained a nose up position. so again, why did that happen? w...

Reported by the associated press. here's the story. a body fell from an air france flight as it was going over the western african country of niger en route to paris. air france tells outfront that that plane which was headed to paris has been grounded in niger penning an investigation. the airline said the man fell out of the landing gear. now that could mean it was a stowaway. we don't know. if so, it is not as uncommon as you think. when you're at 30,000 feet, how could you stowaway in the landing gear? at least 96 people on 85 flights have tried to travel in wheel wells. 23 of them survive...

In a or ifg train crash in northwestern spain last night. last night we told but this but now look at this. a security camera caught the exact moment of the crash. you can see the cars separating from the engine as the train attempts to negotiate this curve. you see the car in the back come off. and that pulls the entire conductor train off. flame burst out of one car as it left the tracks. another was snapped in half. that's why after this you saw the or ifg pictures of bodies scattered around the ground. carl is at the crash to be in spain. what's the latest on the investigation? i'm also cu...

We begin with news on that southwest airline flight 345 crash landing at new york's laguardia airport on monday. right now, federal investigators are saying the plane handed nosewheel first. this is the first real clue we've gotten as to why the plane's landing gear collapsed, obviously as you know, planes usually land on the back, not the front. let's get to aviation correspondent rene marsh. the investigation is still going on. does this open the door to pilot error? >> we spoke, erin, to a few pilots when we just got this information a short time ago. the pilots we spoke to say it is too ea...