we've heard from the ntsb. sounds like they have people overnight as they are gathering as much information as they can. >> reporter: yeah. you can see that there is actually a switchout of engines here. the they will be there overnight. they have no intention of moving it at least the next few hours or so but the ntsb said the engine failed, the pilot lost power. that is something we heard from people who heard the engine fail. from the ground. they could hear it. here's what one witness told us. >> planes don't crash all the time. i think the last one was about 5 years ago. that crash almost right outside the house on the golf course as well. but you hear them quite often. the engines go out a little bit but typically they, you know, they come back on and everything is okay. but you're thinking, oh, maybe today is another one that goes down like today. >> reporter: when you heard, tell me specifically, what did you hear? >> the engine come out but we hear that all the time. that's not special. typically the e

with that, i would like to bring up a representative of the ntsb. >> good afternoon. my name is patrick jones. i'm an investigator with the national transportation safety board. the first most important thing is that we have had injuries and we hope that the family and the pilot all recover in a rapid period of time. approximately 14:20 this afternoon, there was a ryan vintage aircraft taking off from santa monica. the pilot reported a loss of engine power and was attempting to return to the runway. it appears that he clipped the top of a tree and came to rest on the golf course. as the chief said, there was only one person on board who was treated by witnesses and transported forward to the hospital. at this time, the ntsb has started an investigation with the faa in attendance, and our goal is to, tonight, to do some on-scene documentation. we will ultimately recover the aircraft tomorrow morning to a local facility and continue the investigation. and our process is kind of a slow process, and i'm sure that there's going to be some questions about what caused this a

i spoke with the ntsb. richard hit it on the head there. officially the bea, the french equivalent of the ntsb will be leading this investigation for all the reasons he late out but, still, now that we know two americans were on board the ntsb says they are paying close attention. they will have access to any information they are curious about or want to know about because they do have this increased interest. as far as the avionics there may be we don't know all the details of what may have been manufactured by u.s. companies at this point but that too, raises the interest level for the ntsb. officially they will not be leading the investigation and as of right now as i speak to you they tell me they are not physically sending someone there, they are monitoring from here. that said their posture is here that the moment that the bea says they need any sort of assistance they're there and ready to go. >> i was going to ask you, richard, too many -- >> just to pause there. i see pictures that's lacroix, the gentleman with the beard who has jo

peter, you did investigations for the ntsb. tell us what investigators are doing now. >> well they're freezing all the records on this aircraft. they want to go back and look at all the maintenance records. they're reviewing the airworthiness records that the government and faa and other regulatory agencies have issued. these are advisories required maintenance activities required inspections that have to take place to make sure all of those have been done. they're looking at the crew background they're looking at who's on the plane but there is extensive behind the scenes activities taking place now prior to even the first piece of wreckage being removed. >> so when the helicopters managed to get to this crash site mary do they collect evidence or do they search for survivors, for victims? what happens? >> their first priority at this point would be to search for survivors. that's always the first priority and i know the bea does it the same as the ntsb and the u.s. authorities. first priority is any rescue that's possible. so

jones, i'm an investigator with the ntsb. the first and most important thing is that we have had injuries and we hope that the family and pilot all recover in a rapid period of time. approximately 14:20 this afternoon, there was a ryan aircraft, a vintage aircraft taking off from santa monica. the pilot reported a loss of engine power and was attempting to return to the runway. it appears that he clipped the top of a tree and came to rest on the golf course. as the chief said there was only one person on board who was treat ed treated by witnesses, and transported to the hospital. at this time, the ntsb has started an investigation with the faa in attendance and our goal is to, tonight, is do some on scene documentation. we will ultimately recover the aircraft tomorrow morning. to a local facility, and continue the investigation. and our process is kind of a slow process. and i'm sure that there is going to be some questions about what caused this, and what is that and if we solved it. at this point in time, it is the very be

two things investigated -- this is the different roles of the innocent ntsb and the faa. ntsb will look at the proximate cause or the last thing that could have prevented the accident before it happened and that most likely fall on the pilot because the pilot is the one that makes the decision as to whether he wants to accept the conditions at the one erunway or not. the faa has nine responsibilities within those is one of did the proper procedure, procedure procedures followed in order to buy the airport and port authority whether they cleared the runway properly and if they did or didn't did they report those conditions back to the air traffic controllers or give to the pilots properly? so those are the two main focuses of the ntsb and faa at this time. >> can this plane be repaired? we see some significant structural damage to this md-88. >> i do not think it will be. typically, aircraft that go through accidents like this there is a number of reasons not to repair the aircraft. number one, the parts that are on the aircraft are probably more aircraft than the aircraft

