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Good evening. i m erin burnett. we begin with the developing story. new details on the ups cargo plane that crashed near the birmingham airport. we know the plane broke to pieces, as you can see. it was an inferno. both pilots on board lost their lives and officials have not yet been able to recover the plane s black box. at this hour that wreckage is still burning. what is the latest on the ground that you know? reporter: the people living around this airport have gotten used to living with jet noise. what woke them up this morning is something they will never forget. the broken and burnt wreckage of the cargo plane sits in an open field a half mile from a neighborhood. nearby broken trees and power lines show how close the jet came to killing people in their ....
We begin with the developing story. new details on the ups cargo plane that crashed near the birmingham airport. we know the plane broke to pieces, as you can see. it was an inferno. both pilots on board lost their lives and officials have not yet been able to recover the plane s black box. at this hour that wreckage is still burning. what is the latest on the ground that you know? reporter: the people living around this airport have gotten used to living with jet noise. what woke them up this morning is something they will never forget. the broken and burnt wreckage of the cargo plane sits in an open field a half mile from a neighborhood. nearby broken trees and power lines show how close the jet came to killing people in their homes. i am grateful that it did not ....
I need the closest airport possible. he s maybe two or three miles closer to dade collier, but at his rate of speed and altitude, he can easily make miami, and miami has services. we have fire equipment. there s medical. collier is out in the everglades and there s nothing there. walton little is fishing in the everglades and can see that something is going very wrong for flight 592. when i hear the loud jet noise, i look to my left shoulder. i see a large aircraft, unusually low to the ground. we re like, okay. this is probably going to be a crash on the airport now. i realize that the bank angle is getting steeper and steeper, and actually approaches and exceeds 90 degrees such that it s rolling over on its back. when the plane banks at that angle, the wings can t provide enough lift, causing the plane to lose altitude. ....
Says, i need the nearest air strip. i need the closest airport possible. he s maybe two or three miles closer to dade collier, but at his rate of speed and altitude, he can easily make miami, and miami has services. we have fire equipment. there s medical. collier is out in the everglades and there s nothing there. walton little is fishing in the everglades and can see that something is going very wrong for flight 592. when i hear the loud jet noise, i look to my left shoulder. i see a large aircraft, unusually low to the ground. we re like, okay. this is probably going to be a crash on the airport now. i realize that the bank angle is getting steeper and steeper, and actually approaches and exceeds 90 degrees such that it s rolling over on its back. when the plane banks at that angle, the wings can t provide ....
Our live interview and thanks to our partner station. a witness that saw debris blow through his backdoor and blew out the backdoor. he saw the pilot dangling from the house. sir, what a day. yes, it actually is my birthday. shep: it s my understanding, this doesn t happen every day? no, not at all. we had hear the jet noise everyday but this is totally different. you don t expect this. shep: i m sure you were hearing your local channel 10 of the people that were injured all seem to be pretty well. it my understanding that you have questions whether there are people left in the building? i m sure there were people in the building at the time. it crashed directly into the complex. shep: describe it going down. i know you are a former member of the military and while we re ....