search and rescue operation off the coast of southern japan after two u.s. marine aircraft collided in mid air. cnn s ivan watson has the latest from hong kong. ivan, good morning. reporter: good morning, dave. it has been about 14 hours since the two u.s. marine aircraft collided out over the pacific ocean. it was a u.s. kc-130 hercules. that is a flying plane that can do refuelling operations in the air and an f-18 hornet. we don t know the cause of the crash, but we know the u.s. military is working alongside the japanese self -defense forcs trying to find five marines missing after the collision in the air. two marines have been rescued so far. one has been transported back to the japanese mainland for
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the pilots taking a practice flight before wowing crowds with their acrobatics at the san francisco fleet week. in a diamond formation, four high-tech f-18 hornet s get as close is 18 inches while zipping through the sky at 400 mph. a lot of correspondence participate in that and blackout. the time is 20 minutes until the top of the hour and do process, presumption of innocence and the rule of law, all of that up for debate in the wake of the break kavanaugh brett kavanaugh confirmation circus. old white male rich patriarchy. heather: protesters storm capitol hill and griff jenkins is there to take them to task.
people on board said the captain s name is tammie joe shults. she s a former navy pilot and one of the first women ever to fly tactical jets for the navy. she flew the prowler and the f-18 hornet. she served before women were allowed to fly in combat. passengers say captain shults walked the aisle and checked on them after the landing. many commending her performance. the pilot, she was amazing. 30 years experience and knew to get us down within five minutes or whatnot from 30,000 feet, that s incredible. phenomenal. she s amazing. according to the navy, captain shults rose to the navy rank of lieutenant commander and still in the reserves.
your time of useful consciousness if you lose cabin pressure can be a matter of seconds. the first thing they would have to do is get on their oxygen masks. the masks drop for the passengers but the pilot and co-pilot need to very quickly get their oxygen masks on. that s the first thing they need to do and reestablish communications between the two of them. you hear passengers say this plane was descending rapidly. from what i gather and from pilots i ve spoken with in the industry that would have been a decision, a get down below 10,000 feet as quickly as possible so that we re back down where we can breathe normally and our passengers when their oxygen runs out will be able to breathe. bill: she was one of the first to fly a supersonic f-18 and knows what she is doing. how does an engine blow? there are a number of different ways. this actually happened to me when i was flying a hornet to land on an aircraft carrier at