we know that the ntsb is on its way to laguardia right now. hopefull what anthony just was talking about, the nose wheel. is that something that you might agree with looking at these images? >> well, he's the pilot, i'm not. let me just say if there's any good news in an accident that when the ntsb gets there, we will be able to retrieve very quickly the data recorders, the flight data recorders, the voice recorder. they will tell us what was happening both in the cockpit and with the plane in terms of issues like braking speed and other kinds of mechanical issues. as others have said tom costello and others you've talked to they will start the process. we have pilots who will be interviewed, both those flying the plane and those who were landing before the accident. we will be able to interview the ground crew who's responsible for taking care of the runway. they'll talk to passengers everybody else who was involved, and they'll look very carefully at the tires, whether it's the front tire or any of the other tires on that aircraft as well as

. >> and the ntsb will speak to the incident itself and that will be from that end. at approximately 2:30 p.m., the los angeles fire department received a 911 phone call of a plane crash. paramedics arrived on scene and found a single engine plane that had crashed and had one man, 70 years old, single occupant plane. on scene were the resources from the santa monica fire department. the police department, the ntsb, nta, and others. they rendered first aid to the person. he had injuries and they were able to initiate ware, spinal mobilization, and transport him to a local hospital where he was in moderate condition. there was no fire. we checked for hazards and there was a small debris field where the plane landed. other than that the fire department and resources will maintain here throughout the night and assist with the other agencies involves. again, our resources arrived on scene and transported the man to the hospital and he is in moderate but stable condition at the time. now i would like to bring up the representative for the ntsb. >> i'm patrick jones, an inv

the protocol now, the faa and ntsb have this investigation. the ntsb has the lead. the port authority has cleared the scene. there are no longer any victims out there. there's no longer anybody out there that was a passenger or crew member on the plane. they've all been taken inside. they've transported a couple people to area hospitals just for a checkup. we're told the injuries are very minor. but i think that, you know, the bottom line of this is that berm served its purpose. it prevented a mass casualty emergency. and i would also say kudos to the port authority fire rescue teams who were there very quickly and who had just practiced responding to this kind of an incident. they've practiced it twice in the last three weeks. so they were at the top of their game, it would appear. and thankfully they were not having to go after a fire or anything of that nature. this ended about as well as it could given the situation. the last point i would make of course, is that because of the weather we're experiencing in the northeast, we already had mass cancellations and al

ntsb is on the scene. a couple of hundred feet a residential street a lot of cars and people. ford did the right thing, an aviation experts agree by coming down in this golf course where there weren't a lot of people or potential for injuries ford may have saved a lot of other folks from getting hurt. amazingly when he landed a couple of doctors were here playing golf and those are the first folks who came upon the crash scene of he was dazed by responsive. he is expected to make a full recovery. >> and one of those doctors, one of those witnesses who had just been golfing there, dr. sanjay carana this is what he had to say. >> there was fuel leaking and my first instinct was i'm a spine surgeon so i can kind of vouch for spinal stability issues and i did a brief examine, smelled the fuel didn't want it to ignite. i knew if it ignited it would be a very bad problem. we unbemted him and carefully extracted him as best as we can by immobilizing his spine and took him to the grass and laid him down. >> hallie, one of the things about this harrison ford an experienced aviator had

you heard ntsb mention the conversation with the air traffic control. i'm going to play this right now. listen. >> 178, engine failure immediate return. >> 178 runway 21 clear to land. >> ryan 178 runway three clear to land. >> unit three did you see that was was short of the runway -- >> now, for pilots who fly out of santa monica it's standard to use the golf course as an emergency go-to. it's literally right across the street plus you have houses on both sides of the golf course. not only did he set it down, he was able to nearly thread the needle between some trees. witnesses say he did glance off one tree and the landing gear kind of caught the grass and slammed the nose into the ground. harrison was seated in the back of the airplane and helped by two doctors who just happened to be playing golf rushed to ucla medical center where he's now in fair condition, megyn. he's been flying airplanes since the 1960s. >> trace thank you. back to you as the news warrants. >>> in the meantime we want to get back to tom fitton who is president of judicial watc

