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One hours. an the a-320 has a good safety record. lets break it down. .14 fatal accidents per takeoff according to boeing. and there were crashes, in december of last year air asia flight 8501 and the flight between indonesia and singapore. the crew had requested a change in altitude and route to avoid the poor weather. it fell into the java sea off the coast of indonesia and all 155 people on board were killed. in january of 2009 known as the miracle on hudson u.s. airways 1549 taking off when ...

Training things as you were referring to. what is the biggest point to you right now? >> the descent. the may day call and the descent. a very rapid descent. that descent is a bracing one. it does not suggest that the plane had stalled and was literally falling out of the sky. when that happens it can either fall like a leaf or it can shudder and fall off into a dive. i would suspect that would be much faster. in a controlled descent, if there was something gone wrong and the plane itself had pu...

Not a search for survivors. on board this plane, some 150 people among them two babies and possibly a group of high school students. the airline, germanwings. its a budget carrier of lufthansa. now says its airbus a-320 was at a cruising altitude a mere one minute before it started its descent, before it started that fall. flight 9525 wasnt even midway through its route from barcelona there in spain to dusseldorf in germany when it started a catastrophic eight-minute descent. why this occurred i...

Southern florida. risk of severe weather in the mid south. showers from seattle to northern california. snow in the cascades in to the northern sierra. >> phoenix and miami in the upper 80s with honolulu 81. boston 39. seattle and portland mid to upper 50s. if indianapolis residents want to check whos in college basketball sweet 16, all they have to do is look up. the ncaa brackets on the side of the j.w. marriott hotel. they are actually up-to-date. >> cant miss that. look at the size of that...

Heres the latest on this mornings crash of the airliner. all 150 onboard are believed dead. the airbus a-320 crashed into the foothills of the french alps this morning. we learned moments ago there was no distress call from the pilots. at the helm of the barcelona flight had logged more than 6,000 flight hours on this particular model of plane. tom foreman is in washington now with a closer look at that doomed planes flight path. >> heres what we know. experience pilot onboard. a plane that wasn...

Well know more when theres more information about what the debris looks likement also, the minister of interior, hes on his way there. he should be arriving very soon. >> our correspondent from sky news speaking live from the airport in paris. they are working to get more information on what happened. i can telll you the following a we go to the graphic. well return to sky news as they have new details. this is a german wings air bus a 320. lets listen to the french president now. >>. translator...

Its a very rare situation. now you will have a distress call. you will have the cockpit voice recorder youll have the flight data recorder. im guessing from what youre telling me that pretty short order, there will be information as to what happened and why. >> richard, speaking about this happening mid flight it does lead you to believe that something must have happened structurally or electrically. this plane was 24 years old. give us context in airline years, what is that? >> its a robust air...

Technology, it prides itself on the safety of things like its airline. this is certainly a big blow. but the strictvictims right now are at the forefront right now. lets look at how its unfolding. devastate family members are gathering at dusseldorf airport where the doomed flight was headed. and also at barcelona airport where the flight originated. a crisis center has been set up with a team of psychologists for those who need care. rely tills, many crying were escorted by police and airport s...

Thats on land and has crashed. they have identified a crash site. >> thats exactly correct. well find out what it is. its the tragedy and the loss of human life that our hearts go out for the families. it will be pieced together. it will not be one of those mysteriesi mysteries. the fact is, it is interesting it stays on that course in that direction towards the mountains. thats what puzzles me which is why i think something else was wrong. >> lets go back to the fact -- im with you. i have fly ...

Aif french official tells cnn the airbus a-320 slammed into a cliff side and was in his words completely obliterated. video captured from helicopters hints at just how big the debris field is bodies remain and littered the mountain terrain. french authorities say its unlikely crews will retrieve any of the victims tonight. cnn is working the story all over the globe. well start with cnn aviation correspondent rene marsh. rene, such a mystery about what happened to the u.s. planeplane. the u.s. s...