And the former president under fire after a video appearing to reference nazi germany was posted to his social media account. President biden accusing mr. Trump of using, quote, hitlers language. The battle over graceland. Elvis granddaughter accusing creditors of trying to steal the property away through fraud. The new turn in the investigation into the death of friends star matthew perry. Scarlett johansson taking on openai. What she is accusing the tech giant of doing after she turned them down. And the portal connecting two cities across the world reopening, as long as everyone behaves. Announcer this is Nbc Nightly News with lester holt. Good evening and welcome. Breaking as we come on the air tonight, the radar maps lighting up with Tornado Warnings from yet another Severe Weather outbreak. A line of storms making their way across iowa this afternoon, where at least 12 tornadoes have been reported today and already one death. Early major Damage Reports coming in from greenfield,
Showing major damage, homes destroyed, a neighborhood leveled. 50 million at risk from texas to michigan, and the threat lasting into the night. Also tonight, the deadly turbulence on a Singapore Airlines flight out of london. Oxygen masks hanging down, debris in the aisles, blood on the seats. At least one dead, 30 injured. What caused it. Donald trumps defense resting its case on the Hush Money Trial without calling him to the stand. And the former president under fire after a video appearing to reference nazi germany was posted to his social media account. President biden accusing mr. Trump of using, quote, hitlers language. The battle over graceland. Elvis granddaughter accusing creditors of trying to steal the property away through fraud. The new turn in the investigation into the death of friends star matthew perry. Scarlett johansson taking on openai. What she is accusing the tech giant of doing after she turned them down. And the portal connecting two cities across the world re
wrong and not getting information. watch. we knew something was wrong. we didn t know what or how serious. we didn t know if it meant we were going to crash, we didn t have any information. so it was a really scary situation to be in. trace: do you find that unusual, keith, for the passengers not to be told exactly step-by-step what s going on? no, i don t. the fact that they were at 16,000 feet and close to the airport isn t a lot of time to do anything. the flight attendants are busy dealing with their job is, and the pilots themselves, it looks like they didn t even know what happened. they had to be informed of what happened. their job is to a v-8, navigate, and communicate. they going to be navigating, so they are busy doing that. they did an emergency descent to get down to 12,000 where there is oxygen and you can breathe. normally that is 300-500 feet
final cruising altitude of 33,000 feet. about a few minutes into the flight, only seven minutes into the flight, this issue apparently happened. and the crew, after leaving portland, oregon, they were bound for ontario in southern california, made an immediate emergency return back to portland, an emergency descent, and got the airplane under control and made a successful emergency landing although you have to put yourself in the perspective of the passengers who were going through this terrifying moment. the oxygen masks came down. it sounds like there was even some clothes pulled off of passengers. at least that s the conjecture we re seeing online although that s still a little bit unconfirmed. so this was a really harrowing and incredible scene after we ve seen all of these issues with the 737 max, not to mention the 346 deaths and two crashes in 2018 and 2019, and issues abroad. there have been manufacturer s defects with the max.
and over again. there is a standards process, in an emergency you put the oxygen masks on and make an emergency descent to 15,000 feet and then sort out whatever else you need to do and that is precisely what they did. it to do and that is precisely what the did. , . , , ., they did. it is incredible when you look at that they did. it is incredible when you look at that huge they did. it is incredible when you look at that huge hole they did. it is incredible when you look at that huge hole in - they did. it is incredible when you look at that huge hole in the - they did. it is incredible when you | look at that huge hole in the plane that nobody was injured or died in that. what now for boeing? the faa have ordered the grounding of 171 similar planes worldwide. given the history of these planes, what now do you think will happen when it comes to an investigation and air travel with regards to these planes around the world? it is with regards to these planes around the world? , .