luckily no one was seriously injured. the accident comes just a few weeks after that crash landing in san francisco. which left three passengers dead. so again instead of the plane coming in like this main gear first, then nose gear, ntsb says it came in nose gear first that was the problem. today on friday they ll start transcribing the cockpit voice recorder to figure out what was going on in the cockpit. lisa stark, abc news, washington. a virginia woman who works for the catholic diocese of arlington was killed in that horrific train crash in spain. her husband and daughter are among five americans injured. at least 80 were killed when the packed train raced around a bend and shot off the tracks. here it comes again. take a look at the video. investigators are now focusing on the driver who was reportedly going more than 100 miles an hour when he whipped around the corner. twice the speed limit for that section of track. federal authorities in new
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.
we begin with news on that southwest airline flight 345 crash landing at new york s laguardia airport on monday. right now, federal investigators are saying the plane handed nosewheel first. this is the first real clue we ve gotten as to why the plane s landing gear collapsed, obviously as you know, planes usually land on the back, not the front. let s get to aviation correspondent rene marsh. the investigation is still going on. does this open the door to pilot error? we spoke, erin, to a few pilots when we just got this information a short time ago. the pilots we spoke to say it is too early to know for sure why the plane landed this way but they say it does suggest human error could have played a role. here s what we do know. this plane landed nose gear first. then the main gear. but in a successful landing. it is supposed to be maybe gear and then the nose gear. that s because the nose gear is