that's right - - with a cabin full of what several called "fog like smoke" - - passengers tell me - - they quickly began to panic. sitting on the tarmac - - there is nothing visibley wrong passengers - they will tell you something was wrong even before take off "and then we heard an awful noise. so we are all like, i flight - -smoke filled the plane - - smelling of burning plastic - - and the floor became extremely hot. "we heard this terrible noise that was ongoing. so we were really, all of us were crying scanner " going out to the airport, we've got envoy 3047with smoke in the cockpit and 43 hundred pounds of fuel on for many on bored when the plane landed safely after a nearly 4 hour wait - - most passengers left on "my anxiety is really high right now. i would rather skip it. i could cry. near death experience, that is ok." the waterloo airport director round and is full trained to handle fires. however they do rely on waterloo fire for extra support. we've got you covered live in waterloo . . .jessica hartman kwwl news. stop in waterloo - - the passengers got a taste of the cedar valley during their long delay when the waterloo convention and visitors bureau dropped off scratch cupcakes. warmer temperatures ahead -- but with some wind -- let's go to storm track seven chief meteorologist mark schnackenberg now who's tracking it all. from the kwwl stormtrack information. here is additional forecast information from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team: the wind settles down slightly thursddy with gusts to near 50 mph. the clouds clear tonight as temperatures drop into the 30s and 40s by morning. north and low 60s suth. the wind gradually diminishes after relatively light wind this weekend with above normal remains windy. the wind friday temperatures will get people thinking spring. an iowa man dies after falling from a cellphone tower, the hamilton county sheriff's office says 28- year-old stefan watermann, of anamosa, fell while working at a construction site near esworth. the death is under investigation. one person is injured after two semi trucks collide. it happened on highway 63 between 110th and 130th streets in chickasaw county. authorities say one of the trucks lost control, crossed the center line and struck the other. the extent of the victim's injuries is not know. an iowa man who assaulted a to nearly 12 years in prison. 41-year-old howard sawyer, of iowa city, pleading guilty to charges. prosecutors say he was in a federal prison in tucson, arizona for failure to register as a sex offender. when told about his housing reassignment request being denied -- he punched an officer in his eye. authorities say the officer suffered permanent vision impairment in the incident last february. a new bill working its way through the iowa legislature would require iowa high schools to provide a certified athletic trainer or health care professional at all varsity home games for what they're calling "collision sports" those sports include football, wrestling and soccer. while some larger schools already have an athletic trainer on hand -- many schools would have to get one for these home games. it could cost a school 25-hundred to five-thousand dollars a year -- but could potentially be life decision 2016 coverage -- hillary clinton leads senator bernie sanders nationally by double digits -- according to a new nbc - wall street journal poll. the poll shows clinton with 53 percent of democratic primary voters -- sanders at 42. but that 11- percent lead is down from her 25- percent edge just last month. the two also going head to head in tonight's town hall in nevada -- ahead of the upcoming democratic caucus on saturday. fracking--the highly controversial form of harvesting natural gas and oil here in america--has made this country one of the major players in the world in terms of oil production. and a big fight over one of the main components needed to complete that process-frac sand--is playing out right here in eastern iowa. iowa's only frac sand mine, pattison sand company, is looking to expand their operations in clayton county, but face stiff resistance from a number of people living near the exisiting mine. tonight, kwwl's brad hanson digs deeper to nd out why it's an odd sound outside nature haven farms north of guttenberg--silence. vic and kay vifian say it's something not often afforded since pattison sand company moved in. "bluffs are being destroyed, habitat is also destroyed." now they're worried things could get worse--pattison is now asking clayton county to rezone more than 700 acres of property, so they can continue mining into the forseeable future. but to understand why they want to expand, it's impootant to find out who they re, and what they do. pattison sand company began mining silica sand in 2007. that sand is perfectly round, and is used to prop open shale in fracking operations. water, sand and some chemicals are pumped into shale formations, and oil and natural gas are extracted. the fracking industry and has created tens of part of the world to say no to." but it's not without it's the process can do a lot of damage, including gil gutknecht, a spokesperson for pattison, says those fears are exaggerated. "we all benefit. i mean, gasoline at the local pump here is a dollar 62 cents. a big gasoline is so cheap today and is because of this new technology called hydraulic fracturing." back at pattison, they're working to mine much of the st. peter sandstone that sits below the quiet farmlands of clayton county. reserves of this sand strech across much of the region. they're hoping to rezone a large