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Crash in sao paulo. one of the thrust reversers causing it to crash into a concrete building and here is the aftermath. all 187 people on the plane were killed and several people on the ground. and then june of 1988 a crash during an airshow, air france flight 296 failed to gain height and crashed into trees while performing a maneuver there in haver shiem france. and pilot air was blamed but it was determined the flight data recorder was found and that threw doubt into the investigation. and in...

Happening, they needed to get down in a hurry. that suggests the pilot had great urgency. >> mary we want to for people who are just joining us breaking news 142 passengers on board this a-320 airbus called germanwings, is the airline, and we believe there were six crew. the president of france, francois hollande has sent out this tweet. he said way tonight express to the families of victims of the air crash my solidarity this is a mourning a tragedy. >> it really truly is it seems as though wev...

>> what about flying at that altitude, general? >> well, the altitude is -- he wants to keep his altitude as long as possible. >> is it high enough? its about 6,800 feet, are you happy with that? >> say that altitude again. >> 6,800. >> no, im not happy with that. >> too low? >> too low. >> thats the height of the mountain. >> thats the height of the mountain. im sure he was around 30,000, 35,000, which the 320 normally levelled off on that type flight. >> if it -- they were tracking it ever sin...

Information. >> its being picked up by the associated press. german wings low cost airline out of berlin. one of their a 320s has gone down. >> joining us on the phone is our aviation expert. were getting breaking details regarding this incident with the airplane. a large number of people on board, including crew and two pilots. give us your thoughts on this developing situation. >> its a low cost airline in cologne. it has a couple of -- according to our reports she was lost at about 6,800 feet...

He was obviously in a decent. the french president knows probably exactly what happens because hes been listening to air traffic control or they have reported what happened. there is probably quite a bit of dialogue going on, which were not getting now. unfortunately, so thats why im speculating. but it is very interesting, again, that the airplane didnt go in a direction where there were more airfields and away from the mountains. i dont know why. >> and was operating at an unsafe altitude of 6...

Trying to understand what the particular noises were. could it be a power up we simply dont know. what we do know and what mikey kay has very credibly reviewed is a that this aircraft didnt offer any distress signals and descended in a controlled fashion. between 38 and 42,000 feet the pilots have only a few seconds to don their oxygen masks if theres an explosive decompression, for example. did that happen? could that have happened? that is one possible scenario. we dont want to suffer from inv...

>> lets talk about the airplane model, the a-320. so many of thaus fly in the united states are familiar with this aircraft. tell us about its reputation its safety record what we know especially in europe. >> >> its the backbone of whats going on in europe. its manufactured 150 miles from where its allegedly crashed. ive been to toulouse and to the factory and watched it being put together. its an amazing aircraft with advanced technology. its been around for years and continues to keep up with...

45 spanish passengers as well as the others who have perished aboard this crash. as you know most of the victims aboard the plane were from germany and we just heard katie talk about the 16 young people. and i think that people are starting to get a handle or trying to get a handle on the scope, the depth of this tragedy, thomas. >> it is just horrible to think that this trip for these bright young kids goes to terribly wrong. and were still waiting for direct answers on why or how this could ha...

Begin at any moment following the crash of german passenger plane in the french alps happening in cologne, germany. could be starting any moment. 150 on board this germanwings airbus 320 when it went down in the southern french alps. it took often route to dusseldorf in germany. germanwings says it does not have yet any information on what caused the crash. the president of france francois hollande spoke saying there are likely no survivors, although thats yet to be officially confirmed. the cha...

Mary sciavo to that its very rare for an airplane to go down mid-flight. lets bring in david soucie 95% of these aircraft when theres crashes go off on takeoff or landing. and david soucie germanwings, 2008 and 2010 there were reports of flights that had toxic gases go into the cockpit and have you ever heard this information? is it relevant? >> it isnt at that point. but the airbus 320 as mary was saying is so rare that something would happen mid flight like this the airbus 320 is one of the mo...