that her mommy and daddy were dead and that she had been in a plane crash. that brought eyes to my eyes too. too. i thanked god that i was here when they come to the door. she is a brave little girl. certainly is she was taken to the hospital where she is expected to be okay. four other people on board were killed. the little girl s mother and father. father. her 9-year-old sister and 14-year-old cousin. air traffic controllers say the plane reported engine problems shortly before losing contact. they were heading to mt. vernon, illinois from key west, florida. later today, hundreds of mourners will gather in brooklyn for the wake of nypd officer wenjian liu. the 32-year-old and his partner officer ramos were killed december 20th while sitting inside heir patrol car. ahead the of the wake nypd police officer bill bratton warning officers not to turn their black backs on mayor
key west, florida back to their home in nashville illinois. illinois. and they go down in kentucky and everybody on board dies except for the 7-year-old little girl. and she makes her way through some terrible touraine and knocks on a complete stranger s door. you are looking and just saw a picture of marty gutsler. daughter piper and cousin sara wilder. all four of them apparently killed in this plane late yesterday afternoon over kentucky at the helm was marty gutsler who called air traffic control at 5:30 saying the twin engine plane experiencing engine problems. short after that it dropped from radar and then out of the wreckage emerges a 7-year-old survivor. and larry wilkins was there to greet her, opening the door to this girl who had just lost her entire family. we spoke with him really exclusively here on fox &
looks like a low-speed event which could be indicative of what allen was talking about with icing where she was seated the best part of that airplane the most intact part of that airplane appeared to be at the tail so she may very well crawled out from there. it looked like a piper seneca which is a very light twin engine airplane but very susceptible to ice. if it indeed is. we haven t heard there was any inclement weather but we do know they recorded engine problems. thank you very much les. good to have you on. go ahead, allen. i was going to say, poppy, i agree and because of weight and balance on these light aircraft you normally put the lighter passengers toward the rear. les is right, that s probably where she was at. all right. we ll find out more as this develops. thank you both. also this story we re following closely. another sea of blue and badges in memory of a slain new york city police officer. the tension was lower, really
listen to this. a 7-year-old girl is the sole survivor of a plane crash. he was able to walk. walk to a house near the crash site. and that resident called 911. the twin-engine aircraft went down last night after the pilot reported engine problems. the faa and the ntsb are expected to arrive. those who died include a 9-year-old girl. her parents and a 14-year-old cousin. we ll have more on that later in the hour. the latest for the search for victims and wreckage and the cause of airasia 8501. teams equipped with a remote operated vehicle are battling high waves, strong currents as well. as they try to get images of the two pieces of metal debris that have just been found in the java sea. we re also learning that airasia did not have permission to fly from surabaya to singapore on
airplane reported engine problems and then went down just ten miles short of the airport that it was trying to reach. we now know who was on board. it was the guxler family from nashville, illinois marty, his wife kim, their two daughters and niece. everyone on the plane died except their 7-year-old daughter. here s nick valencia with how she bravely survived. reporter: at home in rural kentucky larry wilkins finished watching the local evening news when his dog started barking. i went to the door and there was a little girl about 7 years old. crying. not bad. lips quiveering pretty good. she was pretty bloody. had a bloody nose and her arms and legs were scratched up real bad and she told me that her mom and dad was dead. reporter: the 7-year-old is the only survivor from a friday night plane crash. her mom, dad, sister and cousin dead after their small twin engine piper traveling from florida crashed in the woods of