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It's completely designed by computer and it was boeing's first fly by wire and that means it's all electronic instrumentation in the cockpit. it does have a history of fires. in july 2011, i believe it was a triple 777 er, there was a fire in the cockpit when it was parked at cairo international airport. that sustained heated and smoke damage. it was investigators focused on possible electronic fault with a supply hose in the oxygen system. what is interesting here. in san francisco today is that the fire appears to be at the front of the aircraft. as for the damage on the top side of the airc...

long legs. >> i want to bring in our national political economist. we have seen this getting pretty ugly. does this resonate with voters when they hear the back and forth? >> i don't know. i talked to a few voters out there on the campaign trail. every one of them will tell you they hate this stuff. then every expert will say this works. there's a reason why the campaigns are going back and forth and there's a reason why the obama campaign has been ataa attacking mitt romney and his tax returns. they believe they are working. the president defended attacks. he says mr. romney has cal...

And he has all three. martha: you are retired u.s. air force and you hold the current record. felix, take everybody through it, what is going to happen? how will you do the jump and what are the most important po poeufpbts it. >> i'm going to wear that pressure suit. i have to rebreathe oxygen for an hour to get rid of all the bubbles in my oxygen system. after three hours i'm depressurizing. martha: there's probably not too much traffic up there. >> it's not. after three hours i'm going to depressurize that capsule. i climb out which is the proper procedure, about 43 steps. we have been train...

Consultant, said the instruments seemed to show that haney blacked out for at least 15 seconds and regained consciousness too late to save the plane. the f-22 has meant huge profits for the lockheed martin company. and in a ceremony, the final of some 187 f-22s was turned over to the air force. >> we complete the nation's f-22 fifth generation fighter fleet. >> reporter: but for now, however, the f-22's most prominent use seems to be to perform tricks in air shows. in effect, a $500 million stunt plane. the air force says some of the f-22s have now been deployed to the middle east as a show of...

The f-22 has meant huge profits for the lockheed martin company. and in a ceremony, the final of some 187 f-22s was turned over to the air force. >> we complete the nation's f-22 fifth generation fighter fleet. >> reporter: but for now, however, the f-22's most prominent use seems to be to perform tricks in air shows. in effect, a $500 million stunt plane. the air force says some of the f-22s have now been deployed to the middle east as a show of force to iran and that it has added new safety features for its pilots while it tries to figure out what's wrong with the oxygen system in this expen...