chunk of land here to keep them in business for anywhere from five to fourty five years from now. it's brings tens of millions of dollars into clayton county. "we have to invest enormous more property." but they're being met with stiff resistance from the vifians and and water quality, to noise and the changing face of the landscape. "we just feel that frac sand being destroyed, habitat is also destroyed." and although pattison's request is only for underground mining, a leave the area vulnerable to other development down the road. "we rezone the land to heavy industrial, can somebody else, something on top of the surface the county has now put together a five person committee to answer many of the questions brought up pull studies that have already been done on many months. the vifians are hopeful the committee will come up with recommendation for t te board that will address many of their follow. "this environment, this beautiful landscape, isn't here just for our lifespan, but our children and our grandchildren down the still many unanswered questions tonight as the county moves forward with this committee to research the potential impact of expansion in clayton county. if the request is denied, the county says pattison woulul probably stay in business for the next few years anyway. they also say pattison would be expansion, which pattison says wouldn't take place for another ten years or so anyway. coming up on kwwl... a teenager critically injured after a crash landing into the water.. plus... a school bus goes up in flames just hours after getting out of the mechanics. here's a live look at the storm track 7 live doppler radar....storm track seven's chief meteorologist mark schnackenberg has your full forecast, coming up... "now your storm track 7 forecast on kwwl." from the kwwl stormtrack wind settles down slightly what's all this nonsense about balls? pink balls, blue, yellow, red. it's hard to keep the whole thing straight. and all these so-called deals? well, they come with a lot of deal breakers. like when you leave the city u.s. cellular built a network to give you a stronger signal where the other guys don't. and as for deals? how's $300 back for every line you switch? $300! no ball nonsense. get $300 per line and a stronger signal, wind pushes friday afternoon temperatures into the upper 40s north and low 60s south. the wind gradually diminishes after midnight friday night. a latively light wind this weekend with above normal temperatures will get people thinking spring.the wind settles down slightly overnight, but remains windy. the wind friday is stronger than thursday with gusts to near 50 mph. the clouds clear tonight as temperatures drop into the 30s and 40s by morning. sunshine and a strong wind pushes friday afternoon temperatures into the upper 40s north and low 60s south. the wind gradually diminishes after midnight friday night. a relatively light wind this weekend with above normal temperatures will ge people thinking spring.the wind settles down slightly overnight, but remains windy. the wind friday is stronger than thursday with gusts to near 50 mph. the clouds clear tonight as temperatures drop into the 30s and 40s by morning. sunshine afternoon temperatures into the upper 40s north and low 60s south. the wind gradually diminishes after midnight friday night. a relatively light wind this weekend with above normal temperatures will get people thinking spring.the wind settles down slightly overnight, but remains windy. the wind friday is stronger than thursday with gusts to near 50 mph. the clouds clear tonight as temperatures drop into the 30s and 40s by morning. sunshine and a strong wind pushes friday afternoon temperatures into the upper 40s north and low 60s south. the wind gradually diminishes after midnight friday night. a relatively light wind this weekend with above normal temperatures will get people thinking spring.the wind settles down slightly overnight, but remains windy. the wind friday is stronger than thursday with gusts to near 50 mph. the clouds clear tonight as temperatures drop into the 30s and 40s by morning. sunshine and a strong wind pushes friday afternoon temperatures 60s south. the wind gradually diminishes after midnight friday night. a relatively light wind this weekend with above normal temperatures will get people thinking spring.the wind settles down slightly overnight, but remains windy. the wind friday gusts to near 50 mph. the clouds clear tonight as temperatures drop into the 30s and 40s by morning. sunshine and a strong wind pushes friday afternoon temperatures into the upper 40s north and low 60s south. the wind gradually diminishes after midnight friday night. a relatively light wind this weekend with above normal temperatures will get people thinking spring.the wind settles down slightly overnight, but remains windy. the wind friday is stronger than thursday with drop into the 30s and 40s by drop into the 30s and 40s by midnight friday night. a midnight friday night. a thinking spring. coming up on kwwl... police chief's job after allegedly making lewd images while on duty.. you're watching kwwl. we've got you covered in williamsburg, stanwood, urbana and all of eastern iowa we're excited about february. all our handcrafted classic footlongs are just $6 each. $6 for a footlong is big news. sub-pocalypse 2016 - where foot traffic for delicious subs is putting tremendous pressure on sidewalks... enjoy all of our classic footlongs for just $6 each. question after current and former offensive pictures while on duty. protestors walking the streets of denison -- calling for police chief