Airplane Breaks News Today

From the tail. >> emergency, emergency. >> reporter: they have fallen another 20,000 feet in less than two minutes. the airplane breaks through the cloud layer and by chance it is oriented right side up. >> now they had a natural horizon to work with. they could look out the windshield and see which way was up and down and which way was wings level. >> reporter: but there is only 11,000 feet left between the airplane and the ocean. >> i can see the water, the waves break. it is getting bigger an...

Stabilizer separate from the tail. >> they have fallen another 20,000 feet in less than two minutes. the airplane breaks through the cloud layer and by chance, its oriented right side up. >> now they had a natural horizon to look with. they could look out the windshield and see which way was up, down, and wings level. >> but there is only 11,000 feet left between the airplane and the ocean. >> i could see the water, the waves break, its getting bigger and bigger and bigger and you have a magnify...

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