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>> this is a fox news alert. a plane has crashed in arizonas superstition mountains east of phoenix. you are looking at pictures of the scene. the sheriffs office is respond together crash. they say its very tough territory, rugged terrain there. no word yet on what kind of plane is involved. witnesses say they saw the crash, they heard the explosion. rescue crews trying to get to the scene. there are no word how many people would be on board that plane. heres what we do know. faa said there are...

From quite a distance away. we have deputies that are on ground. a very difficult area to get to because of the cliffs and the rocks. a very rugged terrain. so we have deputies there. we have the ranger helicopter thats up thats assisting us. so we have found debris so clearly there was a crash. we have not found any people at this time. its heartbreaking the fact that the evening before thanksgiving. >> yeah. sheriff, we can see the pictures live now. it appears that there is a good deal of fir...

Honor to have you. >> thank you. >> secretary rice. thats all the time we have. thanks for being with us. see you back here tomorrow night. >> it this is a fox news alert. authorities say a plane has crashed in arizonas mountains east of phoenix. the sheriffs office is responding to a crash in that mountain rank. the faa right now said theres no immediate reports of any missing commercial aircraft. we are joined by phone. sheriff, thank you for your time. can you tell us what the latest is. >> y...

I must mention her. >> you know these your biggest fan. she will be watching tonight. it looks like florida will be great for her. let me ask you, though, in those areas that do get a little complicated, you mentioned some areas, and we talked about some snow. if a metro area is impacted how much of a travel nightmare can it be in spreading across the country? >> theres always a ripple effect. all day today we had delays across the northeast, boston, laguardia still reporting delays, jfk and new...

From quite a distance away. we have deputies that are on ground. a very difficult area to get to because of the cliffs and the rocks. a very rugged terrain. so we have deputies there. we have the ranger helicopter thats up thats assisting us. so we have found debris so clearly there was a crash. we have not found any people at this time. its heartbreaking the fact that the evening before thanksgiving. >> yeah. sheriff, we can see the pictures live now. it appears that there is a good deal of fir...

>> thanksgiving a fox news alert. >> a plane has crashed in arizonas super stigz mountains east of phoenix. the sheriffs office is responding to the crash and say its rugged terrain there. no word on what kind of plane is involved. witnesses say they saw the crash, they heard the explosion. rescue crews trying to get to the scene there. no word on how many people would have been on board that plane. the faa says, there are no immediate reports of missing commercial aircraft. officials say passen...

Is here with the latest. can you tell us about the weatherrenings in phoenix? >> a tragic story unfolding east of phoenix, as we heard the sheriff mention. we have a storm system across the west. shannon, i want to zoom into that region. just east of phoenix we are looking at the apache junction area. really, weather conditions are perfect right now. 60 degrees, 64 degrees, light winds, clear. of course, it is dark outside and you can see the pictures that are coming into us as crews try to go a...

Larger than a cessna or small aircraft, that it could be a twin-engine plane of some sorts. and just given the time of year and the travel schedule for everybody, we are hoping that there are fewer people that were on the air craft, but thats not likely. so we dont know anything conclusive at this point, but we have a number of resources that are deployed and trying to not only reach that area, but to find out how we can be helpful, if we can, at this point. >> cher i have, you mentioned its a v...

Is here with the latest. can you tell us about the weatherrenings in phoenix? >> a tragic story unfolding east of phoenix, as we heard the sheriff mention. we have a storm system across the west. shannon, i want to zoom into that region. just east of phoenix we are looking at the apache junction area. really, weather conditions are perfect right now. 60 degrees, 64 degrees, light winds, clear. of course, it is dark outside and you can see the pictures that are coming into us as crews try to go a...