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That is what led to a delta crash in dallas that led to a whole bunch of safety changes and information, radar changes to help avoid wind shear. what caused this one to come in so low, i don't know, but it isn't necessarily pilot error. there may have been a pocket wind or tail wind that hit this plane that wouldn't allow it to stay in the air. >> rick: jon scott being a great news man and co-anchor of what is happening now, he a licensed pilot. thanks so much for your time. >> we wanted to bring in robert mark is a commercial pilot. he has flown into this airport. thank you for being here. yo...

48 people. 190 people were taken to a safe zone in the airport itself. of those people they were classified as green, meaning their injuries were minor. out of those 190 people taken to the safe zone, 82 were transported to the hospital. that brings the total number of people hospitalized from this crash at 130. doing the math. 48 transports and 190 people taken to the safe zone, that is 238 people accounted for at this point who were on the flight. some of the passengers are still unaccounted for. robert mark a 30 year veteran of

Will be able to get answers from the n.t.s.b. as we are waiting for them to give us a briefing of what happened as far as they know at this point. they are going to be bringing us news briefing from reagan national airport. we want to let you know at the time of the crash in san francisco, there were no thunderstorms in the area. the skies were clear. light winds which according to some -- robert mark who has flown in san francisco airport, winds can be a problem. it sits right on bay, light winds at the time of the crash. visibility was excellent. ten miles. temperatures mid-60s. as jon scott...

And -- there you see some of the debris from what i presume was the tail. it seems to be three pieces. one at the top of the screen. other two down near the right hand corner and those are lying on the run way. as chopper shot pulls out a little bit, we'll be able to see the proximity to the wreckage of the plane. again we want to bring into our conversation, robert mark who a commercial pilot, editor of jet flight.com who has flown into this airport. talk to us -- are you seeing the same pictures and give us your thoughts what may have happened? >> i am seeing the same pictures. i think that ...

To landing 72. experienced travelers know the ripple effect from o'hare. means people get stuck in the terminal from lax all the way to laguardia. the only good news the cuts were expected to go into effect in january. now they are delayed until june. jenna: how are the decisions made where the cuts happen? >> reporter: faa analysts tell us these are politically chosen. these are hand picked. robert mark a commercial pilot and industry analyst. he tells us this president hasn't been friendly to aviation from the get-go. these particular cuts he believes were chosen to inconvenience the traveli...