on, the back of the limo was filled with thick black smoke. the driver said the spread so fast he could only help a few of the women escape. he is reportedly devstated. coroner said all five victims were found huddled near the front partition in the driver s seat. one woman managed to squeeze through the partition to escape. she and three other survivors are at local hospitals recovering from smoke inhalation and burns. jon. jon: what are authorities looking at now? reporter: well they are going over every inch of that limousine. its maintenance records. how the seats were configured and whether the doors and windows worked properly. whether something short-circuited and caught on fire. autopsies on victims will include toxicology tests whether there were any accelerants like alcohol or gasoline present. the driver of the company that owns the car, limo stop, are cooperating fully with investigators as are the four injured survivors. jon, back to you.
counter productive, some were wasteful. some of the things we did destroyed our own value system. watch the full interview with richard clark on fareed zakaria on gps. transatlantic flights face further disruption this morning as an ash crowd hovering over the ocean has limited visibility, closed airports across spain, italy and scotland. some flights were diverted around the cloud and officials expected affected areas to clear throughout the day. the problem began last month when a volcano in iceland erupted sending ash into the atmosphere, virtually shutting down the airspace for six days. the the ntsb is looking what caused a staten island ferry to crash into a pier saturday morning injuring at least 36 people. officials say thes very hall a mechanical failure and they will examine the maintenance records. routine alcohol tests on crew members came back negative. er if the vity same one in a 2003 crash that killed 11
telling the truth and who s not. let s face it, even some of the craziest claims can quickly gain traction. i ve had some experience in that regard. transatlantic and european flights face further disruptions as an ash cloud hovering over the ocean limits visibility, closes airports across spain, italy and scotland. some flights were diverted around the cloud and officials expect the affected areas to clear throughout the day. the problem began last month when a volcano in iceland erupted sending ash into the atmosphere, virtually shutting down europe s airspace for six days. the ntsb is looking into what caused a staten island ferry to crash into a pier saturday morning injuring at least 36 people. they say the vessel had a mechanical failure and will examine the maintenance records. routine alcohol tests on crew members came back negative. it was also involved in a 2003
investigation. the ntsb has the greatest reputation for what may be a catastrophic event. we have a team of four people that are now on the ground in kuala lumpur. they re going to access the final contact with the aircraft as well as the maintenance records. it s odd and does suggest a sudden event. the really impressive thing to me, in 30 years of my experience, we ve never had a time when the aircraft suddenly disappeared and we can t find it. that s very unusual. u.s. officials also insisting that this does appear it will be a long drawn out investigation, and that this is an area where there is a large amount of human smuggling and that can t be ruled out either, gretchen. interesting. thank you. how could two passengers board a flight with stolen passports post 911. it turns out it happens all the