feet up in the air. look at that right there. fuel leaking from a jet wing. you could see it as it streams from the wing of that plane. passengers took that video. they then alerted the crew members. that plane which was originally headed for dallas then landed in huntsville, alabama, 41 passengers were on board that plane but no one was hurt. you may recall this story from a few weeks back. this passenger jet exploded on a tarmac in fort lauderdale, florida, just moments before it took off. nearly two dozen people were hurt. well, an army soldier who saved dozens of lives by throwing himself on a homicide bomber will receive the congressional medal of honor today. ormny cappent florent groberg was providing personal security for his brigade back in 2012 when he spotted a man coming in their direction. he shoved that man, the bomber, to the ground. that bomb then went off killing four people. groberg survived but lost the use of one leg. army officials say if it weren t
their names have not yet been released bewe re told they were realtors from florida. a woman who lives on the top floor and is normally home but on the day of the crash she took her dog to the pet store. investigators have recovered the jet s black box. it s being analyzed in d.c. a pilot who landed in front of the doomed jet said he was on the very same frequency but never heard the other pilot issue a distress call. making me hungry for hot pockets. thanks. plane forced to make an emergency landing because of a fuel leak. it was on its way to dallas, texas. it diverted to alabama after passenger noticed fuel leaking from the wing as you can see right there. another passenger said the flight left late because of refueling issue. the airliner said it will book a
more on that from our randi kaye. reporter: a pilot with a keen eye notices the first sign of trouble, fuel leaking from the plane taxiing in front of him. dynamic airways flight 405. he radios it in. it looks like it s leaking a lot of i don t know if it s fuel. there is fluid leaking out of the left engine. reporter: flight controllers contact flight 405. do you copy? yes. we copy. engine s on fire! engine s on fire. they received a call at 12:34 for a reported engine fire aboard the jet. our jununits deployed. there they see a 767 on fire right at the runway. thick black smoke spewing out of the jet s left side and into the sunny florida sky. all of it forcing an evacuation
moments before it was supposed to take off at ft. lauderdale hollywood international airport. more than a dozen people were hospitalized after that frantic evacuation. the faa says the pilot who was taxiing behind flight 405 reported fuel leaking from the plane before it caught fire. the u.s. military launching four u.s. fighter jets to intercept a pair of russian military planes over the pacific ocean. navy officials saying the russian planes got too close to the uss ronald reagan tuesday, coming within one nautical mile and did not respond when contacted. it is standard operating procedure to escort planes flying near american warships. a student is getting a year in jail and three years probation for sexual assault. a judge in new hampshire sensing 20-year-old owen thursday for his role in what students call a senior salute, luring under age classmates into having sex.
well, you know, exactly. this was a disaster. you know, ten seconds to a disaster. had they reached a speed of 160 miles per hour, 140 knots on that runway, they would have lifted off and would have been a danger not only everyone on the plane could have been lost but the people who they were flying over. kudos to the firefighters and the pilot behind them. the faa needs to mobilize a special emphasis program to look at this carrier. this was a light load. they were seconds to spare. there is a report that another pilot saw jet fuel coming out of it. how difficult is that kind of problem to happen? what is the frequency that fuel leaks out of the wing ostensively where one of the supplemental tanks is? fuel leaking from the wings is not an everyday occurrence. that s why you have on