>> SKY 10 VIDEO SHOWS WHAT IS LEFT OF RED AIR FLIGHT 203 FOLLOWING A CRASH LANDING AND
FIRE.
ONE WING IS TOTALLY DESTROYED
AND CHARRED.
THE PLANE WAS COMING IN FROM
THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC TUESDAY
NIGHT WHEN THE LANDING GEAR
COLLAPSED AT MIAMI
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
NTSB OFFICIALS ARRIVED THIS
MORNING TO INVESTIGATE.
POLICE AND FIRE RESCUE CREWS
RACED TO THE SCENE TO PUT OUT
THE FLAMES WHILE FRANTIC
PASSENGERS WERE SEEN RUSHING
OFF THE PLANE.
A SPOKESPERSON SAYS SEVERAL
PEOPLE WERE INJURED AND TAKEN
TO THE HOSPITAL, MOST HAVE
ALREADY BEEN RELEASED.
RED AIR A NEW AIRLINE BASED IN
THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, IT
LAUNCHED JUST LAST NOVEMBER.
THE CARRIER HAS TWO FLIGHTS
PER DAY FROM THE DOMINICAN
REPUBLIC TO MIAMI.
THE COMPANY HAS FOUR PLANES IN
TOTAL AND WE’RE TOLD THIS IS
THE FIRST MECHANICAL ISSUE FOR
THE AIRLINE.
>> THIS JUST INTO OUR
NEWSROOM, PRELIMINARY FINDINGS
FROM THE NTSB.
THE AIRPLANE EXPERIENCED A
COLLAPSE OF THE LEFT
MAINLANDING GEAR DURING
LANDING.
THE COCKPIT VOICE RECORDER AND
THE FLIGHT DATA RECORDER HAVE
BEEN RECOVERED BY VERDICTS.
ONCE THE PLANE IS DEFUELED AND
THEY’VE COMPLETED THEIR SITE
DOCUMENTATION HERE, THE PLANE
WILL BE MOVED.
NO TIMETABLE ON WHEN THAT WILL
EXACTLY HAPPEN.
THAT IS THE LATEST HERE FROM
MIAMI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT,
SANELA SABOVIC, LOCAL 10 NEWS.
>> SANELA, THANK YOU.
25% OF FLIGHTS INTO MIA HAVE
BEEN AFFECTED BY THAT FIERY
CRASH.
LOCAL 10’S TERRELL FORNEY
CONTINUES OUR LIVE TEAM
COVERAGE NOW FROM THE AIRPORT,
TERRELL?
>> NOT EVERY FLIGHT IS TAKING
OFF ON TIME HERE AT MIAMI
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
THAT IS PRIMARILY BECAUSE
THESE PILOTS ARE BEING
RE-ROUTED AWAY FROM THAT
DAMAGED AIRCRAFT.
IT IS FAR FROM BUSINESS AS
USUAL TONIGHT AT MIA.
BUT AIRPORT OPERATIONS ARE
STILL FLOWING.
BECAUSE OF THAT FIRE DAMAGED
JET STILL SITTING NEAR THE
TARMAC, THE RUNWAYS ARE
OPERATING AT HALF CAPACITY.
NORMALLY PLANES USE FOUR
RUNWAYS TO TAKE OFF AND LAND,
BUT TWO REMAIN CLOSED AND THIS
IS CAUSING A RIPPLE EFFECT OF
DELAYS.
OTHER UNRELATED ISSUES HAVE
CAUSED SEVERAL CANCELLATIONS.
HERE INSIDE OF THE TERMINALS,
FLIGHT BOARDS SHOW THE UPDATED
TIMES OF THE AFFECTED FLIGHTS.
AND SOME CHECK-IN COUNTERS
APPEAR TO HAVE LINES AND
LONGER THAN NORMAL WAIT TIMES.
SO FAR, 79% OF ARRIVALS REMAIN
ON TIME, ALONG WITH 75% OF THE
DEPARTURES.
AFTERNOONS ARE TYPICALLY BUSY
AND PROBLEMS CAN QUICKLY
COMPOUND.
BUT EVERYONE INVOLVED BELIEVES
THINGS SHOULD BALANCE OUT ONCE
THAT DAMAGED PLANE IS FINALLY
REMOVED.
SO IT’S UNCLEAR WHEN THAT
REMOVAL WILL HAPPEN.
THE NTSB BELIEVES THAT IT WILL
BE SEVERAL MORE DAYS, AT LEAST
FOR THEIR INVESTIGATORS, TO DO
THEIR WORK ON THE GROUND.
BOTTOM LINE, CALL AHEAD, CHECK
ONLINE FOR YOUR FLIGHT
SCHEDULES IF YOU HAVE A FLIGHT