in a news conference this morning, ntsb investigators talked about how harrison ford avoided neighbors and went down on the course. >> when you take off from an airport and you need to land an aircraft, you have to pick the best spots that there are and this was apparently the best spot. >> amazing instincts. the actor, who is in the hospital today, his son tweeted late yesterday that his dad is battered but okay. >> look at he's gliding in right here. i hope he's going to make it. >> oh, man, oh, man. [ bleep ]. >> oh, no. oh, no. oh no. oh [ bleep ]. oh, my god. >> so the star wars actor reported engine trouble just after takeoff and requested immediate return and requested his vintage return on the eighth tee. and joining me from the golf course hallie jackson. we just saw the crane lifting it on to a flatbed truck and we see the huge divot, for lack of a better term. >> we see the massive divot. and they put the remainder of the wing taking off the wings, and the ntsb is taking this to a hangar here in santa monica for a live investigation. we have the live aerials to show you. thi

you heard ntsb mention the conversation with the air traffic control. i'm going to play this right now. listen. >> 178, engine failure immediate return. >> 178 runway 21 clear to land. >> ryan 178 runway three clear to land. >> unit three did you see that was was short of the runway -- >> now, for pilots who fly out of santa monica it's standard to use the golf course as an emergency go-to. it's literally right across the street plus you have houses on both sides of the golf course. not only did he set it down, he was able to nearly thread the needle between some trees. witnesses say he did glance off one tree and the landing gear kind of caught the grass and slammed the nose into the ground. harrison was seated in the back of the airplane and helped by two doctors who just happened to be playing golf rushed to ucla medical center where he's now in fair condition, megyn. he's been flying airplanes since the 1960s. >> trace thank you. back to you as the news warrants. >>> in the meantime we want to get back to tom fitton who is president of judicial watc

you heard ntsb mention the conversation with the air traffic control. i'm going to play this right now. listen. >> 178, engine failure immediate return. >> 178 runway 21 clear to land. >> ryan 178 runway three clear to land. >> unit three did you see that was was short of the runway -- >> now, for pilots who fly out of santa monica it's standard to use the golf course as an emergency go-to. it's literally right across the street plus you have houses on both sides of the golf course. not only did he set it down, he was able to nearly thread the needle between some trees. witnesses say he did glance off one tree and the landing gear kind of caught the grass and slammed the nose into the ground. harrison was seated in the back of the airplane and helped by two doctors who just happened to be playing golf rushed to ucla medical center where he's now in fair condition, megyn. he's been flying airplanes since the 1960s. >> trace thank you. back to you as the news warrants. >>> in the meantime we want to get back to tom fitton who is president of judicial watc

we'll have a live report along with a former ntsb investigator coming up in just moments.

former managing director for the ntsb peter goelz and miles o'brien. miles, it will be very interesting to see, again, how much the employer actually knew about any medical condition that this co-pilot had. clearly it seems he was trying to hide it from the employer according to the prosecutor. >> yes. really frankly, probably more common than we'd like to think. generally, you know pilots of course in the u.s. and i believe in europe as welling have to have twice annual medical exams in order to receive their faa first class medical certificate. generally they go to one doctor for that and then they have a personal doctor for the rest of their medical requirements and there's not communication necessarily between those two doctors. there's sort of two paths that go on. pilots are reluctant to self-report a lot of conditions because ultimately it can ground

former ntsb managing director peter goelz and with us airbus captain ron stock. i appreciate you being with us. the news that the auto pilot was reprogrammed from 20, excuse me 38,000 feet to 100 feet another piece of the puzzle coming together. this was a deliberate act. >> absolutely. and it's scotched any ideas that somehow there was a medical emergency, that he had slumped on the controls. nothing like this. what we heard from the prosecutor was that he had dialled in the descent. and we wondered how they knew about this because they haven't got the data recorder. well it is information that comes from the transponder or one of the transponder frequencies where you can see the, on the list of data it goes from 38,000 to 96 is what he put it. and then sits back calmly as we're led to believe and does nothing. this i was prepared to sort of give the benefit of the doubt in

tonight, as we take a live look at the plane still off the edge of the runway, the ntsb is on the scene. the questions have begun starting with the runway conditions at the time and what the pilot was told. tom costello is working the story for us. he has late details. >> reporter: amateur video from inside delta flight 1086 as crew members and firefighters helped passengers escape. >> we don't have a slide. >> sir, sir, sir. >> i just survived a plane crash. >> reporter: the md-88 with 132 people on board had careened off the runway, up an embankment and crashed through a fence. its nose just inches from flushing bay. the first word that the plane was in trouble came from ground crews who radioed the tower. >> tower, you copy? car 100. runway 13 is closed. >> car 100, you said runway 13 is closed? >> affirmative, 13 is closed. >> aircraft off the runway. >> car 100, say again? >> please advise crash rescue. laguardia airport is closed at this time. >> reporter: flight 1086 was coming in from atlanta landing on laguardia's 13 in snow and icy fog. suddenly about two-thirds of the way dow