john emswiler's job. he was written up for the alleged racial and pornographic images apparently ohis computer. the mayor says the city used correct protocol in disciplining emswiler -- but one current officer says it wasn't enough. ray ohl, denison police officer "he's got pictures on there that and he'll photoshop their heads on different stuff." bradley wendt, denison police officer "it's hard enough to come forward with something about your boss and risk your career, let alone not having something done about it," ohl says the alleged pictures started back in 2002. so far, chief emswiler has declined to comment on the allegations. a teenager is in critical condition after a helicopter cras lands to wattr. take a look at the crash here in the waters of pearl harbor. all five people on board were to the hospital -- including the critically injured 16-year-old boy. no word on what caused the crash landing. a school bus goes up in flames just moments after the driver and students get off of it. take a look at the fire here in alabama. the driver saw smoke coming from the front of the bus --and quickly got everyone out safely. those involved say they're thankful everyone is ok. sharon martin/witness: throug the engine, and then the whole bus engulfed in flames." bus and we went over there and then the whole front of the bus caught on fire, and then eventually the rest of the bus caught on fire." some are questioning the school's transportation policies -- saying the bus was picked up from mechanics just hours before it caught fire. meanwhile -- crews say the fire started in the engine. coming up next... state wrestling coming up. zach "now, kwwl sports, presented by your local toyota dealer." one of the traditional state wrestling tournament in des moines our own mark woodley has day one down here in des moines is in the books - and the night with a few monster performances -- south tama - making a bid for 113 - while isaac judge - a bit more decisive - with the first period pin - the trojans won 5 of their 6 first round matches - new hampton making a run as well - ryan gorman needed just one takedown for a 3-1 decision at 152 - while noah fye - ended his 113 pound match in the first period - fye who fell in the semis last year - says that match has pushed him along - actually, up until this match i see it every time i look at my urbana's brock rathbun's quest for a second straight title started with a 2nd period tech fall at 126 - union's derek holschlag - a quick one at 195 where aplington-parkersbsbrg's shane poppens rolled in just 46 seconds - denver-tripoli went 3-1 in the first round - which included at 8, nothing major decision from pounder riley wright - independence put a pair in the quarters - jake juhl - one of them with a 9-2 decision at 160 - while a runner-up last year - nick baumler of new hampton moved a step closer - getting that tekedown en route to a pin at 182 - as he hopes to avoid disappointment on finals night i thought it about it every day since it happened and it's really pushing me to get the title this year. and zach - when you look at the team race - it's still bunched up at the top - and as the weekend moves on - - in des moines - mark woodley - kwwl news -- in total team scores class 1a alburnett in the top spot with 20.5 points you can see lisbon and don bosco real close to each other and dson rounding out the top five of the in class 2a new hampton is in second place with 18.5 just a half point behind creston crestwood the top 15 with 10 team points and in class 3a cedar rapids prairie third right now with 19.5 points waverly shell rock just a point and a half back in sixth place hempstead and priaire bothh sitting inside the top ten and western dubuque inside the top 15 with 12 points onto high school basketball in class 2a district 6 dike new-hartford taking on the new hampton chickasaws.... dike new hartford started hot in this one and rolled 76-34 the opening act in class 1-a district 6 had east buchanan taking on edgewood colesburg and this was a great game it took two overtimes to decide and in the end edgewood- colesburg just edges out east buchanan 51-49. in the nightcap out in jesup the j-hawks taking on kee high and this one was a roll on this one 81-37 thanks rick. what's all this nonsense about balls? pink balls, blue, yellow, red. it's hard to keep the whole thing straight. and all these so-called deals? well, they come with a lot of deal breakers. like when you leave the city the signal goes weak. u.s. cellular built a network to give you a stronger signal where the other guys don't. and as for deals? how's $300 back for every line you switch? $300! no ball nonsense. get $300 per line and a stronger signal, in the middle of anywhere. pet moments are beautiful, unless you have allergies. then your eyes may see it differently. only flonase is approved to relieve both itchy, watery eyes and congestion. no other nasal allergy spray can say that. when we breathe in allergens our bodies react by over producing six key inflammatory substances that cause our symptoms. most allergy pills only control one substance. and six is greater than one. complete allergy relief or incomplete. let your eyes decide. flonase. 6>1 changes everything. tonight -- the decorah eagles with their the raptor resource project posting on their twitter account that the egg was laid just before 8:30 tonight. and here's a look at the nest now. the mother resting up after laying that first egg. storm track seven chief meteorologist mark schnackenberg has a final look at your forecast. 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