Data from cockpit audio as well as image recorders is critical. reporter: issues in the air are being met with issues on the ground from last month s faa computer system failure that paralyzed airports to southwest holiday travel melt down that cancelled more than 16,000 flights. the operating environment is much more difficult. reporter: united airlines ceo scott kirby predicts a rough year for aviation and says his airline is trying to control what it can. brand-new graduates from united flight school are headed to new jobs. on their way to sure up pilot shortages at the airlines. the last integration of older pilots is starting to leave. reporter: industry figures say more people now work at major airlines than before the pandemic but the pressure is on to keep their safety record clean. takes a lot of work to keep it that way. we need to make sure we continue advancing as we see more and more demand, more and more complexity, more and more
Leaves them with key pieces to piece the pieces together. they want regulate by the faa, i want you to listen to the ntsb chair, as he describes how critical this would be. the data isn t available to our investigators due to the current time limitation. we ve recommend the that the faa require new and existing aircraft have 24-hour recorders. the ability to have accident data from cockpit audio as well as image recorders is critical. the ntsb chair adds this one big thing, the fedex crew that almost landed on top of the southwest plane that was leaving austin, she said they went around unprompted. she said that very well could have saved 130 lives, abby. wow, that is terrifying, pete muntean, thank you so much. and here to discuss this and more is transportation secretary pete buttigieg. secretary buttigieg, thank you
Time, the a.p. reports, is whether the commanders who ordered the air strike were aware the site was a hospital or knew about the allegations of possible enemy activity within it. earlier this month an american aircraft, an ac-130 gunship, attacked a hospital being run by doctors without borders in kunduz, afghanistan. kund yoourz had been recently overtaken by the taliban and afghan and american forces were in the process of retaking it. the air strike on the hospital run by the nobel prize-winning non-profit killed 22 people. in the days since that strike the pentagon story on what transpired and why shifted. the key to understanding what really happened as nbc news s jim miklaszewski reports, may come from gun, camera video and cockpit recordings from inside the ac-130 gunship. the cockpit audio that was taken during that time, we re told that some of the military on board the air force special operations forces who fly those gunships and fire the weapons expressed some concern ab
That the cockpit audio that was taken during that time, we re told that some of the military on board the air force special operations forces who fly those gunships and fire the weapons, expressed some concern about the target itself, and at least one person apparently questioned whether the air strike was legal. now, the people we re talking to indicate that it could be a war crime if, in fact, the crew on board, knew it was a hospital, and that there was civilians inside. nobody knows that yet. but the gun camera video, the cockpit recordings appear to be the key to this entire investigation. and about this idea that a tank went into the compound, we re told by u.s. military officials that it was an armored personnel vehicle of some kind, not a tank, and there was at least one american in the group as part of
Again landing at jfk spotted drones so close to their aircraft. first according to the faa jetblue flight 1843 noted a drone at 2:24 in the afternoon when approaching the airport. the cockpit the cockpit audio recording obtained by cnn said the drone was 900 feet below the nose. on friday once again, preparing to land at jfk when the cockpit reported seeing a drone under its wing. listen to live cockpit audio as it happened. first from delta, then jetblue. a mile back there was a drone flying just under southwest side of the airport here. at what altitude would you say that was? i would say probably about a hundred feet below us just off to the right. we we were on the final 3-1