effectively, what they did was they gave us a smaller hay stack to look in and there was a needle. on sonar, it appears as a smudge on the sea floor. something that doesn t belong. one of the processing guys says what about this as it was coming across the screen for the first time. the team sends the vehicles back down. this time, to take photos. when the images are revealed, they showed landing gear, engines, and pieces of fuselage. there s no doubt that air fraces has been found nearly two full years after it disappeared. 140 bodies are recovered along with the wreckage. investigators also uncover the flight recorders that uncover just what happened. back-to-back, the pito tubes iced up. they re critical to provide information to all of the electronic devices.
has been more than 20 years since freedom industries had their tanks inspected. reporter: these tanks hold hundreds of thousands of gallons of chemicals. they sit a mile from charleston west virginia s only water treatment plant. yet, the state has not inspected these tanks since 1991. that s because it says the tanks are now considered storage. the material they were storing there is not a hazardous material. reporter: because they are considered not hazardous, they don t have to be fully regulated about i the state or federal government. that means no inspections. it is something that doesn t belong in the river. reporter: doug wood, a water biologist that worked for 33 years at the state s department of environmental protection says just because it is considered a pollutant does not mean it is not dangerous and doesn t mean it shouldn t be regulated. it is one of a class of thousands of chemicals that have to be studied. these are tanks that should much been inspected,
of the above. i think the better question is which doesn t belong and why? it is probably bridget kelly. those who work with her know she wouldn t have had the authority to make a decision like that on her own to do the bridge closure. are you suggesting someone told her to do that? reporter: just from our experience she used to be a legislative liaison to our body and report to the executive branch. she was deputy chief of staff. she is someone who is very credible, very decent person, made a horrible mistake here, absolute abuse of power. i would be shocked and i think everyone we have talked to would be shocked if she made this decision independently. it leaves the question who did do it. we know there was an abuse of power. what we don t know and what the investigation is about is how rooted was the abuse of power. do you have indication whether or not she will agree to answer questions, testify or
are now considered storage. the material that they were storing there is not a hazardous material. because they are considered not hazardous, they don t have to be fully regulated by the state or federal government. and that means no inspections. it s something that doesn t belong in the river. doug wood, a water biologist, who worked for 33 years at the state s department of environmental protection, says just because it s considered a pollutant does not mean it s not dangerous and doesn t mean it shouldn t be regulated. it s one of a class of thousands of chemicals that haven t been studied. these are tanks that should have been inspected, i would imagine. west virginia s u.s. attorney has launched an investigation and says regulated or not, hazardous or not, no one is above the law when it comes to keeping the water safe. the tanks were in bad shape with their secondary containment systems were shoddy.
people in the state haven t been able to use tap water because of a chemical spill, not to brush teeth, not to breakthrough or even use a wash cloth to wash a dish. tonight about 5,000 residents can and are starting to use their water again. many questions remain about the companies responsible for the massive chemical spill. we will go to jean caserez staer. reporter: these tanks sit a mile from west virginia s only water treatment plant. and yet the state has not inspected the tanks since 1991. that s because it says the tanks are now considered storage. the material that they were storing there is not a hazardous material. reporter: because they are considered nonhazardous they don t have to be fully regulated by the state or federal government and that means no inspections. it is something that doesn t