[美国广播公司世界新闻(2011-2季)].110404_wn.doc

April 4, 2011 Diane: Tonight on World News, safe to flight? New cracks found in other planes after the Southwest airliner peeled open like a can. Also tonight, a different plane has another close call. We’ve lost all our instruments right now. 497, we are declaring an emergency. Diane: Four more years? President Obama officially signed on for the race in 2012 and backtracks on a promise about 9/11 terror trials. Hell on Earth. Our reporter caught in a harrowing battle in Afghanistan, surrounded by the Taliban. Hooked on food? Are your food cravings as powerful as drug addiction? The news tonight about your brain and what it could mean for losing weight. And dads and daughters. Girls from some of Americas tough streets take their prints, their dad to the dance. From ABC News headquarters, this is ABC World News with Diane Sawyer. Diane: Good evening. As we come on the air tonight, an emergency order has been issued by the FAA: An immediate inspection of dozens of Southwest Airlines planes that have served as the work courses for our shorter flights in America. They are all 737s and this began, of course, after that terrifying descent of the plane on Friday, the one that essentially ripped open at the seams as passengers look up and saw the sky. Lisa Stark has been on this story nonstop stop since that frightening flight and she has all the news breaking tonight. Lisa. Reporter: Well, good evening, Diane. 175 planes worldwide and 80 here in the US will need these emergency inspections, three different models of Boeing 737. Theyre checking to make sure there are no hidden cracks in these plans and these inspections may be just the start. The gaping hole that opened up in the roof of the Southwest jet didnt just blow open one airplane, it blew apart the nations entire system for inspecting and maintaining aging jets. Thats why the government is ordering inspections of nearly 100 planes and why it may rethink its critical safety program. We cannot allow p