people running for their lives as officers shoot the gunman who later died. in total, five people hurt in the shootout. the police officer is in stable condition. one school district is send ago bold message to would be intruders. this sign you see it right there outside tombstone high school in arizona warning that some staff may be armed and will, quote, use whatever force necessary to protect our students. it s unclear how many teachers or staff members may be carrying guns. a pilot so grateful to be alive that he gets down on his knees and kisses the tarmac. the flight teacher celebrating after a dramatic landing near fort lauderdale. the small plane s nose gear collapsing on the runway with two men on board. officials say the front wheel would not lock in place. look at that neither one of the pilots is seriously hurt. incredible. defense secretary james mattis caught cracking a joke continue to coming
burst into flames yesterday after taking off. two men on board suffered cuts and burns. they will be okay. a woman inside the home at the time she was unhurt. meanwhile, federal investigators are already out with their preliminary findings about monday s hard landing at new york s la guardia airport. the southwest airlines plane came in nose first. as abc s lisa stark reports. reporter: we now know what led to this terrifying landing with the nose gear collapsing sending sparks and flames flying. and tossing passengers around the cabin. it turns out the boeing 737 came down nose gear first. the front wheels touching the runway first. that s not normal procedure. pilots are supposed to land on the rear wheels first. the front gear isn t designed to hold the entire weight of the aircraft. the wheels gave way and were slammed violently back into the jetliner. you can see them here. 150 people were on this southwest flight.
well it seems to indicate that the pilot had no prior indication that there was any, any malfunction or anything that would give them word that there was going to be a problem on touchdown or on the rollout portion of the landing. so they wouldn t have had a warning. then what does that mean does that surprise you? we always hear about southwest that they that they fly a fleet with one kind of plane, the 737s. they should know the plane inside and out. shouldn t they have had some kind of warning or every crew knows their airplane inside and out. and believe it or not we actually train in simulators for situations like this. for the nose gear collapsing on landing, for it not coming down, for a mainla landing gear not coming down, collapsing. these are scenarios we run through on a regular basis in the simulators. what it also tells you there