CBS Evening News - 2009-02-16
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[0:02] Tonight, the mystery of Flight 3407.
[0:05] What brought the plane down? As
[0:07] investigators try to piece together the
[0:09] final moments of the flight, relatives
[0:11] of the victims leave roses at this
[0:13] solemn scene.
[0:15] I'm Harry Smith. Also tonight, a new
[0:17] aircraft for the president. An exclusive
[0:20] look at the next generation of Marine
[0:22] One helicopters. 28 of them at a cost of
[0:25] $400
[0:29] each.
[0:30] And a real-life look
[0:32] >> This is my palace.
[0:33] >> at the setting for an underdog turned
[0:36] Oscar favorite.
[0:41] >> This is the CBS Evening News with Katie
[0:44] Couric.
[0:48] >> Good evening. Katie is off tonight. How
[0:50] did it happen? That is the question
[0:52] investigators are still trying to answer
[0:54] tonight, four nights after a Continental
[0:56] Connection commuter plane crashed into a
[0:59] home near Buffalo, New York. In the
[1:01] search for clues, about half the
[1:03] wreckage, including the engines of the
[1:05] turboprop, have now been removed. The
[1:07] goal is to have it all out by Wednesday.
[1:10] The grim work continues to recover the
[1:12] remains of the victims, 49 people who
[1:15] were on board the plane and the one man
[1:18] in the house. And relatives were allowed
[1:20] to visit the scene for the first time.
[1:22] Jeff Glor has the latest on the
[1:24] investigation.
[1:27] >> About a hundred family members of
[1:29] victims were bused in for their first
[1:31] up-close look at the crash site today.
[1:33] What they saw is a house flattened, a
[1:35] plane mangled, a haunting glimpse of the
[1:37] grounds where 50 people lost their lives
[1:39] last Thursday night. The families left
[1:41] roses in memory.
[1:43] >> We stood down our crews and got out of
[1:45] the the site
[1:47] and al