moments before it was supposed to take off at ft. lauderdale hollywood international airport. more than a dozen people were hospitalized after that frantic evacuation. the faa says the pilot who was taxiing behind flight 405 reported fuel leaking from the plane before it caught fire. the u.s. military launching four u.s. fighter jets to intercept a pair of russian military planes over the pacific ocean. navy officials saying the russian planes got too close to the uss ronald reagan tuesday, coming within one nautical mile and did not respond when contacted. it is standard operating procedure to escort planes flying near american warships. a student is getting a year in jail and three years probation for sexual assault. a judge in new hampshire sensing 20-year-old owen thursday for his role in what students call a senior salute, luring under age classmates into having sex.
reporter: this morning, the airport is back open, both runways are in service today. and we are we do know they are expect something delays as it will take some time for things to get back to normal here. alisyn? that macs sense. thanks so much for all of that background. was this a disaster waiting to happen? let s bring in miles o brien, cnn aviation analyst and science correspondent for pbs news. miles, great to see you. what s the latest thinking this morning about what caused this? well, it s a little bit early. whether that fluid was fuel or oil is probably kind of important. it could have been a scenario where the engine basically disintegrated and that caused, as the shrapnel came out of it, caused the fuel line to be cut. and that would, of course, cause a fire. or was it a fuel line problem initially that caused the fire? these are the details that the ntsb will be looking into.
if we just saw the fire. people started freaking out. you open the door. let the chute out. the chute opened to the sides where the flames were. what happened? how are you feeling? screams and people crying. i didn t know how to react. it is not about the big personalities on the stage. it is not about performance. it is about leadership. what s turned into is a gotcha. that s silly. we re going to run for president aggressively. who won the debate? this is new day, with chris cuomo, alisyn camerota and michaela pereira. some extra michaela hair on the side for the elvis side burns. i ve been collecting it in a bag for when the eventual happens. i m going to to get it stitched in. breaking news.
let s get to alina machado live at ft. lauderdale hollywood international airport. she has the latest. what do we know now. reporter: there are still a lot of questions surrounding this incident. the investigation into what went wrong here is still in the very early stages. what we do know this incident unfolded very quickly and that authorities say they re just thankful this did not turn into a disaster. terrifying video capturing flames and smoke shooting out of dynamic air flight 405, just before takeoff. passengers to forced to escape the burning plane down evacuation chutes. i heard a loud bang, turned around, saw the lights. saw flames, ran to the front of the aircraft. we just saw the fire. people started freaking out. screams and people crying and i didn t know how to react. now, ntsb investigators trying to determine why the boeing 767 s left engine began
he must register as a sex offender and he s going to appeal the conviction. surveillance video of what is being called one of the bloodiest afternoons in the history of american motorcycle clubs. the clubs opened fire on one another in a restaurant in waco, texas. nine people were killed. so far, no one has been changed. ed lavandera joins us. reporter: a lot has been said about this shootout that happened back in may. the showdown was like the gun fight at the o.k. coral. you don t have to hear the eruption of gunfire to feel the chaos, the moment rival motorcycle clubs unleash a deadly melee. these videos take you inside the twin peaks restaurant in the waco, texas, where nine bikers were killed and the parking lot