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We've been reporting after harrison ford hospitalized. he's an experienced pilot that managed to land on california golf course after the plane engine failed. could have been worse. gary tuchman got a firsthand look at what it's like to be in an open cockpit plane as the same one from the flight. >> reporter: vintage aircraft 1935. the pilot in the back. i am in the front. >> here we go. what's our altitude right now? >> 1,500 feet above the ground. >> tell me why you like flying in a plane like this. >> i just like to be able to feel the breeze go through my hair and no obstructions when

These leads, they are vigorously pursuing them. the oil slick discovered in the ocean shield, some speculating that oil slick could have been from a plane engine. they went to great lengths to test that oil. they brought it to shore by a military vessel. they choppered it to a military base and jetted it to perth for testing and compared it against oil provided by malaysian airlines. it turned out to be nothing. another false lead. it sort of shows how seriously they are taking it and aggressively pursuing every lead. again, the man responsible for coordinating the search effort acknowledged t...

From more than two dozen different countries have been able to find? the torpedo-shaped vehicle can reach depths up to 6,000 meters, or more than 3 1/2 miles below the surface. and it can survey wide swaths of the ocean floor, using what's called side scan sonar. >> they send a sound pulse that's sort of a fan beam out to the side. it will travel out almost half a mile from the vehicle. and it bounces off the sea floor and we get a reflection back to the vehicle. >> reporter: they call the process mows the lawn because it works its assigned grid back and forth before returning to the surface w...

How would you know if it's a fish or a rock or plane engine? >> you can just tell from the return, man made objects, metal on the see floor responds very strongly. >> reporter: the team hasn't been asked to help search for the plane in the ocean. but if they are, it won't be the first time. the remus 6,000 was called on to help find air france 447 in june 2009. two years later, a search team located the wreckage of the jet about 2 1/2 miles beneath the surface. after months of searching. something only possible because of this underwater robot. this is the initial shot of the air france debris...

That's not a place you can miss a beat. the planes carrying a total of 165 passengers and crew landed safely after their pilots took matters into their own hands, broadcasting their progress as they approached the runway. take a listen to this. >> wow. >> washington tower, american 1012. >> washington, this is american 1012. i called on the land line and tried on the commercial line and e aware, we've had one aircraft go into dca. the tower is apparently unmanned. >> after the passenger talked about the experience. >> the pilot said, flight attendants get ready for landing. i felt the plane en...