the plane skidded off a run way. it was landing saturday. that s the black sea you re looking at there. that s where it was headed. incredibly, turkey state media reports all 160 people, 168 on board, evacuated. no one hurt seriously. the incident is under investigation. i m talking slowly because i want you to be able to look at it. holy cow, can you believe if you were in there? unreal. that reminds me of the miracle on the hudson. that was a doozy for him to make that landing. imagine you start sliding, you pitch down. when you get out, you realize how close you were to the worst of fates. all okay. all right. the pentagon putting the finishing touches on a review of america s nuclear arsenal.
an airplane flying over the pacific has run out of fuel and is about to go down. it s a very dangerous scenario. it s called ditching in flight lingo. and in this precarious life-or-death situation, it is anybody s guess if the title, who is the only person on board, would survive. the flight brings back memories of the miracle on the hudson in january 2009, when a bird strike knocks out both engines on us airways flight 1549. amazingly, all 155 passengers and crew on board survive, but no one can guarantee an outcome as smooth as this textbook landing. friday, october 7th, 2011. the pilot of this cessna 310 twin-engine plane radios a distress call. he s just more than halfway through a 2,300-mile flight from monterey, california, to hilo airport on hawaii s big island,
victor? let s bring in mary schiavo. she is former inspector general at the department of transportation. good to have you with us. i want to start with putting this in some terms that a lot of us remember the story of the miracle on the hudson. if you have this flock of birds that took out that plane, both engines there, what kind of damage could this drone do? without a doubt, a drone would take out the jet engine. there is a limit to even what kind of a bird an engine can take. it can t take a goose or any kind of a large bird. the drones are tougher than the bird. it would take out the engine. the laws that are in place now do cover this. they covered it before anywhere around an airport, you cannot operate in the airport area of a major airport like jfk without air traffic control clearance. this particular drone operator broke more than one set of laws. many, many laws were broken here. i did some reading with the
enormous price pressure. and that to deliver a safe operation within those constraints is a challenge. but so far we ve maintained a strong regulatory regime here in europe. and it just shows the rarity of this ghastly event, shows how effective that s been. it s very early days in the first 24 hours of all of this. we just don t have the answers we need yesterday. our aviation expert joining us to provide insight. we appreciate that. thank you. still to come for you on cnn, we take a closer look at the history and safety record of the airbus a320. the same type of plane that crashed into the java sea last year. also known for the miracle on the hudson. hmm. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. everybody knows that parker. well. did you know auctioneers make bad grocery store clerks? that ll be $23.50. now .75, 23.75, hold em.
just .14 fatal accidents per takeoffs, per boeing but over the years there have been highly publicized accidents. last year air asia flight between indonesia and singapore lost contact on route. it fell into the java sea off the coast of indonesia and all 155 people on board were killed. in january of 2009 the miracle on the hudson, taking off from new york to charlotte, landed on the hudson when an aircraft struck a flock of bird and sully sullenberger landed on the hudson and we have the images of those who evacuated on the water. and then july 2007 a flight