World News Tonight (ABC) - 2000-10-31
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[0:00] [Music]
[0:05] On World News Tonight this Tuesday,
[0:07] disaster on takeoff from Taipei to Los
[0:10] Angeles, a Singapore Airlines 747.
[0:13] The USS Cole is raised up to another
[0:16] ship for the journey home. Will the Cole
[0:18] ever sail again? What do the
[0:21] presidential candidates do in these
[0:22] final days to make the difference in a
[0:24] race so close?
[0:27] The man who pioneered late night comedy
[0:30] has died. And the right to practice
[0:32] witchcraft in a Louisiana town.
[0:39] From ABC News World Headquarters in New
[0:42] York, this is World News Tonight with
[0:45] Peter Jennings.
[0:46] >> Good evening. It is a tragic event today
[0:47] that has moved the presidential campaign
[0:49] out of the top spot on the broadcast.
[0:52] Such was the case of disaster and near
[0:54] disaster for others at Shanghai airport
[0:57] in Taipei, the capital of Taiwan.
[0:59] Singapore Airlines flight 006 bound for
[1:01] Los Angeles with 179 people on board,
[1:04] including 47 Americans, was rushing down
[1:07] the runway when disaster struck. At
[1:09] least 66 people have died. The rest of
[1:12] the story from ABC's Mark Litki.
[1:15] On the tarmac, the inferno that was
[1:18] Singapore Airlines Flight 006. This
[1:21] video shot from the window of another
[1:23] aircraft nearby.
[1:26] The LAbound 747 had begun its takeoff
[1:29] only seconds before in near typhoon
[1:32] conditions
[1:34] with heavy wind and rain. Survivors say
[1:37] the plane seemed to be at full power
[1:39] when they heard a loud noise
[1:41] >> and the t was shaking, you know, from
[1:44] this wind. The moment he reached the
[1:46] high speed to get off of the ground,
[1:49] >> boom. Everything was upside down.
[1:52] >> All of a sudden uh this uh plane uh
[1:55] broke up.
[1:57] >