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Not the first time that someone has taken an airplane deliberately into the ground for some reasons that we never really found out. again that is probably going to have to change. bill: so there is no follow-up, you're saying no screenings or questions down the road? anything, robert, that would trigger that investigation or questions? >> well, you know, that was a good you mentioned there, bill. i was just going to say, when you fly in someone we're in very close proximity to one another. we're probably sitting within, you know, 10 inches of another person for six eight, 10 hours a day often ...

There you see the switch. that controls the dr to the cockpit. you can have it in unlocked position. you can have normal position in the middle or locked position if it is flipped down. based on all reporting we have, it was flipped down. it was locked. the pilot more than 10 years experience was locked out. robert marks, commercial pilot. publisher of jet whine.com. good morning to you. >> good morning, bill. bill: your first question now is what, robert? >> why did he do this. if he did indeed manually drive this airplane into the rocks what was the point? suicide? what was going on a this m...

400 feet of another plane headed to mexico city. this is the third incident of a near crash just in the last month. well, between october of 2011 and september of 2012, over 4,000 cases where planes got too close to each other o, faa deemed 41 of those 4,000 to be high risk. so, what do you need to know if you are headed to the airport right now in the publish everywhere of jet wyandot come and fox news aviation analyst robert marks joins us right now. robert, welcome to the program here. it gives me no compel confidence. how many planes are in the air at any given time? >> thousands. easily t...

Controllers are eligible to retire, even now. fox aviation analyst robert marks says he does not think there's a systemic problem here. >> we've had many fewer fatal accidents in the last 15 years than ever. we're never out of the woods. we're still operating airplanes and air traffic control radar rooms and towers with humans and people are fallible. they make mistake the. >> there was another issue in new jersey. >> stocks were up today. the dow finished ahead 63. the s&p 500 gained 8. for is first time ever, closing above 1900. the dow gain 7-10 thises of a percent ak point. s&p 1, and nasd...

Robert marks, fox news aviation analyst, thank you so much. >> you're most welcome. fox news alert, brand new reaction from the white house on the historic election in afghanistan today. president obama congratulating the millions of men and women who braved taliban threats to vote, calling the elections, quote, critical to securing afghanistan's democratic future. conor powell streaming live from kabul. >> reporter: this has a very different feel in terms of elections compared to the previous afghan presidential election in 2009. that was just plagued by voter fraud and violence. today a ve...