goshen as ntsb investigators are right on the scene. >>> ask anyone and you literally trade them like poke monday card. >> reporter: students say it happens all the time, naked photos of teenagers at the a montgomery county high school are shared on line. it is a photo scandal that is rocking north penn tonight and we have learn that charges could be forthcoming. good evening, i'm chris may. >>> i'm yes, sir contact dean. "eyewitness news" reporter walt hunter joins us live with the latest information, walt. >> reporter: some students here had been planning to walk out of mid-morning to show their concern about the sexing investigation engulfing this school. instead they stayed inside speaking with school officials. hoping to learn more about the investigation involving their classmates. >> ask anyone and they will trade them like pokemon cards. >> reporter: this student and others whose identity we are concealing to protect their private thecy say that sexing e-mail or texting inappropriate pictures of young women, was a popular activity a monk their classmates. >> just walk down the

they will eventually be interviewed as part of the ntsb process. but the first thing to do is be quiet. what is going on at the ntsb and what will go on is they do a quick listen of the cockpit voice recorder. sometimes something very obvious comes up. and it could take them to the cause of it very quickly. maybe there was a failure of something. or maybe this was a case where it was down to minimums at the margins and maybe the technique wasn't right. >> well, i hope we do get some answers. every time i land at laguardia, i hang on tight, i put my shoes on and cinch that belt because there's water everywhere. always great to see you. >> pleasure, ashleigh. >>> a lot of people thought he should have been fired a long time ago. what does the ferguson, missouri, police chief have to say about a brand-new federal report that outlines rampant racism throughout his department? cnn exclusive interview right there and you'll hear it next. >>> this week one of the worst things that you can say about an american police force came out of the justice departme

we are expecting a press conference from the ntsb and this

the ntsb is involved at the golf course. >> lucky guy. glad he is okay this morning. >> on the edge of disaster a plane skidding off the snowy runway in new york city plowing into a fence and stop ago few feet from the cold icy waters. the question now, what exactly went wrong? anna kooiman is here with the latest. >> good morning to you. it could have been worse for the passengers on the plane. now the ntsb trying to figure out exactly what happened. the plane stopped feet from the east river. you sue the cockpit hanging over the icy waters. despite snow falling they are not sure if the weather is to blame. moments before had hit the runway had been plowed two other planes landed safely there. the flight arriving from atlanta at 11:00 a.m. it veered off the runway the nose of the plane plowing through a fence coming to a stop feet from the water. >> we have an aircraft off the runway. >> it is closed the airport is closed. >> we have127 passengers and five crew members on board safely evacuated by sliding down the wing. 24 people were tr

we anticipate the conference from the ntsb. more on the delta jet skidding off the runway at laguardia unleashing another round of misery from north texas to southern england and across the south knocking out power, turning off runways, treacherous. thousands of flights cancelled. the storm dumped more than a foot of snow on parts of kentucky stranding hundreds of people overnight on two interstates. stuck in their vehicles. all they could do is just sit around and wait for help. gary tuchman has more on the storm's fallout. >> reporter: here in bluegrass country, there is no grass to be seen. this kentucky winter is one for the history books. and every person and every vehicle on this interstate just south of louisville is part of the winter's unpleasant history. hundreds of cars stranded on highways beginning last night, stranded for hours and hours. but drivers hoping they wouldn't run out of gas which would mean no heat. >> i'm ready to get on the bridge to go north on 65. so it might be a while. because we're not moving. >

they are coordinating and in communication with the ntsb. we're here to lone whatever logistical support to the federal agencies at scene in any way the department can be helpful. [ inaudible question ] >> i'm not an aviation expert. i do not have a representative at this time from the santa monica airport. we hope to have ta forhat for you. >> eyewitnesss say the engine falter and could hear the engine stop. >> i can't confirm that. i haven't talked to the witnesses at this point in time. i have no information as to why this plane ended up where it is right now. at this point it would be very preliminary for me to make any conjecture on that. >> the injuries to the 70-year-old male occupant he suffered some moderate trauma and he was alert and conscious. paramedics from the los angeles fire department transported the patient to local area hospital. >> you rescue people who are in these traumatic crashes, is it amazing he was, not walk away but survive this? >> just my personal experience i've been on several plane crashes, single engine sma

