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REBECCA JARVIS (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) Absolutely, Ginger, and just remarkable what you witnessed over that short period of time. We're gonna have much more. Thank you, Ginger. We're gonna have much more on the storm just ahead. But right now, we're gonna turn to an in-flight emergency. A Turkish Airlines flight from Seattle to Istanbul was diverted to JFK Airport after one of the pilots suffered a medical emergency and died mid-flight. Trevor Ault is here with more on that. Good morning, Trevor. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

ROBIN ROBERTS (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) All right. Rachel, our thanks to you. Now to the Alaska Airlines door blowout from back in January. For the first time, we're hearing from one of the pilots that sparked federal investigations into Boeing manufacturing. Erielle Reshef joins us now with that story. Good morning to you, Erielle. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) We're gonna get the latest now, the new mishap with a Boeing jet. The tire fell off a United Flight as it took off from Los Angeles. The incident now being investigated. Transportation correspondent Gio Benitez has the details. Good morning, Gio. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

GIO BENITEZ (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) Now to new details on that in-flight plunge on a Boeing 787 that injured about 50 people. Boeing is telling airlines to check a specific switch in the cockpit, as the NTSB now joins the investigation. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

JUJU CHANG (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) Absolutely. Steph Ramos, thank you. And now to the Alaska Airlines pilot accused it trying to disable the engines and take down a commercial plane with more than 80 passengers on board. The charges against Joseph Emerson have been dropped from attempted murder to misdemeanor charges. Transportation correspondent Gio Benitez is here with more. Good morning, Gio. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

ROBIN ROBERTS (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) We're going to turn now to the new report on safety in the skies and the pilot shortage with holiday travel top of mind for many Americans. Gio Benitez is back with that for us. Good morning again to you, Gio. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

MICHAEL STRAHAN (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) All right, Aaron, thank you so much for that. Going to turn now to the off duty pilot accused of trying to take down a passenger plane. He appeared in court where we learned new details about the terrifying incident. Our transportation correspondent Gio Benitez has the latest. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

MICHAEL STRAHAN (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) We're going to turn now to the off-duty pilot accused of trying to crash a passenger plane. This morning, we're hearing from the passengers on that flight. Let's go back to our transportation correspondent, Gio Benitez, with more. Good morning again, Gio. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

REBECCA JARVIS (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) And our hearts are so heavy for those families and that community this morning. Gio, thank you. We turn now to the fighter jet that crashed over the weekend and went missing for 24 hours. This morning we are hearing the 911 call from the pilot who ejected, calling for an ambulance and to report the missing jet. Chief global affairs correspondent Martha Raddatz is in Washington with that. Good morning, Martha. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

STEPHANIE RAMOS (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) Now to that investigation into the crash of an F-18 military jet. It crashed during a training flight near San Diego. ABC's Zohreen Shah has more on what we're learning. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) We're going to get right to the news. It's gonna begin with the scare over our nation's capital. Fighter jets scrambled when a plane flew through restricted air space. Sonic boom rattled the Washington, DC area, briefly put the White House and Capitol on alert. Chief global affairs anchor Martha Raddatz is in Washington with the latest. Good morning, Martha. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

JANAI NORMAN (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) Welcome back to "gma," and the teenager who kept his cool when the plane he was piloting suddenly lost engine power. With his grandmother and cousins on board, pushed to tears, he quickly took action. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

GIO BENITEZ (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) And now, we've got an amazing rescue story in Maryland. A father and a son kayaking out into icy waters to help save a pilot whose small plane had crashed into a lake. And Morgan Norwood is right here in our studio with the incredible story. Hey, Morgan, good morning. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

ROBIN ROBERTS (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) We'll see what happens in less than three weeks. Okay, Rachel, thank you. Now to the investigation into a fiery plane crash that left two people dead in Ohio. This morning, we're hearing the cockpit voice recording captured just seconds before the twin engine craft went down. Our transportation correspondent Gio Benitez has the story for us. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

T.J. HOLMES (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) Want to turn to a history making mother - daughter pair. We introduced you to them last week, the first in Southwest Airlines history to pilot a flight together. Now, proud mom, captain Holly Petitt, check her out, making the announcement. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

