.
. >>>
. >>> THE
. >>> THE QUESTION IS YOU HOW CAN
AN AIRCRAFT GET IN A VERY STEEP
NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE THAT
QUICKLY?
QUICKLY?
QUICKLY? THAT IS WHAT WE ARE HERE TO
FIND OUT.
FIND OUT.
FIND OUT. >> WE START WITH BREAKING NEW
DETAILS REVEALED IN A NEWS
CONFERENCE ABOUT THE CARGO JET
CRASH IN TRINITY BAY IN
CHAMBERS COUNTY.
CHAMBERS COUNTY. THE CRASH ITSELF WAS CAUGHT ON
CAMERA.
CAMERA.
CAMERA. A
CAMERA. A SECOND BODY HAS BEEN
RECOVERED FROM THE WATER AND
THAT IT COULD TAKE MORE THAN A
YEAR BEFORE WE KNOW WHAT CAUSED
THIS JET TO GO DOWN.
WE HAVE A TEAM OF REPORTERS
DIGGING INTO ALL ANGLES OF THE
CRASH INCLUDING THE PEOPLE ON
BOARD.
BOARD.
BOARD. FIRST WE GO TO MARCELINO
BENITO.
BENITO.
BENITO. >> Reporter: RON, THE NTSB
BRIEFED US EARLIER TODAY.
THEY ARE ON THE GROUND.
THEY WALKED US THROUGH THE
FINAL MOMENTS, WHAT THEY KNOW,
ON BOARD THIS FLIGHT BEFORE
SOMETHING WENT HORRIBLY WRONG.
AROUND 12:36 THE ATLAS AIRCRAFT
WAS CLEARED TO DESCENT.
NO DISTRESS CALL.
THREE MINUTES LATER AT 6,000
FEET ALL RADAR CONTACT WAS
LOST.
LOST.
LOST. WHAT HAPPENED IN THE FINAL
MOMENTS IS A MYSTERY TONIGHT.
THE NTSB HAS YET TO FIND THE
BLACK BOX AND DATA RECORDERS.
FINDING THEM IN THIS THICK MUD
AND ENVIRONMENT WILL BE TRICKY.
THOSE WILL BE CRITICAL IN THE
INVESTIGATION.
INVESTIGATION. THEY RECOVERED TWO BODIES FROM
THE CRASH SIGHT BUT ARE LOOKING
FOR THE THIRD PERSON ON BOARD.
ANOTHER BIG BREAK IN THE
INVESTIGATION WAS VIDEO OF THE
PLANE CRASH.
PLANE CRASH. TAKE A LISTEN TO WHAT THE NTSB
SAID ABOUT THAT.
>> THE AIRCRAFT IS IN THE
VIDEO, AS IT'S DESCENDING, AT A
-- IN A STEEP DESCENT, NOSE
DOWN ATTITUDE.
DOWN ATTITUDE. AND IN THE VIDEO FOR
APPROXIMATELY 5 SECONDS.
WE WILL SEND THIS VIDEO TO THE
NTSB'S LABORATORIES IN
WASHINGTON, D.C. FOR A VERY
DETAILED ANALYSIS.
DETAILED ANALYSIS. >> Reporter: RECOVERING PIECES
OF THE 767 300 PLANE WAS AN
ONGOINGEST TODAY.
ONGOINGEST TODAY. THEY FOUND LARGE CHUNKS OF THE
WINGS AND PIECES OF THE LANDING
GEAR.
GEAR.
GEAR. AS
GEAR. AS PIECES ARE FOUND THEY WILL
BE BROUGHT BY BARGE TO A DOCK
AND FURTHER ANALYZED IN
CHAMBERS COUNTY.
CHAMBERS COUNTY. I CAN TELL YOU THEY NEW THIS
MORNING THE INVESTIGATION TO
LIKELY TAKE MORE THAN SEVERAL
MONTHS.
MONTHS.
