take off last night, both jets were on a taxiway when the wing of a delta 767 clipped the tail of a regional jet. jim armstrong of our boston station wbz reports. worst experience of my life. i will never fly delta again. reporter: this early evening collision shaking up passengers on two different flights, one a huge 767 bound for amsterdam and the smaller commuter plane headed to raleigh-durham, north carolina. we were on our way from washington to raleigh, and taxiing to take off and the plane clipped our plane. reporter: how did everybody on board handle it? fine, calm, uneventful. it was a nonevent until we figured out that we d lost the wing and our flight, to amsterdam. reporter: passengers on both planes described hearing a loud bang and then feeling a bump, some saying it was almost as if they d hit a pothole on the runway. it was a really big shock. just a really big shock. there was a lot of texting, no, there was no screaming. there was some curs
investigating the incident at boston s logan international airport. the two jets were preparing to take off last night, both jets were on a taxiway when the wing of a delta 767 clipped the tail of a regional jet. jim armstrong of our boston station wbz reports. worst experience of my life. i will never fly delta again. reporter: this early evening collision shaking up passengers on two different flights, one a huge 767 bound for amsterdam and the smaller commuter plane headed to raleigh-durham, north carolina. we were on our way from washington to raleigh, and taxiing to take off and the plane clipped our plane. reporter: how did everybody on board handle it? fine, calm, uneventful. it was a nonevent until we figured out that we d lost the wing and our flight, to amsterdam. reporter: passengers on both planes described hearing a loud bang and then feeling a bump, some saying it was almost as if they d hit a pothole on the runway. it was a really big shock. jus
we see in this fire is exactly what we see in any fire across new mexico. reporter: environmental officials are taking no chances. they are deploying dozens of air monitors all over this state. and the feds have flown in a plane that takes instant radiation samples. some are worried not just about the barrels o of nuclear waste stored at the lab two, one. reporter: but what s in the canyons that surround the sprawling complex. so-called legacycy contaminatio. from nuclear tests dating back to the 1940s. the trees have grown up during that time frame. and the soils could alsoo be contaminated. if theheget heated and that stuff goes airborne then we are concerned about that. reporter: the canyons were dumping grounds for radioactive material decades ago but are now open to the public and considered safe. still, a nuclear scientist armed with a geiger counter made this youtube video in one of those canyons. there is no shortage of metal, no shortage of radioactivit
they are deploying dozens of air monitors all over this state. and the feds have flown in a plane that takes instant radiation samples. some are worried not just about the barrels o of nuclear waste stored at the lab two, one. reporter: but what s in the canyons that surround the sprawling complex. so-called legacycy contaminatio. from nuclear tests dating back to the 1940s. the trees have grown up during that time frame. and the soils could alsoo be contaminated. if theheget heated and that stuff goes airborne then we are concerned about that. reporter: the canyons were dumping grounds for radioactive material decades ago but are now open to the public and considered safe. still, a nuclear scientist armed with a geiger counter made this youtube video in one of those canyons. there is no shortage of metal, no shortage of radioactivity. reporter: much of this area burned back in 2000, and no higher levels of radiation were detected then. everyone here is hoping t
block of oak cliff view avenue. three of his friends were also shot but are expected to recover. baltimore city police continued their search for a pair of gunmen. we will have more on this story on 11 news at 5:00 and 6:00. defense secretary robert gates wrapped up his commencement address to the naval academy class of 2011. the speech was one of his last as defense secretary. we go live to annapolis with more. good afternoon. welcome to a very happy crowd at the naval marine corps stadium. where the talent of a graduation ceremony which started two hours ago. they are handed out the diplomas to the newly commissioned naval at the stars and marine corps lieutenant. the navy and marine corps make of that vast majority of the approximately 1006 total graduates today. many of the graduates i spoke with earlier are glad they made it this far. there also glad to be graduating class when navy seals killed osama bin laden. it was interesting because we all remember september 11