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Confirmed at this time. so, cnn asking to confirm reports that the u.s. coast guard was conducting a search and had found a body. the u.s. coast guard saying to us and this is, quote, in full, i cannot confirm that, i know there has been a helicopter lunched and we are assisting the responding agencies but other than that nothing else has been confirmed at this time. new information now, rene marsh is checking with the faa and from the national transportation safety board. what do you know, rene...

Not know the answers to at this point. of course, those ntsb investigations, they tend to be quite lengthy. it could be some time before we get any true definitive answers. but we hope that the picture will become a little clearer as the day goes on, but what we really want to know is how the folks are doing on board. again, we just know, again, just based on the pictures here from the people that weve spoken to from the sources that have spoken to us and theyve seen the pictures themselves, the...

Possible. perhaps some overhead bins opened up in the process. again, this is all speculation of what comes along with this kind of crash landing. >> right. >> of course, all the details will come out as we hear more from the faa. >> and, rene, also getting from -- excuse me, from airline sources here, some of them pilots are saying, if the plane had actually cart wheeled, it would have broke apart. it would not look like it does now. they are saying is the plane pretty much -- the wing is intac...

Remarkable situation -- as you point out people were strolling off that airplane is unreal. >> yeah, it is unreal. you know, jim, you said, of course, we worked together for a long time in chicago, i know your expert in both weather and aviation. were glad to have you on cnn today. i want you to listen to this eyewitne eyewitness, anthony castrarni and then well talk, okay? >> actually it looked like it was coming in very nicely. it was pitched nose up maybe about three degrees. and as it was co...

Large south korean airline which is why you heard from our diana m magnay, shes getting reaction from south korea. worldwide resources on cnn on top of this story. i would like to welcome our viewers who are in the united states and also around the world and many of them watching us from south korea right now and on other international networks as well. again, were following the breaking news here on cnn. what we know as a plane made what the faa is calling a crash landing. according to witnesse...

Are on board. >> lets get perspective, asiana are an extremely well-known, reliable, respectable airline. incheon airport in seoul, in south korea, one of the worlds leading airports, regularly in recent years has been voted number one as the airport. asiana one airline that regularly is in reviews. looking at the aircraft trying to figure out whether its a 777 200 or the exact nature, well have those details in the next few molts for you. >> okay, of course, and you know, as far as we know, ric...

It was a spin on the ground like the top, not a cartwheel, like a flip of the airplane in midair. >> thats correct. loss of lateral control. >> that clears that up. >> you have no control over the part of that airplane slide. >> again, im not the aviation expert but the part that would control that would be the rudder, right? >> yes, absolutely. >> and once that is gone, you have no control. >> thats correct, don. >> okay, okay. lets go. stand by. i want to go to diana magnay who is in seoul for...

I dont think its anything specific about the airport. i think what probably happened is as eyewitnesss explained that they came down too heavy, they didnt have the -- they werent coming down the right spot on the glide slope on the runway, they had a strike of the tail when they came down and he may have even tried -- the pilot may have even tried to take off again, couldnt do it. spun around and, of course, lost control of the aircraft. i do think it will come down to a piloting issue. >> okay....

Moment, as to what would have happened when this aircraft basically had the accident upon which we are now seeing. there will be an enormous number amount of speculation on what would have caused it, the circumstances, but the 777 involved, looking at the list of accidents that have taken place on the 777 recently or at least since it came into operation, this would rank as amongst the worst once we know obviously the fatality and the injury list. ranking alongside the british airways the one th...

It says our thoughts are with everyone affected by todays incident at sfo, we stand ready to assist the nt bb. again, that is boeing. jennifer, stand by. richard quest, stand by. go ahead, jim tillmon. >> what happens once the tail separates from the airplane, you have no control, lateral control, that is the twisting of the airplane around its axis. you do have a little bit of control perhaps still within the wing structure to keep the wings relatively level and that was one of the reasons, the...