sitting on the same runway, crushing the smaller plane completely. the window next to me started melting. in the early evening of february 1, 1991, sky west flight 5569, a turbo prop carrying ten passengers and two crew members, taxis towards an intersection of runway 2-4 left. intersection departures, particularly for a turboprop, was a means to make their flight more effective, and they could get off the ground faster. at 6:04 p.m., an air traffic controller clears sky west on to the runway, but advises the plane to hold its position. and at that point is where one of the big causes of this accident sequence occur. she does not immediately clear them for takeoff. there s a delay. every second that goes by, there
control that they are waiting for instructions. these types of procedures were completely capable of being done before the accident. this was a totally preventable accident. across the country and nearly two decades later, another crash caused by human error. continental connection flight 3407 nears the buffalo airport for landing. the turbo prop suddenly pitches up, stalls, and goes into a series of terrifying rolls. the pilot fights to gain control, but the plane plummets 1,600 feet into a house. this aircraft was five miles out, and all of the sudden, we have no response from that aircraft. february 12, 2009, winter storms delay flight 3407 for two hours at newark international
the right rear exit. in all, 67 of the 89 passengers and crew make it out alive, but not everyone makes it through the exit doors. we took a position on the nose of the airplane, and we happened to see that the co-pilot of the plane was trying to get out of the window. i took the ladder, a small 12-foot ladder and put it up to the nose of the airplane. and i was able to take a few steps up and help the co-pilot out, pull him out and cradle him like a baby and bring him down and walk him with another fireman to safety. the captain and senior flight attendant are among the victims. i remember feeling just a lot of sorrow, that two of my crew members died, that so many passengers died. with the focus on the 737, few even know there s a crushed turbo prop underneath it. the small plane is twisted and mangled beyond recognition. there are no survivors. i did not know that we hit another aircraft until we were
i also want to get to him to see what his comment would be on this. patrick, are you there? yeah, i am. i ve actually flown the atm aircraft, i have several hundred hours in that aircraft, so i can attest to its reliability and sophistication. it s a turbo prop, propellor-driven aircraft, but it s a turbo prop. a sophisticated airplane. it has many of the same features that many larger jets have. i don t see the airplane itself as being an issue here, and i think it s also important to underscore that weather in and of itself, whether it s turbulence, clouds, rain, strong winds and so forth, weather in and of itself is not enough to bring a plane down. usually it s an error within the context of that bad weather, whether it s a crew error, air traffic controler, some combination of the two that is a result of the accident, not the weather itself. well, we know the plane was
i m mark shaw with america s news headquarters. they have found the wreckage of the airliner that disappeared earlier this morning. the aircraft, the turbo prop, discovered in the district of the papua province. they told authorities that there was a plane crash that they saw into a mountain. 54 people were on board the plane. bad weather is now forcing a search for survivors to be postponed until tomorrow. officials say the flight was a short one, just 45 minutes, when it lost contact with air traffic control. a pioneer who fought on the front lines for change has died. julian bond has passed away. the southern poverty law center confirming his death in florida following a brief illness. his movement in the 1960s made him an icahn. he was the long-time board