THE INVESTIGATORS ARE TRYING TO
PIECE TOGETHER WHAT WENT WRONG.
NOW STREAMING ON CBSN NEW
YORK, AT LEAST 7 PEOPLE DIED IN
THE CRASH INVOLVING A VINTAGE
WORLD WAR II PLANE.
Reporter: KRISTINE AND
MAURICE, 16 PEOPLE WERE
INVOLVED FROM AGE 8 TO 75 YEARS
OLD, 13 PEOPLE ON THE PLANE AND
TWO AIRPORT EMPLOYEES IN THE
BUILDING AT THE TIME OF THE
CRASH AND A FIREFIGHTER WAS
INJURED BATTLING THE FIRE.
OF THE SURVIVORS, 4 PEOPLE WERE
HOSPITALIZED WHEN IT COMES TO
THE CAUSE OF THE CRASH, THE
NTSB IS NOT RULING ANYTHING OUT
RIGHT NOW.
NEW VIDEO PROVIDED BY THE
NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY
BOARD SHOWS THE CHARRED REMAINS
OF THE B-17 BOMBER THAT CRASHED
YESTERDAY.
NTSB INVESTIGATORS CAN SEEN
ANYTHING THROUGH THE WRECKAGE
TRYING TO FIND OUT WHAT
HAPPENED.
IT WAS A SPUTTERING AND
POPPING NOISE.
I THOUGHT WHAT'S THE MATTER
WITH THE ENGINE?
Reporter: THE FLYING
FORTRESS TOOK OFF AROUND 9:45
ON WEDNESDAY MORNING.
5 MINUTES LATER THE PILOTS MADE
AN EMERGENCY CALL.
AT 9:54, THEY LANDED SHORT OF
THE RUNWAY, HITTING POSTS AND
VEERING RIGHT AND CRASHING INTO
A DE-ICING FACILITY.
WE HAVE IDENTIFIED THE
DAMAGE IN THE WRECKAGE AND
SECURED IT FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION.
Reporter: ROBERT RIDDLE IS
ONE OF THE 7 PASSENGERS WHO
DIED.
HE PAID AS MUCH AS $450 FOR THE
RIDE POSTING THIS PICTURE FROM
THE RIDE.
JUST HAD A REALLY BAD
FEELING IN THE PIT OF MY
STOMACH.
I JUST SENSED THAT THE PLANE
WAS GOING DOWN.
I KNEW IT.
Reporter: ALSO KILLED
RETIRED LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER
GARY MAZZONE.
I FEEL MAD.
I FEEL CHEATED.
THERE IS NOT A LOT YOU CAN DO.
Reporter: ONE OF THE
SURVIVORS, AN INTERNATIONAL
GUARDS, MAY HAVE SAVED SOME
PASSENGERS, HELPING THEM EXIT.
HE BROUGHT HIS MILITARY FLAME
RETARDANT GLOVES WITH HIM ON
THE FLIGHT.
HAVING BROKEN LIMBS AND
OTHER INJURIES TO HIS
COLLARBONE, AND EVEN THAT, HE
WAS ABLE TO OPEN THE HATCH.
Reporter: NTSB OFFICIALS SAY
TOMORROW THEY WILL DOCUMENT
THE WRECKAGE AND MOVE IT FOR
FURTHER INSPECTION.
SINCE 1982, THEY HAVE
INVESTIGATED 20 ACCIDENTS,
THREE THE SAME MODEL OF THIS
