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In all probability may have lost an engine. that gives you a clear may day. then you start running through the check list. if youre single engine over these mountainous areas. -- by the time he took off, you would have to see how much altitude he could possibly gain. and he -- losing it at 6,800 feet, in that area, that 30 minutes of decent was filled with check list and trying to maintain altitude. >> this particular plane should be able to stay aloft on one engine, right? >> it should be able ...

The polish passengers we will publish nationalities of victims as soon as we confirmed them for every individual without a doubt. at the moment i cannot answer this question. how many a 320 are you using in the current group. the exact number i cannot give you but i know it is several hundred, which are used for lufthansa, for germanwings, it is about a little more than 60 at the moment that are flying for germanwings. for the overall lufthansa group, several hundred. and since the aircraft has ...

Heart-breaking because it apparently includes the loss of so many children. >> good afternoon, im krystal ball. and as we come on the air, french investigators are trying to reach the debris field of the downed passenger jet in the french alps. one of the planes black boxes has been located. as of now there is no indication that terrorism brought down flight 9525. the airbus a-320 was on route from germany to dusseldorf. there were 144 passengers on board and six crew members. there wfr 67 germa...

You mention its a 90 minute flight. french officials are saying this plane vanished from radar screens 80 minutes in. which makes me think it was not on course or going too slow. it was behind where it was supposed to be landing in germany. wouldnt you say? >> yes, by the way, i just took a quick guess on that flying time. it could be two hours. im just looking at the map. and they are going out about 500 knots. it looks to me to be a thousand miles or something. that is a guess. i dont have the...

Ntsb to try and get that information. the ntsb saying they are awaiting and ready to help if need be. youre looking at some images of the airbus a-320. the safety record for this particular aircraft is extremely good. the same goes for the airline, luftanza. at this point it is a mystery as to what could have gone wrong. as you know carol, the takeoff and landing are the critical points of flight where the majority of times you will see a crash. not at cruising altitude at 35,000 feet where this...

Victims. a morgue has been set up at a nearby high school. were after the noon hour autothe french alps. an a 320 crashed with 140 people on board. flight 4 u 9525 from barcelona to germany. a large number of german passengers believed to have been on board. we dont have the manifest. its owned by a german carrier. weve been able to get a lot of information from sky news which is based in the united kingdom and has offices across the region. they have made it clear that mounting a recovery effor...

Updating our breaking news, the crash of the german wings plane in the french alps family have started to arrive in barcelona where the flight took off and in dusseldorf. rescue teams are making their way to the crash site. the associated press is reporting one of the black boxes has been found, citing the french interior ministry as the source. nbc news is working to independently confirm that with the french. this image was taken by the fire department that reads, briefing the firefighters bef...

Hearing, which is a germanwings airliner has gone down in france. it was headed from spain, barcelona, to dusseldorf in germany, its an a-320 like the one youre skieeing on your screen. thats the projected path of the flight. reports are that it went down 142 passengers on board. the point of intrigue right now in understanding this situation is that we are told by experts, mary sciavo and david soucie both of whom are on the phone that 95% of crashes happen on takeoff or landing. if the plane w...

Has airline travel been mostly safe in europe in the last decade or so? >> i think absolutely no question that the safety record in europe has been absolutely exemplary. if you look at the sheer amount of aviation that takes place. what is interesting and worrying about this particular incident were seeing overnight, is the airline involved is germanwings, a first world airline, part of the lufthansa group. secondly it is the accident happened at altitude it happened at 38,000 feet certainly wel...

Animation of the flight path. the radar suggests that the 24-year-old aircraft was cruising at 38,000 feet at this level when it began descending very rapidly into this area where its known to crash. we should note weather isnt believed to be a contributing factor. weather conditions locally were very good when that plane went down. so this is the information that we do know on this breaking story. of course, all of this is coming in as were finding out more and reports that the black box has be...