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Lets take you back to this plane that has gone down in the french alps and the mystery surrounding all of this. this airbus carrying 150 people now just in pieces. no piece of debris larger than a small car there in the french mountainous region. on the left side of the screen the actual germanwings airbus a320 that went down tuesday. on the right, the conditions and the investigators now. these images obviously really resonating with a soccer team from sweden because this team has actually supp...

Help me understand whats going on here. first, david gallo, good to have you. you were pivotal in finding flight 447. we will bring you in on the discussion. david, i havent spoken to you yet this morning. if the plane dipped in altitude which is something you and mary have been asking a lot about, we need to know altitude, if it did it in that point of the flight, tell us where was that and what sense you make of a dip in altitude at that point. its too soon to be out of gas. >> it is. it seems...

Seriously related to the plane or even existed according to american officials, although australian officials, as steve rattner pointed out, have a credible plan in place and officials in place who have done this before and they seem to feel that they have found something. having said that, there are several possible scenarios that are being discussed by aviation experts and by those following the story online, one scenario is that there was an electrical fire that forced the pilots to take emer...

Information that leads us to believe that the flight change was programmed and possibly even in flight. of course, a hijacking has not been ruled out. i think a lot of people are thinking about that. there are also theories that suggest the plane was crashed after an aborted hijacking and then there is the possibility that a plane actually landed somewhere. there are hundreds of potential lesser known air folds and abandoned air strips the plane could have landed in excluding major airport which...

Will, based on the acar system, the maintenance system, going dark, and then the transponder going dark as well, eric. >> hey, katherine, its andrea tantaros. who played the message that they received, that the data was changed through acars? do we know it came from a dispatcher, where did we get the information everybody is talking about today? >> the acar system for a layperson, this is a maintenance system onboard most of the boeing flights. it offered an upgraded system, but the basic system...

Will, based on the acar system, the maintenance system, going dark, and then the transponder going dark as well, eric. >> hey, katherine, its andrea tantaros. who played the message that they received, that the data was changed through acars? do we know it came from a dispatcher, where did we get the information everybody is talking about today? >> the acar system for a layperson, this is a maintenance system onboard most of the boeing flights. it offered an upgraded system, but the basic system...

Also, i want to tell you this. delta, u.s. airways, american airlines are waiving flight change fees now because of the storm. you can check online to see what your rights are and the flight change fees. southwest airlines never has flight change fees. some of the lower cost carriers do, some dont. please make sure to check. you dont want to get stuck footing the bill or waiting in the airport, guys. >> i wish you could keep the smiley face over our shoulder all day. >> be nice. i know this is u...

>> shepard: flight change and extended life for the space shuttle program after weeks of hints a of launch delays. the space agency making it official the space program will not end until next year which causes bells to go off in the studio. the shuttle "discovery" had been scheduled to fly next to last in september. now it is set for the first of november. the last mission now has a launch date in february of 2011. nasa officials say the agency needs more time to prep cargo for both flights. th...

And airlines are making it easier to change flights if youre connecting through texas or headed there. most u.s. airlines are waiving change fees for flights in the region including the big four -- american, delta, united, and southwest. each airline has different policies. check. most are allowing customers to make one flight change without paying that usual rebooking fee of about $200 or more. we just checked, dave. the houston airport is open. the airports saying they expect to remain open. y...

Secretary of homeland security which overseas fema. >> interesting -- which oversees fema. >> interesting. hurricane harvey heading for the oil refineries, meaning higher prices at the pump. nearly half the refineries are on the coast. one-third sit directly on harveys path. oil platforms and rigs have been shutting down in anticipation. 39 facilities evacuated. refiners closing to brace for the storms impact. that will disrupt the supply of gas. heres what it means for drivers. experts expect...