Possible link to cancer. And Steve Hartman on how a football linemans sneak play brought tears of joy. This is the cbs evening news with Norah Odonnell. Reporting tonight from washington. Od odonnell good evening, and thank you so much for joining us. Were going to get to that deadly crash landing in alaska in just a moment. But were going to begin with a fastmoving Tropical Storm sstor, which is strengthening trnight in the gulf of mexico, and could make landfall as a hurricane tomorrow on the florida panhandle. This was the scene moments ago in desti waves are picking up on the wlf. Lonnie quinn has more on nesters typing. So lonnie, could it do some damage . Especially where its h bend area of florida. Thats a catch basin for a storm surge. I think the storm surge could end up being a problem with the storm. Right now, nestor has 60mile perhour winds. If nester gets up to 70mile perhour winds, we would have a ategory 1. It may be just shy of that as it makes landfall. Lets take a lo
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It was a blustery fall day at Tom Madsen Airport. A PenAir flight from Anchorage was making its second attempt to land in Unalaska. Gusting tail-winds made the landing extra challenging. As the plane touched down it failed to slow down, broke through the airport s chain link fence, crossed a road and hit a rocky embankment just short of the frigid waters of Iliuliuk Bay.
Steve Ranney was among the 39 passengers on Flight 3296. He s a commercial pilot with 20 years experience and still trying to understand what went wrong that day.
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Steve Ranney was among the 39 passengers on Flight 3296. He s a commercial pilot with 20 years experience and still trying to understand what went wrong that day. I just don t think that we can flat accept that there s going to be accidents like this, Ranney said. I think that s really one of the more important things. I know people make mistakes, but in the air carrier world these things should not happen. This shouldn t have happened at all.
Ranney is still recovering from his injuries. A passenger to his left fared much worse: 38-year-old David Oltman was fatally injured in the crash. There were at least nine people hurt. Oltman s death on Oct. 17, 2019 was the second fatality for a commercial airline in the U.S. in the last decade.