MONTHS. THE NTSB SAYS THEY WILL REMAIN
HERE UNTIL THEY FIND THE BLACK
BOXES, COCKPIT AND VOICE DATA
RECORDERS.
RECORDERS. THEY ARE COMMITTED TO FINDING
OUT WHAT HAPPENED IN THE CASE
SO THAT IT DOESN'T HAPPEN
AGAIN.
AGAIN.
AGAIN. RON, BACK YOU TO.
>> MARCELINO BENITO, THANK YOU
SO MUCH.
SO MUCH.
SO MUCH. >>> TO HELP YOU UNDERSTAND THE
SEARCH A LITTLE BETTER, THIS IS
AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT A BLACK BOX
LOOKS LIKE.
LOOKS LIKE. THEY ARE OFTEN PAINTED IN
BRIGHT COLORS TO MAKE THEM
EASIER TO FIND.
THEY ARE UNDERWATER AND COULD
BE UNDER DEBRIS OR MUD.
WE CALLED THE FORMER NTSB
INVESTIGATORS TODAY WHO SAID
THE BOXES WILL MAKE A CLICKING
SOUND.
SOUND.
SOUND. TEAMS WILL LIKELY GO IN AIR
BOATS AND ON FOOT WITH
UNDERWATER MICROPHONES
UNDERWATER MICROPHONES LISTENING FOR THE SIGNAL TO
FIND THE DATA INSIDE.
MESA AIRLINES CONFIRMS TO CBS
NEWS THAT CAPTAIN SEAN
ARKHILETT AWAYS IN THE JUMP
SEAT.
SEAT.
SEAT. WE
SEAT. WE SPOKE TO HIS ROOMMATE, MATT.
>> Reporter: A FRIEND OF THE
PILOT CALLED THE NEWSROOM TO
TALK TO US ABOUT SEAN.
DON DALTON, THE FRIEND THAT
CAME OUT HERE SAID HE HAD KNOWN
THE PILOT FOR YEARS AFTER HE
RENTED A ROOM TO HIM IN HIS
NORTH HOUSTON HOME.
HE SAID HE WAS A GREAT GUY, 38
YEARS OLD, A NEW HUSBAND AND
FATHER.
FATHER.
FATHER. HE WAS SUPPOSED TO MEET UP WITH
HIM LAST NIGHT FOR DINNER.
THE PILOT WAS ON A LAYOVER IN
HOUSTON.
HOUSTON.
HOUSTON. THAT, OF COURSE, NEVER
HAPPENED.
HAPPENED.
HAPPENED. >> HE SAID, HEY, DON, COMING TO
TOWN.
TOWN.
TOWN. I
TOWN. I EXPECT TO BE THERE THIS
EVENING AND AS HE HAS ALWAYS
DONE MANY TIMES BEFORE, LET ME
KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON.
I DIDN'T HEAR BACK FROM HIM
AFTER MY LAST TEXT.
AND HE NEVER DID TEXT BACK.
>> DALTON SAYS NEVER WAS IN A
CRASH.
CRASH.
CRASH. HE
CRASH. HE RECENTLY SIGNED ON WITH
UNITED AIRLINES.
UNITED AIRLINES. HE WAS LIVING OUT OF THE
COUNTRY WITH HIS NEW WAIVE WAVE
NOW.
NOW.
NOW. DALTON SAID HE WAS INTERVIEWED
BY THE FBI EARLIER TODAY ABOUT
AN HOUR ASKING EVERYTHING THAT
HE KNEW.
HE KNEW.
HE KNEW. WE WILL HAVE MORE UPDATES ON
THIS STORY TOMORROW AT 4:00.
THAT'S THE NEXT PRESS
CONFERENCE FROM THE NTSB.
>> THANK YOU.
>>> THE SHERIFF SAYS THIS CRASH
COULD TAKE WEEKS TO CLEAN UP.
WE WILL STAY ON