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They knew it had departed the plane early. you ask the question what could cause a decompression, control problems and the loss of a vertical fin. >> looking at the plane's maintenance history, investigators learn there was previous damage to the aft pressure bulkhead. that is the structure at the back of the cab than keeps the cabin pressurized. it was cracked seven years before the crash. when the plane's tail dragged along the runway in an accident known as a tail strike. >> the tail strike with occur in one of two phases of flight, either on takeoff, when the plane is on the runway and it'...

Plane stable is fished out of the bay 100 miles away from the mountain. >> it was quite a distance from the crash site. it departed the plane early. you ask the question what could cause a decompression, control problems and the loss of a vertical fin. >> investigators learn there was previous damage to the aft pressure bulkhead. that is the structure at the back of the cab than keeps the cabin pressurized. it was cracked seven years before the crash. when the plane's tail dragged along the runway in a tail strike. >> the tail strike can happen on the runway or it can occur on landing where th...

Out of michigan, you can't go in any direction without crossing the great lakes. and, i fly back and forth to key west very often. 90 miles over the ocean. so i'm always thinking about what to do. and i had already pre-planned this and wondered what it would really be like, but, landing as slow as i possibly could, and, trying to land tail low, so that it sort of cut the tail first, and, dragged the plane to a stop. and, it happened to work out, as i had imagined. martha: wow, i'm sure these people are grateful to you. what was happening inside of the plane? how did these people handle what th...

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