it's their version of the ntsb. he says tonight that the plane was flying very fast at impact, about 435 miles an hour. and he says it's unusual that there was no distress signal sent from the cockpit. the black box that was recovered today has already been sent to paris for analysis. we should have some answers tomorrow morning about that plane's final moments. french president francois hollande and german chancellor angela merkel will visit the crash site tomorrow. meanwhile, grieving families of the victims are gathering tonight in spain and germany. nbc's barry arent has that part of the toir. >> reporter: the flight was traveling from barcelona to dusseldorf. the head of the airline reported after the plane reached cruising altitude it made a descent that took about eight minutes until the crash. relatives of the passengers gathered at the airport waiting for news. 67 germans were on board including 16 high school students and two teachers from the town of haltern. its mayor was emotional as he discussed the lo

and the german version of the ntsb that would corroborate the report in the "new york times". we'll follow up on the matter. these were -- that was the only statement that he was willing to give at this point in time. that of course is by no means a denial. they said from the two bodies they are working very closely with, in particular the french investigating body but also the one from the germans, they spent specialists to the crash site as well. they say from those two bodies they have gotten no information telling them that one of the pilots might have been locked out of the cockpit. but they say they will look into this matter and get back to us once they have more. certainly they are looking into that's well. they are watching very, very closely what's being said. evaluating that report in the "new york times" as well and it does raise a lot of questions especially as i'm standing here in the place where so many people were killed in that incident. >> we also learn that tomorrow the airline is bringing people to the scene or as close as possible to it. is it likely that

the ntsb is investigating that. miguel marquez is too. he's at laguardia. good morning, miguel. >> good morning, carol. big questions as the runway conditions were changing throughout the day yesterday. if you're familiar with laguardia airport, you know where that bid is in the middle where it says welcome to new york with the apple on it. where this plane crashed on runway 13 is 1,000 yards beyond that. they have cleaned up the plane. it is off the runway now and off the tarmac and in another location on the airport property. they're cleaning up that runway getting ready for it to reopen as that investigation is getting underway. this morning the priority, to lift the battered fuselage of delta flight 1086 from laguardia's runway. delta airlines the ntsb and port authority now working to investigate the cause of the skid. >> obviously the pilot and the co-pilot's good efforts were reflected in the fact that there were only minor injuries. >> reporter: at approximately 11:00 a.m. local time amid freezing fog and falling snow the delta flight landed on lagu

and you are hearing that there is a file for people with possible suicide issues here within the ntsb? >> well, get bli, there is no black box for what is going on in someone's head. i would prefer to focus on what we do know. we have is had five to eight incidents like this since the egyptair accident. and you know, most of them have occurred when the individual was left alone in the cockpit. we spent a great deal of time and effort after 9/11 focused on threats outside of the cockpit and the cockpit door being one of them. i think that now we need to focus particularly in memory of these 149 people who have lost their lives on threats inside of the cockpit, and what we can do to ensure that to the best that we can do something like this doesn't occur again. >> yeah. bringing into the table here, and matthew, if you want to weigh in as well and i see you shaking your head in agreement here and what is going on? >> well i agree with what jim who has huge experience in this area has said. we need to focus, but what do you do about it? i mean you have the second person in the cockpit, a

as the ntsb continues to investigate how this happened. passengers describe a terrifying scenario as this plane from atlanta was coming in on thursday morning, around 11:00, shortly after 11:00, they say there was no traction they felt a thud they were thrown and then the plane just kept sliding. 4,000 feet on a 7,000 foot runway. the nose crashed right through a fence and were it not for a berm that the plane became wedged on the plane could have slid into the water, which would have been a very dangerous scenario. as it turned out, passengers were able to evacuate. there was a problem with some of the emergency chutes. they didn't deploy. so firefighters climbed up on the wing and helped these people some of them without jackets on climb out, walk off of the plane and trudge on the snowy runway through the cold through the ice and snow to safety. but remarkably everybody was able to walk away from this. and another thing that is being looked into right now, just minutes before this plane landed runway conditions the braking conditions we

