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>> i spoke with one passenger who described the feeling of the plane sliding. two planes actually lafrndnded shortly before this. the pilots didn't have problems. what was going on? >> a couple things to think about. weather, of course is extremely dynamic. it can change by the minute. we were at that point in time the wind was shifting around. the rain was turning to freezing rain eventually into snow. so what happens between just a couple of minutes can be very different. each aircraft can be different. each crew might have a different technique and approach or experience level dealing with ...

How fast were they going? what was the situation with respect to how fast thrust reversers were deployed brakes things like that? you look at the aircraft and make sure everything was in working order, nothing was not performing as expected or there were any failures. then i think when we look at the environment, you have variables here. i will tell you that those pilot reports are extremely helpful. but we have got to get better when it comes to technology. there is the capability to put sensors or every aircraft that is touching down to really give not just a subjective good fair or poor but...

Is that right? >> there are a lot of factors in this. first of all, obviously weather very dynamic. it was changing from rain to freezing rain and eventually turned into snow here in new york city. it can change in an instant. that's one thing to be clear of. the situation according to the weather report was that there was freezing fog. that's a very hazardous situation. not only does it hinder your visibility but it can lead to icy conditions on the runway as well. and one aircraft may react differently than another in these situations. now, the control tower relies on pilot reports. was it g...

Eddie university around them. for passengers it's unnerving to undergo such severe turbulence but aircraft are made to handle kind of those vibrating and jolting motions. now in recent weeks we've heard about severe turbulence that has injured owe flight attendants on some of the international flights. to show you what we're looking at here. we're looking at these red areas that are outlined and those are called pyreps pilot reports that indicates there's severe weather or turbulence. thunderstorms as i mentioned, aircraft can take a certain amount of bouncing around. that's not extraordinary....

Leave. they do get what are called pi-reps, pilot reports of other aircraft flying through the area. derek mentioned the air france airbus that went down due to icing. that was over the south atlantic in 2009. the pitots iced up and the pilots were unable to control the aircraft. but there's even a closer situation, analogy if you will, from what we know. and that's the air algi relative. it was a mcdonnell douglas, a similar type of aircraft made in this country that crashed in north africa and the pilot had requested deviating around weather. that was last july. july of this year. so we do s...