piece of information so far. and why haven t they released the previous pings. if we could see where the arcs lay earlier in the flight it s hard to know for sure but it might give a clue as to where this thing is. i want to get back to the viewer questions. go ahead. on this point, sources close to singapore airlines have told me that they can find no evidence of this. the shadows. i believe aviation sources also say that they are not look at it. they don t give it any credence. good. thank you for that. this one i pose to jeff beatty. we ll talk a little bit more about the satellite season. he says, pakistan confirmed they have nothing in their radar. did we get similar confirmation from all countries on probable route? mr. beatty do you know about
somehow in the installation process of our seats we introduced a failure. not sure mechanical failure or human failure. american is saying it has identified what caused three flights to be aborted in mid flight because seats came loose. in one case, flipping passengers on their backs. the seats came in rows of three. and the row is held to the floor with what s called a saddle clamp. it s that clamp that was improperly installed on the planes where the seats disengaged. on the safety side of this particular situation, american s coin all that it can do right now to ensure that those seats are being looked at and making sure that they re installed as correctly as they re supposed to be. american says the investigation is still under way, but so far the airline cannot give a solid answer as to why now. these seats have been in use for up to 20 years and never come loose before. aviation sources say the last eyes and hands on the saddle clamps in all three loose seat incidents bel
our seats, 14 abc i think are totally disconnected. somehow in the installation process of our seats we introduced a failure. not sure mechanical failure or human failure. reporter: american saying it identified what caused three flights to be aborted in mid flight because seats came loose. in one case, flipping passengers on their backs. the seats came in rows of three. and the row is held to the floor with what is called a saddle clamp. it s that clamp that was improperly installed on the planes where the seats disengaged. on the safety side of this particular situation, american is doing all that it can do to ensure that the seats are being looked at and making sure they re installed as correctly as they re supposed to be. reporter: american says the investigation is still under way, but so far the airline cannot give a solid answer as to why now. these seats have been in use for up to 20 years and never come loose before. aviation sources say the last eyes and hands on th
disaster and how it was all averted. reporter: chicago o hare airport is the nation s second busiest airport. but on monday, flights stopped briefly while the vice president flew in for the swearing in of chicago s new mayor. the close call involving two regional jets came some eight minutes after joe biden had landed when the airport was once again up and running. both planes were united express flights. one with 29 passengers arriving from michigan, the other 50 passengers departing for buffalo. the arriving jet was cleared to land on one runway, but had to fly over another runway to do that. on the second runway another controller had cleared the other jet to depart, putting the planes on a possible collision course. controllers realized the mistake, ordered the arriving pilots to abort their landing and go around, which they did. still, aviation sources say the pilot may have ended up as close as 300 feet above and 400 feet behind that departing jet. the faa says the vice preside