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Search has happened in recent weeks. >> the university's library contains a collection of papers from his time in the senate. they got two batches but none appeared to have classified documents. they had previously found classified documents in his home in wilmington and former private office in washington. acting chief of the federal aviation administration faced harsh questions on capitol hill wednesday. he admitted that while the faa is working to improve their system security, they current guarantee another outage. gabe cohen has more from washington. >> reporter: a series of system melt...

First, tell us about this new investigation, gabe, by the national transportation safety board. >> reporter: yeah, so wolf, this latest incursion happened in honolulu january 23rd. here's what the faa is saying. they say that a united 777 crosses a runway despite being told not to by air traffic control, right as a small cargo plane was landing. the two aircraft were a little more than a thousand feet apart, but now the ntsb is investigating. this comes as the acting head of faa was on capitol hill facing tough questions from lawmakers. a series of system meltdowns and near disasters. >> we ca...

People were injured during extreme turbulence during a hawaiian air flight to honolulu, after a cloud shot up in front of the airplane in a matter of seconds and there wasn't enough time to avoid it according to the ntsb. it's been a rough few months for the aviation world, from cancellations to system meltdowns. two near-collisions in new york and austin. and now, this mysterious incident with little explanation. this wednesday, the faa's acting administrator is set to testify in front of the senate commerce n committee about all of the recent problems. and a spokesperson tells cnn that this ...

Confidential. >> they're being corrected to prevent this behavior from happening again, which indicates to me that something occurred that could have been prevented by the crew. >> les hobbands is a retired 777 pilot. what might have happened here? >> there are numerous things that would cause a distraction. they may have unintentionally lost control of the airplane to the extent that the altitude decayed. >> it's unclear if weather played a role with a severe storm pounding parts of hawaii that day. >> it was torrential. >> hours earlier, 36 people were injured during extreme turbulence on bo...

Wasn't enough time according to the ntsb. from cancellations to system meltdowns, two near collisions in new york and another place and this mysterious incident with little explanation. and we have just learned that the ntsb is now investigating this incident. so far, both the airline and the faa have kept the cause confidential because the crew self-reported, part of a program to encourage more crews to do the same. though we expect there could be some more transparency with the investigation. >> gabe cohen, thanks so much. >> thanks, gabe. thank you for watching. "the lead" witith jake tappe...