said one of the wheels fell off during takeoff. he spent two hours circling the field burning off as much of its fuel as possible. this plane called a tail dragger, puts most of the wait on the front gear. when it hit there the plane nose dived and lifted up. the pilot was not hurt and walked away without a scratch. jenna: speaking of plane crashes like a metaphor in politics. enough plane crashes today. terrifying moments for a convenience store clerk in oregon who found himself staring the down the barrel of a gun during a robbery and it was all caught on tape this was early saturday in portland, oregon. surveillance video shows the clerk trying to hide behind the counter when the gunman walks over to demand the cash. worker fills the bag and the suspect takes off. i immediately just went into anxiety attack. adrenaline was so high, i never had adrenaline quite that bad. jenna: no one was hurt in the robbery but he says he
the dominican republic. soon after take-off, the plane encounters turbulence. it rolls, pitches, and suddenly the tail snaps off. the plane nose dives into a residential area in queens, new york. all the people on that airplane went for a harrowing ride in the last minute of flight going into the ground. all 260 people on board are killed as well as five people on the ground, leaving investigators wondering how and why the tail would snap off an airplane. november 12, 2001, it is a bright sunny fall morning as american airlines flight 587 climbs into the sky. in the cockpit are two experienced pilots. co-pilot stan molen and captain ed states. he loved to get in the airplane.
airlines disclose who is actually operating their flights so that no longer could people buy a ticket on colgan without knowing. so this legislation is very significant. the companies let them down a lot. they didn t give them the tools they needed is what it came down to. you had two relatively inexperienced pilots. it s a fact of life. eight years earlier there was another air disaster over new york also caused by human error. an airs but a-300 takes off from jfk airport to santo domingo in the dominican republic. soon after take off the plane encounters turbulence. it rolls, pitches, and suddenly the tail snaps off. the plane nose dives into a residential area in queens new york. all the people on that airplane went for a harrowing ride in the last minute of
provisions. they would require the faa to get much more tough on pilot fatigue. they would require that the airlines disclose who is actually operating their flights so that no longer could people buy a ticket on colgan without knowing. so this legislation is very significant. the companies let them down a lot. they didn t give them the tools they needed is what it came down to. you had two relatively inexperienced pilots. it s a fact of life. eight years earlier there was another air disaster over new york also caused by human error. an air bus a 300 takes off from jfk airport to the dominican republic. soon after take off the plane encounters turbulence. it rolls, pitches, and suddenly the tail snaps off. the plane nose dives into a residential area in queens new york.
knowing. so this legislation is very significant. the companies let them down a lot. they didn t give them the tools they needed is what it came down to. you had two relatively inexperienced pilots. it s a fact of life. eight years earlier there was another air disaster over new york also caused by human error. an air bus a 300 takes off from jfk airport to the dominican republic. soon after take off the plane encounters turbulence. it rolls, pitches, and suddenly the tail snaps off. the plane nose dives into a residential area in queens new york. all the people on that airplane went for a harrowing ride in the last minute of flight going into the ground. all 260 people on board are killed as well as five people on