ntsb is going over it documenting damage to the plane. they will also be retrieving voice cockpit recorder and flight data recorder they'll analyze those. they'll be looking at a lot in the investigation, including weather conditions at the time of the incident. it was snowing. however, airport managers say braking condition was considered good and that the runway had recently been plowed. >> and you know that's a great question many are asking at this point, why the flights were being allowed. i know two planes just landed prior to but the weather conditions were changing so rapidly. >> reporter: yeah, that's a tough call tamron. that's something obviously a lot of people will examine, both the officials and passengers who worry about their safety. the fact of the matter is the airport said that runway had recently been plowed had a quarter inch of wet snow on it and two pilots who landed previously in two flights before this troubled flight reported that braking action was good. so it is a fine line that airport managers walk when they

let me go also with us kitty higgins, former ntsb board member. we know the ntsb is monitoring but not participating in the investigation at this time. but we have gone through a laundry list of critical information as tom pointed out that we could learn from the boxes on board the plane. what do you believe is the key question at this very early stage as we watch the video coming in of the team just arriving. >> well good morning. let me extend my sympathies to all of those families who lost a loved one in this accident. the ntsb is as you said monitoring. i talked to them this morning. they will participate if asked, but at this point they have not been asked. the french will take the lead on the investigation with support from germany and spain and others. i think the critical question is to look at obviously what happened was this an accident or was it something else. until we get the data from the data recorder and cockpit voice recorder, we won't know that for sure, until the investigators can look at the wreckage. as everyone has said the c

theness in is gather -- the ntsb is gathering information from that crash site. >>> ntsb is investigating a delta airlines jet that skid off runway of new york's laguardia airport. don champion report the flight came just feets from the rigid water of flushing bay. >> reporter: delta flight 1086 remains just off the runway. it was just after 11:00, that in route from atlanta. it came down hard on runway 13. about three quarters down the plane veered left. it hit an embankment and crashed through a fence just feet away from icy flushing bay. >> it was nerve wrecking. the plane came down and it slid and it took a spin to the left. we looked out the window and we could see the wing was hitting a fence. >> reporter: jered took this photo from his seat in first class. >> the wheel did not grab. they didn't take. immediately you heard the spinning. we felt like we skid for about 20 seconds. i grabbed the seat in front of me. started to pray. >> we have aircraft off 31. please advise. >> reporter: first responders were on the scene quickly and helped passengers evacuate the plane over a broken w

thanks very much. >>> let's go back to the former chair of the ntsb. she's president of the national safety council. what are you hearing about these dangerous driving conditions out there on these interstates in kentucky? it's awful with hundreds of people stranded for hours. >> i know wolf. it reminds us of really how precarious transportation can be when mother nature is involved. people have got to be prepared. i think when they get behind the wheel, when weather is forecasting bad conditions. i think it's about also exercising caution and making sure that information is out there and maybe just like when we look at this airportlane at the airport, it's about the infrastructure having to make decisions about whether it's safe and passable. >> i think one of the lessons is it's better to heir onbe cautious. tell people to get off the road, even though that causes problems. you want to be safe rather than sorry. right? >> absolutely. my father-in-law says how do we drive on ice? we all respond, we don't. so i think that is really what this is about.

. >> reporter: the ntsb will investigate the official cause of the crash. but witnesses say it sounded lilk the plane may have lost power, then stalled. both the fight and passenger were killed on impact. >> couldn't see anything. just heard a big bang. >> reporter: frank lives in the apartment complex next door. he's thankful the pilot managed to avoid homes and a large senior living housing complex. >> yeah very close. so thank god for the pilot. but then you know the fight is and i guess his possess injury didn't make it. which is sad. sad to hear that the people didn't make it. >> reporter: you can see the yellow crime scene tape still surrounding some of these homes that are quite literally next door to the crash siteful investigators have not released the identities of both people on board. we are expecting ntsb investigators to arrive sometime later today or tomorrow. live in chester county, randy gyllenhaal. >> nbc 10 is still working to get more details on this breaking news story. follow us on air and on line for the latest information on those vi

we know the ntsb is monitoring the investigation. jim, the french are leading the investigation with help from germany and spain. but we did learn that the aircraft was maintenanced just yesterday in dusseldorf. so as a pilot, knowing the track report and the maintenance history of the aircraft is quite important but might not be much of an indicator as to what went wrong in the air today. >> and it could be easily. aircraft coming right out of maintenance, and back in the day, when i had an airplane coming out of maintenance, because the mechanics have a different protocol in terms of switches and what is left on and turned off. and already you know from experience, that no aviation accident i've heard of happens as a result of one thing. it is a series that cascades. one things leads to another and leads to another. remove any one of those things and there may not be an accident. but something went wrong. almost the very second they hit altitude. something that could have started on the ground when they took off and they weren't aw