AMY ROBACH (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) We are turning now to a pilot who is breaking barriers in the sky, Lieutenant Amanda Lee from Minnesota. She is soon going to be flying high with the Blue Angels. She is the first female F/A-18 demonstration pilot chosen to fly for the US Navy's elite group. Lee says, "When I come to the ready room I'm a pilot first, I'm a person second, and my gender isn't really an issue." But she is certainly representing. Congratulations to her. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) Ian Pannell, thanks. Now to that chilling report on the China Eastern flight that crashed in March, killing all 132 people onboard. Investigators now say the evidence suggest that the crash was intentional. Transportation correspondent Gio Benitez has the latest. Good morning, Gio. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) They sure do. Okay, Kayna, thanks very much. Now to an emergency landing in Florida by a passenger with zero flight training. An air traffic controller was able to guide the passenger to a safe landing. Victor Oquendo has the latest. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

ROBIN ROBERTS (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) All right, Will, thank you very much. We'll stay tuned. Now to that incredible survival story. A medical helicopter crashing into a suburban Philadelphia neighborhood. Four people on board, including a young child, all surviving. Gio Benitez joins us from Philadelphia with the latest. Good morning, Gio. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

ROBIN ROBERTS (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) That is coming up. But right now, we have an ABC News exclusive, the hero pilot who guided a flight instructor through an emergency landing on a Florida highway, now speaking about that frightening moment. Transportation correspondent Gio Benitez has much more on all of this. This was something else, Gio, good morning. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

T.J. HOLMES (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) Back now on "GMA" with our "Play of the Day." And I want you to take a look at Daniel. He's an Air Force pilot. He's taking a leisure flight with his girlfriend Jenna, then he asks her to read a flight manual. See where I'm going with this? Let's see how this, let's see how this plays out. Listen. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

WHIT JOHNSON (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) But we do begin with that incredible video of a jet engine bursting into flames just after takeoff in Hawaii. Take a look. The plane forced to make an emergency landing. Gio Benitez is at LaGuardia Airport with more on the investigation now. Gio, good morning. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

ROBIN ROBERTS (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) And now something we've been looking forward to sharing with everyone, a historic moment for the Navy. Lieutenant JG Madeline Swegle flying through the glass ceiling to become the Navy's first black woman fighter pilot. Swegle is stationed at Naval Air Station Kingsville in Texas, will receive her wings of gold later this month. Elizabeth Warren, Billie Jean King among the many sending congratulations. One of the most memorable tweets came from Navy Rear Admiral Paula Dunn, who wrote, "Very proud of LTJG Swegle. Go forth and kick butt." [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

WHIT JOHNSON (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) Just an awful tragedy. Kaylee Hartung for us, thank you. And another deadly plane crash in a Maryland neighborhood near Washington, DC. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

WHIT JOHNSON (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) Now to a dramatic scene caught on camera. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

WHIT JOHNSON (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) Holiday travel's gonna feel like that today as well. We go, we are going go to start here with the collision of two major events happening. This is set to be the busiest air travel day ever. And at the same time, there's a dangerous blizzard sweeping across the country this morning. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

MICHAEL STRAHAN (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) You keep it up, you might be playing for somebody. Go out and, have a try out on Saturday with him, you may get a job. All right, thank you so much, Kenneth, we appreciate that. And now we're gonna go to a 19-year-old pilot who managed to keep his cool when his plane's propellers stopped working, crash landing into a lake. But the danger was just beginning. Zachary Kiesch is here now with the story. Good morning, Zachary. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

T.J. HOLMES (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) All right. We're gonna stick to the skies but a little different here. We got a midair scare to show you. Everybody, take a look at your screens. I'm no aviation expert, pretty sure that's not supposed to happen when you're in the air. That is part of an engine cover that has detached midflight. That plan was forced to make an emergency landing. ABC's David Kerley with the story. David, what in the world is going on there? [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

CECILIA VEGA (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) We're gonna turn now to an emergency landing in Hawaii that set seven people to the hospital. A plane leaving California with 177 passengers on board filled with smoke. The passengers and crew members using an evacuation slide to escape. Our senior transportation correspondent David Kerley has the story. David, wow, this was really a terrifying final 20 minutes of this flight for these guys. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

TJ HOLMES (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) Hey there, folks. Welcome back here to Central Park. I am with a group here that you might recognize because they were just on television yesterday with me live, but that was in Chicago. These are all new pilots with a program called Tuskegee Next. And we wanted to honor them and give them a little treat. And a lot happened since yesterday, when we were on the shore of Lake Michigan, to get here to Central Park. Take a look. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

CECILIA VEGA (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) But first we've got a lot of news to get to, starting with NASCAR legend Dale Earnhardt Jr. incredibly surviving that plane crash. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

