CNN Signs Miles O’Brien as Aviation Analyst for Two Weeks

Former CNN anchor/reporter Miles O’Brien will be temporarily returning to the network, as a CNN source tells Mediaite O’Brien has been signed for two weeks as an aviation analyst amid the network’s coverage of the ongoing search for the missing MH370 flight.

O’Brien worked at CNN from 1992 to 2008, and being a pilot himself, he covered aviation issues and several plane crashes during his initial tenure.

Most recently, O’Brien lost his left arm in an accident when he was shooting on location in the Philippines. He sat down with CNN’s Erin Burnett Wednesday night talking about both the missing Malaysian Airlines plane and moving on from his accident, which you can watch part of below, via CNN:

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