dispatch aircraft in foul weather in the hope that their flight crews will be able to use their radar to avoid serious weather conditions. this crew used its radar, but they tried to climb, they were denied the full climb that they requested, they deviated and they were able to deviate around some storms but there s a point when the weather gets so bad that an airplane shouldn t be dispatched. this was such an evening. does the fact that the pilot made that request to climb comport with arthur walk s concern about the safety directive perhaps not have been followed in this case, in other words, put the pieces together for me. all right. the airplane is flying in thunderstorms, it s turbulent, icing conditions exist as they do in the tops of thunderstorms. the pilot is deviating to get around the worst of it. he now tries to climb to get above as much of the clouds therefore turbulence that he can. icing conditions occur.
pilot encountered overwhelming icing conditions. really tragic overall and astounding to hear that 7-year-old survived. joining me now on the phone is the man you heard in that interview, larry wilkins. i can imagine the kind of whirlwind night you had with that little girl knocking at your door. tell us how that girl was telling you the story, what was your first reaction? just try to help her as much as i could. the little girl was dressed for florida weather, and she had on short pants and a real light blouse, and her shirt and she was barefoot and she had one sock on her foot. her nose was bloody and her legs were all scratched up and
those icing conditions affect the instruments of the airplane because of this problem identified in the emergency air worthiness directive. there is really nothing he can do. once the icing conditions prevent adequate information getting to his computers to control the airplane. so the pilot is between the literal rock and a hard place. that s makes him a passenger just like everybody else when control is lost. thank you. i haven t heard about that directive from any one else. i appreciate your having been here. the former head of the senate intelligence committee tells us why the president should release 28 missing pages from the congressional report on 9/11 and what they may tell us.
weather in the hope that their flight crews will be able to use their airborne radar to avoid serious weather conditions. this crew used its radar, but they tried to climb, they were denied the full climb that they requested, they deviated and they were able to deviate around some storms, but there s a point when the weather gets so bad that an airplane shouldn t be dispatched. this was such an evening. does the fact that the pilot made that request to climb comport with arthur walk s concern about the safety directive perhaps not have been followed in this case, in other words, put the pieces together for me. all right. the airplane is flying in thunderstorms, it s turbulent, icing conditions exist as they do in the tops of thunderstorms. the pilot is deviating to get around the worst of it. he now tries to climb to get above as much of the clouds, therefore turbulence that he possibly can. icing conditions occur. those icing conditions affect
the instruments of the airplane because of this problem identified in the emergency air worthiness directive. there is really nothing he can do. once the icing conditions prevent adequate information getting to his computers to control the airplane. so, the pilot is between the literal rock and a hard place. that s makes him a passenger just like everybody else, when control is lost. thank you. i haven t heard about that directive from any one else. i appreciate your having been here. still ahead, the former head of the senate intelligence committee tells us why the president should release 28 missing pages from the congressional report on 9/11 and what they may tell us.