stable. they also say a light sheen was again visible on the water today but that it quickly dissipated. researchers have uncovered a disturbing vulnerability for the shipping industry instead of using guns, computers and internet connections. john roberts is live in atlanta. john? shep, every day in cars, ships and planes we rely on g.p.s. systems to guide us from place to place safely and efficiently. what happens if that technology is used against us? on the crystal blue waters of the mediterranean something is happening. spoofer researchers from the university of texas are taking control of this 80-million-dollar super yacht. we interjected our spoofing signals into its g.p.s. antennas and we re basically able to control its navigation system with our spoofing signals. in fact, they were able to turn the ship left or right take it way off
after workers hit an unexpected pocket of gas. everyone was evacuated safely, thank goodness. officials say the only contamination so far has been a light sheen that appeared to quickly dissipate. it s unclear just how the crews plan to secure that well. and back to our top story that train crash in spain. i mean it s just unbelievable when you see the pictures, horrible accident caught on video, by a surveillance camera you can see just how it flies off the tracks. unbelievable. the car behind the lead car seems to go off first. officials say now that 80 people have been killed in this accident. 140 or so injured. one of our ireporter was near the scene of the crash when it happened. the smoke coming from the wreckage, the train lying on its side, the first locomotive that we see there on fire, some of the carriages split in two, just
time to take a look at the morning papers as we take a live look at new york city. we ll start with the the new york times. an iraqi arm of al qaeda is taking responsibility for the attack on abu ghraib prison that freed hundreds of militants on sunday. they have not confirmed the number of prisoners freed, but officials in washington put it between 500 and 600. joe? for the parade of papers, the times picayune, a fire has started in an offshore drilling platform in the gulf of mexico, where just a few hours ago, 44 workers were evacuated. the crew was working on a platform 35 miles off the coast of louisiana, when the well suffered a blowout. according to officials, a flyover revealed a light sheen of gas a half mile long leaking from the platform. usa today, federal
not an all clear. government scientists figure about 52 million gallons of oil are still in the water, on or just below the surface as a light sheen and weathered tar balls. the national oceanic and atmospheric administration says the stats could be off by 10%. outside scientists are also uncomfortable with such precise percentages. along the coast, still struggling residents worry the federal government will pick up and go home. up next, we ll ask admiral thad allen to add this all up and tell us what it means for the people of the gulf.