BERNARD SHAW, CNN ANCHOR: New questions have been raised about a NATO airstrike during the campaign against Yugoslavia last April. The target was a railway bridge which a passenger train was crossing. Our CNN military affairs correspondent Jamie McIntyre now with the latest -- Jamie.</s>JAMIE MCINTYRE, CNN MILITARY AFFAIRS CORRESPONDENT: Well, Bernie, it was April 12 of last year, a Yugoslav passenger plane was hit by a U.S. F-15 aiming at a bridge. At least 14 people, civilians, were killed. At the time, NATO's top commander insisted there was no way the plane's weapons officer, staring at a five-inch screen in the back seat, could see the train in time to divert the guided missile. Here's the video that NATO Commander General Wesley Clark showed at the time. He said the crew had less than a second. But it turns out, the tape he showed had been speeded up, essentially fast forwarding at three times normal speed. The Pentagon says NATO, in a hurry to clear the pilots of any blame, used a digitally compressed version of the video intended for quick review by intelligence analysts, but it strongly denies there was any manipulation or deception. Still, the Pentagon has not release had the original video, but CNN has slowed down the compressed version to simulate real time. The officer in the back seat of the F-15, who guided the bomb to its target, can see only what's in the center of the screen. And even in realtime, he had three seconds, at most, to react. Air Force officials became aware of the speeded up tape months ago but only explained it after a German newspaper ran a story questioning NATO's account. The Pentagon is adamant, however, insisting the air crews did nothing wrong, and that the train tragedy was in fact unavoidable -- Bernie.</s>SHAW: Jamie Mcintyre, at the Pentagon, thank you.
New Questions Raised About NATO Airstrike During Yugoslavia Campaign