apparently sought treatment for vision problems that may have jeopardized his ability to work as a pilot. meanwhile dozens of mourners gathering at one of several memorial services today for the victims of the crash. and the recovery efforts, they continue at the crash site. investigators say that they will need to conduct dna tests in order to identify all of those victims. so, how could this have happened? and what can the airline industry learn from this tragedy? we will speak with retired navy captain chuck nash all about that and more. that is coming up a little bit later in this hour. the feds say the onetime leader of a murderous new york gang has resurfaced decades later as a radical imam at a florida mosque. marcus dwanel robertson is a former u.s. marine accused of sending young supporters abroad for terror training. robertson is in prison for a gun conviction but may fails more serious charges. a private investigators said he
problems that may have jeopardized his ability to work as a pilot. the lead french prosecutor said lubitz locked the captain out of the flight deck then programmed a 320 jetliner s descent slamming it into an alpine ridge at 400 miles an hour. captain chuck nash is a retired navy captain and a fox news military analyst. he joins us now. captain, good of you to join us to share some perspective on this tragic story. memorial service being held today so many people are mourning. but, look the main question right now that looms and lingers in everybody s mind is why? why did a copilot throw away his note that he was not fit for working? why did he deliberately conceal his medical condition and crash his plane carrying 150 people on board? will we ever know? that s a good question kelly, and i think that s one that is stumping everybody. because in everything like this as in a crime, it s means, motive, and opportunity. he had the means. the motive is question.
but we re going to have to start to see what are these people in these critical positions, what are they being treated for. and if there is a mental condition, that s the problem doctors have now, which is the whole hipaa thing, the privacy issue, hey what i m getting treated for i don t want that to jeopardize my my career, so i m not going to tell anybody about it. or, worse, i m not going to go get treatment for it because that could do it. so, this whole thing s going to have to be a big discussion. the airline industry is very heavily unionized, so the unions are going to have to play in this. the companies are going to have to play in this. and the governments are going to have to play in this. but we ve got to do something to get this past merely self-reporting. captain chuck nash, thank you for joining us today and sharing your perspectives on this. and certainly today is a very sad day as people memorialize the 149 victims of that flight. thank you, sir. you bet kelly.
and that s on santa rosea island. for those people who are familiar with the the pensacola area, it s a famous beach resort. so you can get fog rolling in there, especially this time of year. should they have got up as a result of that? we understand it was a dense fog advisory advisory, is that something that should have kept them grounded? you do a risk assessment, especially in peacetime. you don t go out there as if its combat where lives are on the line. you know, it s risk versus gain. in the military world, sometimes you re compelled to take the risk. but in training, you re never compelled to take that risk. all right. captain chuck nash thanks so much. 25 minutes before the top of the hour. we ll be following that story. as we know the term rescue operations was termed very challenging. that was towards one of the
analyst chuck gnash.nash. he was stationed close to eglin air force base in pensacola, florida. what can you tell us about this scene last night and how challenging it may have been under those conditions? we say these things every time bh you have an aircraft mishap and that is it s very early. it occurred last night and they re starting to find the wreckage. i have flown in the complex, it s a very large area. it goes all the way up interstate 10 runs east west along the top. you ve got that up to the north, and then, of course the gulf of mexico to the south. the exercise that these guys were involved in, evidently was in a 17. it s an area that is in the western edge of the complex right on the beach. if you go much further west, then you re into the civilian areas.