stunned to learn one of their classmates, a student pilot died in a plane crash this weekend much the ntsb says witnesses including the flight instructor watched as the 1974 piper single engine plane banked left and crashed into a field sunday morning around 9:45 a.m. just after takeoff from the orange county airport. he was the only person on that plane and died at the scene. >> i'm sorry for his parents' loss because he's doing something that he loves to do. you know? mike: during morning announcements st the school's principal discussed mccall's death. district leaders say counselors will be available here as long as they're needed. >> we have a crisis team that comes out when we have a decision like this occur that comes in to support the school. not only for students but the staff as well that may be having some grief issues. we try to provide support that we have with those issues. mike: his two brothers go to memorial high. the school district plans to hold a moment of silence at its april 13th board meeting. >> we'll be grieving for a while, so i think they bring in extra councillo

jim hall, former ntsb chairman, and pete field, aviation consultant. gentlemen, thank you very much. appreciate it. >>> back to the markets now, they ended the day lower with all sectors in the red as money flowed in the u.s. treasuries, that's why rates came down. break down today's action with john buckingham of al frank asset management. rachel of sassy options telling us why it's time to invest in the tech sector. >>> and mark sebastian from the pits of the cme. mark, i want to talk about the vix, it's very low. i believe it was in the 12 range at a 12 handle a day or so ago. but the market is not rallying? what does that tell you when the vix is this low without a market rally? >> this is a very weird day. i kept expecting the market to go with the way the vix was acting. any market sell-off is a bit of a head fake. if you look at the russell 2000 and the move in interest rates, what i think we've seen the last week or so has been the big reset of traders trying to reposition themselves. now that it's apparent that the fed is not raising rates in

>> reporter: tonight, the ntsb tells nbc news it has successfully downloaded the data from the cockpit voice and data flight data recorders and they have good data for the entire duration of the flight. they're hoping to talk to the pilots some time over the weekend at delta headquarters in atlanta. meanwhile, delta says it is now refunding the passengers the entire fare from their airline trip. lester. >> tom costello in new york tonight, thanks. >>> now to that other flight gone terribly wrong. the small plane crash with legendary actor harrison ford at the controls. ford is expected to make a full recovery while investigators look for the reason his plane went down. here's nbc's miguel almaguer. >> reporter: today ntsb investigators trying to determine why this vintage world war ii plane plummeted out of the sky. >> i hope he's going to make it. >> losing altitude moments after takeoff, harrison ford had to act quickly. >> 53178 engine failure, immediate return. >> ryan 178 runway 21 clear to land. >> reporter: cell phones capturing the harrowing moments as ford goes down fast. the

it is really as simple as that i think. >> why would the ntsb reopen an investigation, then? >> i don't know if they will. there is nothing official saying -- the only thing i have heard, they are considering it and they may reopen it if somebody can find some new evidence but i don't know where that new evidence would come from other than theory. >> gary moore, thank you so much for your time. it's an interesting talker that's for sure. another mysterious death of those beloved musicians. thanks again. >>> a new cnn series is taking a look at fascinating new insights into the history of jesus separating fact, faith and forgery. here's a look. >> an unprecedented cnn event. he didn't vanish. without leaving a trace. >> for the first time in history we are able to place these relics. >> this is really the moment of truth. >> this is the story of jesus. >> the rock upon which the church is built. >> an icon of scientific obsession. >> this extraordinary archeological piece. >> why did judas bepray jesus? >> somebody chose to write this. >> the science does matter. >> what are t

so they are in touch with the french equivalent of the ntsb. we know that. we also have gotten word from airbus. i know that there go team is preparing to launch to the crash site. the airline's go team will be there or headed that way as well. these people are going to be very critical because they understand how the aircraft systems work. they're going to be really essential in helping investigators piece this all together. as you know with the airbus and les abend can discuss this as well when a pilot is navigating and using a joystick that doesn't automatically go or the command does not automatically control the wing. it goes into a computer which interprets the pilot's input and that information will then whether it's a turn or if it's a command to change the direction of the plane, that computer must first interpret the pilot's input. we do know that specialty as it relates to the airbus a-320, carol. >> rene marsh, many thanks to you. as i go to break, i want to take you back out to nice where a staging area has been set up. you can see the helicopte

