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Like this in the past but theyre quite rare at this altitude. >> there were two other airports that were close to the flight path that if there was an emergency, the pilots could have deviated to. and the fact that they didnt do that it does speak to your theory of incapacitation. >> you know there have been accidents in the past crashes in the past im remembering alaska air back in 2000 where they had a problem with the plane and they passed up some airports and they were doing an in-flight, en...

Here. we had another air crash last week with two helicopters that went down carrying three very famous french sports figures and a reality tv crew went down with it. a series of tragedies here that are hitting this country and in addition to everything else, we had the king of spain here on a previously scheduled coincidental visit. it was supposed to be a visit full of pomp and circumstance. all decked out with spanish flags and that sort of thing. its been cut short. the visit was cut short a...

This figure may change because when there is a check in and booking, we cannot check it in each individual case. we have a passenger list and at the moment in dusseldorf this is being done in a confidential way. to the other question the problem you mentioned with regard to computers, there i can say that these computers that had a defect were exchanged. this is the newest version of airbus so this kind of error could not have occurred. >> were going to step away from this news conference to dig...

Continuing our live coverage right now of this plane crash in the french alps. i want to bring in senior cnn meteorologist chad myers whos standing by. one of the big headlines in this crash is the weather conditions as that plane went down and the weather conditions still moving in for those who have to go into this. >> and when we see the ceilings lower down below that 6,000-foot level with rain and snow, those helicopters that are going to be so instrumental at least for now will be grounded....

They dont see a terrorist link to whats happened out there. >> jim acosta reporting live from the white house, thank you. we may not know what caused germanwings flight 9525 to crash, but we certainly from information about that very aircraft. the plane was an airbus model a320. the twin engine single aisle aircraft. it was carrying 150 people. we can confirm that is the final number, 150. it was delivered to lufthansa from the production line back in 1991. and it had just a little more than 58,...

This type of plane has a very good safety record. its been in the air for decades. its model has. and that theres no indication at least at this point that there might be some sort of repeat situation happening here. and john cox, the flight number now official which gives people information if they know anybody traveling. we dont know much about where it crashed, but in terms of the flight path itself were told the weather was pretty good about 56 degrees and partly cloudy, is what we were told...

The scene of the rescue staging area. thank you so much for calling in from the daily mail. joining me now is francis rivera with more on the flight path of this germanwings flight. >> we want to map it out for you what we know right now. a lot of information still coming in. but this is what we know as far as where this plane started from. it started off in barcelona this morning around 4:55 eastern time in barcelona, headed to deuce el dusseldorf in germany. it believed it rapidly descended an...

Flight aware saying there was no emergency code squawked out. here is the time line for you. lets walk through it. this flight left barcelona at about 10:00 this morning it. was at 38,000 feet at 10:27 a.m. take a look at that. this this plane the a-320, the normal ceiling, the highest it can go is 39,000. so to go to 38,000 is bumping up against the ceiling. it only lasted there for a few minutes. one to three minutes and then it began its descend and the last contact was at 6800 feet when the ...

26-degree flight path. it didnt try to vary or look for an area. earlier i had thought that perhaps that indicated that he had identified an area to land. but obviously at this point looking at that terrain that you see there, there was not a lot of choices for him. he probably just kept going forward and tried to keep as much altitude and air speed as long as he could. >> chad youve been taking a closer look at when the plane started to descend. what stands out as you investigate? >> equally cu...

That plane came down in the mountains in the southeast of france. and the problem right now, it is extraordinarily remote, it is so hard to access. here with me in new york is cnn aviation analyst, a 777 captain and contributing editor for "flying" magazine. also joined by mary schiavo whos live in our london newsroom right now. les, lets talk about the flight path. it was headed to dusseldorf, 45 minutes into this flight, all of a sudden, no contact at all. and yet were getting a notification f...