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In the nose of the plane, right until the time the lens breaks. >> yeah, so that didn't work. that was the supposedly less combustible jet fuel bursting into flames just like it wasn't supposed to. this is the view from inside the cabin of the plane. the test dummies handle the impact of the crash and the cabin fills with flames and it's bye-bye to the dummies. and when we think about the test crash stuff, it's usually the cars and the dummies in the steering column. but sometimes it's a full sized plane so the government can see what happens when you crash something like that in the ground. s...

>> yeah, so that didn't work. that was the supposedly less combustible jet fuel bursting into flames just like it wasn't supposed to. this is the view from inside the cabin of the plane. the test dummies handle the anymore impact of the crash but then the entire cabin justl< fills with flames and it's bye-bye to those poor dummies. when we think about the government crash testing stuff it's the cars with the dummies going head first into the steering column or whatever. it's not always cars. but sometimes it's a full sized commercial airliner with a camera attached to the tail so a government ...

Traced back to paula broadwell. boy, this is going to continue this thicken this plot, folks. we'll keep you posted as we get more developments. gregg: at 23 minutes past the hour here are some of the top stories we are following. bye-bye test dummies. toyota is working on crash-proof cars. new safety systems would actually allow cars to phupb with eac communicate with etch each other on the roads and the company says it would mine myself risk of accidents overall. big trouble in the home of the twinkie. thousands of workers picketing bakeries across the west. they are fighting pay and benefit...

Before the crash. the passengers, test dummies. the crash was orchestrated by remote control, part of a grand experiment by the discovery channel. it should unlock the secrets of the moment of impact. experts hope it will help them make planes safer. >> brave pilots. >> yes. >> better them than me. all right, well, air travelers who feel they're being unfairly treated can now turn to something at their fingertips. yep, a new app. civil rights groups are unveiling the fly right app for iphones as well as for androids that allows passengers to instantly report racial profiling and other discri...

Patti ann: you have to wear it though in a backpack. you're wearing one right now. can you show us how that works? and is it cumbersome if you're doing downhill skiing? >> not at all. it's a backpack system. very similar to what anybody would wear for a regular backpack. incorporated in hit is a balloon system that inflates and increases your own all volume that helps keep you on top of the snow. it adds 3.5-pound to the average-weight of a backpack. patti ann: it's a twin backpack system, there are two of them on either side. >> that's correct. the industry standards is 150 liters in one sing...