you know, i'm off, i'm trying to go home. >> reporter: now the ntsb is looking at ways to keep people off the rails. but there's roughly 200,000 miles of railroad track in this country. fencing it all off and maintaining it simply isn't practical. >> people think that surely i'll hear a train coming, but people don't hear the trains, and they get struck and they get killed. >> reporter: the safety reminder tonight, tracks are for trains, not pedestrians and not a playground. tom costello, nbc news, beltsville, maryland. >>> we're back in a moment with >>> this is the last week of business for an iconic hotel in maryland. the cozy country inn is scheduled for demolition. that according to the frederick news post. that hotel has hosted presidents and other world leaders when they visited nearby camp david, the presidential retreat. the business of nearly $180,000 in federal and state taxes. the owner says he doesn't have the energy to keep it going. >> end of an era in thurmont. so we keep hoping it's going to be the end of the winter but it keeps coming back to bite us doesn't it? >> i

you know, i'm off, i'm trying to go home. >> reporter: now the ntsb is looking at ways to keep people off the rails. but there's roughly 200,000 miles of railroad track in this country. fencing it all off and maintaining it simply isn't practical. >> people think that surely i'll hear a train coming but people don't hear the trains, and they get struck and they get killed. >> reporter: the safety reminder tonight, tracks are for trains not pedestrians and not a playground. tom costello, nbc news, beltsville, maryland. >>> we're back in a moment with a game changing announcement from the nfl. something a lot of fans have been hoping for for years. >>> a big win for nfl >>> a big win for nfl fans who don't want to pay nfl ticket prices. the league is suspending its tv blackout policy which blocked local stations from broadcasting games if there weren't enough tickets sold. the nfl also announced plans to broadcast a regular season game worldwide over the internet for the first time ever. >>> there were superheroes at 1600 pennsylvania avenue today. the annual white house science fair wh

the family of one of the pilots stopped and talked to the ntsb and took in the sight where the small plane slammed into the ground and burned yesterday. doug stuart learned the fly here walking his dog yesterday near the runway he told us he watched the piper first stop a takeoff roll. >> he went about halfway down the runway and then aborted the takeoff. >> reporter: he stopped the takeoff. >> yeah, he pulled off onto the taxi way. >> reporter: a short time later he says the plane rolled again, this time he heard a disturbing noise. >> what sounded like a car backfire and about four of them a very loud pop and then he actually left the ground and then i heard about eight more pops. >> reporter: stuart says the plane struggled, turned abruptly left and dropped. the ntsb says another witness reported hearing a sputtering engine. >> followed by an engine that was -- engine power was restored by the witness account. the witness heard the sputtering again. >> reporter: the investigation will look at many things including engine records and fuel though the intense fire likely burned much

. >> so let's talk with former chairman of the ntsb jim hall. jim, thank you, thank you very much for joining us. now what do you expect we're going to see in this new report that's coming out just hours from now? >> well first, let me just say, this is inexcusable tragedy for the victims and families of of malaysia flight 370 and the way that the malaysian government has handled their investigation of their own airline, has left a lot to be desired. i can't imagine there will be much value in the report that's to be submitted. >> right. because they haven't found the plane and all we know is they've been searching a lot. what more is there to say with any, you know, certainty? >> well they have failed to be open and transparent in their investigation and particularly with the families since the very beginning of this tragic event and i would hope that they might begin with this report, but we'll have to wait and see. >> a lot of questions about whether there was a call made by someone in the cockpit moments before the plane crashed. there were

this is what the scene looked like today as the ntsb faa, and state police investigators combed over the wreckage. an ntsb spokesman says ryan mccaul had just taken off from the orange airport when witnesses saw the plane bank to the left and crash. ryan was a student at skyline aviation and his flight instructor was observing as the plane went down. this afternoon, the family of the river bend high school sophomore released this photo along with a statement reading in part "ryan was our beloved middle son, a typical teenager whom we loved so much and who himself had a passion for flying that he'd already learned hi license to pilot at the young age of 16." on news4 at 5:00 you'll hear more from those who knew ryan about this terrible loss. in orange virginia i'm julie carey, news4. >>> right now the search is on for the person who threw a brick through a bus window. two people on a metro bus are being treated for injuries. this happened this morning in northeast d.c. the bus was on bening road and 19th street. there are no reports of any arrests. the passengers' injuries are not sai