for joining us. and secretary thanks for having me. as pete just laid out, what just happened in this near collision in austin, a similar thing happened in jfk. safety is supposed to be, you know, the crown jewel of the u.s. air transportation system. what s being done to prevent these things from happening? and as you heard pete say, there s not a recommendation that the cockpit voice recorders be left open basically for 24 hours. is that going to happen, in your view? so, it s certainly something that i m asking faa to look at, especially knowing that the technologies have evolved since that cockpit voice recorder first became something that was required and standardized on aircraft. both we and the ntsb need good data to be able to understand what is happening in these situations. and piece together sometimes
the invasion began. at the economic forum in swits lan, olena zelenska was scene holding back tears when she learned of the crash. her husband president zelenskyy later addressed the conference by a video link. hours ago, a tragedy happened near kyiv. and late, a minute of silence. we don t know what caused the crash yet. the security service has now been brought in. and is investigating everything from possible mechanical failure to sabotage, norah? o donnell: debra patta, thank you very much. there are new developments in that tragic nepal plane crash. the u.s. state department revealed today there were two u.s. citizens and two legal permanent residents among the 72 people killed in the crash on the weekend. investigators have recovered both the flight data and the cockpit voice recorders from the yeti airlines passenger plane in what is nepal s worst air
currently holding short of 3-1 left. reporter: brian healy on that delta flight. i don t think anyone knew quite how close a call it was. reporter: the delta flight was traveling to the dominican republic with 145 passengers on board. it went back to the gate and awaited instructions. but somehow, the american flight with 137 passengers on board took off to london just 20 minutes later. with the delta airplane, they did a high speed abort and so following that, the mechanics need to do a very detailed inspex. with the american airplane, it didn t do the high speed abort, therefore, there was no damage or inspection needed of that airplane, so it could continue on. reporter: because cockpit voice recorders only save two hours of audio, the pilots discussion during this critical moment was lost. clearly, it would be nice to have the other additional cvr from the american aircraft, but there s no requirement right then and there to pull the
brutal domestic policies. due to the sight of drones from iran to russia and going on in iran i think that the iranians will never that enthusiastic to go back to the jcpoa. if iran continues to build nuclear program as expected it may be the least of its worries. u.s. ally israel has planned to launch a widespread attack unless the islamic republic changes course. bret? bret: trey yingst in our mideast bureau. document scandal and what s going to happen next perhaps. first, beyond our borders tonight. search teams retrieved the flight data and cockpit voice recorders from the passenger plane that plummeted on a gorge airport new foothills of the himalayas. nepal s deadliest plane crash in years. at least 69 of the 72 people aboard were killed.
believe ukraine can win. they need to provide long-range precision items that will make crimea not a sanctuary for russians who can sit back and watch missiles against civilian targets. we have to talk in terms of winning not just helping ukraine recover territory. thank you for your time. nepal is observing a day of memorial today after a plane crash in the himalayans. at least 69 people were killed. search teams recovered the flight data and cockpit voice recorders from the crash site earlier today. officials are still not saying what caused the crash. what are they saying this morning? yeah, it s early on in this investigation, of course, but those two recorders, the flight