muntean, and cnn aviation analyst, peter goals. he is a former managing director. pete, walk us through what happened here. this was an incredible same. the moment of impact was just two seconds into the video. you can see the a350 go up into a fireball. it appears that the impact happened right on the nose. you can see the nose landing gear on fire as this flight was landing on the runway at haneda airport. both airplanes involved, the a350 and commuter airplane, not really used much in the states these days. is that smaller, relatively speaking? a lot smaller. the fact that anyone came out of this alive is pretty incredible, and a testament to the design of the airbus. the evacuation went very smoothly and very efficiently.
the ntsb blamed a walmart truck driver suffering from fatigue for last years crash that killed tracie morgan. the report finding the driver had been awake for 28 hours at the time of the accident. the board shows animations of the crash including this one from the truck drivers point of view. but the ntsb also highlighted the failure to use seat belts to the passengers in the limo van carrying morguen and six others. now to an alarming newly released report finding air traffic controllers not getting enough sleep. the report was sitting in files for a few years before its lease. pete williams has more. when a commuter airplane
mistakes that endanger the safety of travelers nationwide. nbc s pete williams joins me now from washington with more on this. pete, what are the detail of this commission report? well, thomas, the faa asked nasa scientists to do this study acting after the devastating crash of a commuter airplane in 2006 in lexington, kentucky. that plane turned on to the wrong runway for takeoff and the air traffic controller failed to notice it. the plane crashed 49 people were killed. the government blamed pilot error but noted the controller had worked all night with only two hours of sleep before his shift. now, this is what the study done by nasa concluded. it said, two out of ten controllers said they had made significant mistakes on the job like letting airplanes get too close. over half of those blamed those mistakes on fatigue. most said they were getting less than six hours of sleep a night before their shifts. some even said they were getting less than three hours sleep. now, the study w