MICHAEL STRAHAN (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) I should become a swimming pool builder. People stay home in the pool. We're gonna go now to a wild emergency landing, it happened right on the highway in Washington State. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) Back now with the crash of a hot air balloon at a Missouri festival. It careened out of control, knocked down bystanders, and this morning we're hearing from one of the passengers in the basket. Will Reeve here with the story. Hey, Will. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

MICHAEL STRAHAN (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) All right, thank you. And now to that F-16 crash in California. The military fighter jet slamming into a warehouse leaving this gigantic hole behind. The pilot managed to eject safely before the accident. But others were injured inside. Our chief national correspondent Matt Gutman is on the scene in Riverside, California, with the latest. Good morning, Matt. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

ROBIN ROBERTS (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) We are back now with that pilot arrested at the airport just moments before his plane was about to depart, now facing charges in a triple murder. Amy is here with that story. Good morning, Amy. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

ROBIN ROBERTS (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) And turning now to that scare in the skies that brought one of the busiest airports in the country to a standstill, and flights in and out of Newark Airport stopped last night after a drone was spotted near the path of arriving flights. Our senior transportation correspondent David Kerley, he's on top of it. And, David, one pilot said they missed it by, what, 30 feet? [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

EVA PILGRIM (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) First, we turn to that dramatic plane crash caught on camera in Hawaii. The pilot surviving by ejecting into the water. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) It is not going to be pretty here this weekend here. We move on now to that minor air scare for the Royals. The plane carrying Harry and Meghan was forced to abort its landing on s flight from Tonga to Australia. Our James Longman was on the plane, he joins us now. Good morning, James. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

ROBIN ROBERTS (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) Always magic. Thank you, Paula, very much. Now to that 17-year-old student pilot who pulled off, whoa, quite a landing on her first long distance solo flight. One of her wheels came off midair. ABC's Kayna Whitworth is here with that story. And, Kayna, she really kept her cool throughout it all. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

WHIT JOHNSON (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) We wanna bring in retired Marine Corps Colonel and ABC News contributor Steve Ganyard, a former fighter pilot. Colonel, thanks so much for joining us. We are learning a lot about this employee. He had clearance, he had access to that plane, but could the airlines add additional layers of security to prevent an amateur like this from pushing all the buttons, starting the aircraft, and taking off? [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) We're gonna show a lot more of that later. But we're gonna begin, of course, with that deadly helicopter crash here in New York. That is a live shot of the scene right now. The helicopter underneath those yellow pontoons in the East River. It happened around 7:00 PM last night. A tourist chopper landed right there. Flipped over in the East River. The pilot managed to escape. All five passengers on board were killed. ABC's Gio Benitez is on the scene with the latest. Good morning, Gio. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

PAULA FARIS (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) And let's send things over to Ron for a look at the other headlines that we're covering. Good morning to you, Ron. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

AMY ROBACH (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) All right, Linsey Davis, thanks so much. Now to a close call in the sky, overnight a Delta flight from Atlanta to Amsterdam forced to make an emergency landing. And ABC's Eva Pilgrim has more on that story. Eva, there were some pretty chilling words from the pilot. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

DAN HARRIS (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) But first here, some really scary moments at a festival featuring hot air balloons. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

AMY ROBACH (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) That's right. A manhunt is under way in Miami for a suspect who opened fire on a couple outside the city's famous Fontainebleau Hotel in Miami Beach. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

AMY ROBACH (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) We move on now to an airport confrontation that was all caught on tape. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

ROBIN ROBERTS (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) We are back now with Prince William's powerful words about mental health and how he handles feeling overwhelmed. ABC's Lama Hasan is in London, has the latest on this very important story. Good morning, Lama. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

ROBIN ROBERTS (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) Watch out for those symptoms. Okay. Now to that midair emergency overnight, a plane from Washington, DC forced to make an emergency landing in Nashville after a fire broke out in one of the engines. Let's go right to ABC's David Kerley, he's at Reagan National Airport for us. Good morning, David. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

RON CLAIBORNE (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) Good morning to you, Dan and Cecilia. Diane. Good morning, everyone. We're gonna begin with breaking news overnight from Pennsylvania, a Pennsylvania state trooper gunned down in the line of duty while responding to a domestic dispute. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

DAN HARRIS (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) A bag of coal. We move on to some less cheery Santa related news. Could Amazon be experiencing some holiday turbulence? A pilots' union now says poor working conditions may cause packages to arrive late. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]