Wingsa 320 News Today

>> lets talk about the airplane model, the a-320. so many of thaus fly in the united states are familiar with this aircraft. tell us about its reputation its safety record what we know especially in europe. >> >> its the backbone of whats going on in europe. its manufactured 150 miles from where its allegedly crashed. ive been to toulouse and to the factory and watched it being put together. its an amazing aircraft with advanced technology. its been around for years and continues to keep up with...

Obviously -- [ inaudible ] theyre confirming 142 people with six crew. >> what were hearing, "reuters" is reporting on the story right now. it was going from barcelona right there in the tip of spain, to dusseldorf in germany. were showing you a picture now, mary because you cant see it of an a-320, the type of commercial aircraft we believe were dealing with we want to know what we can about the safety record of that type of aircraft and if the reports are accurate and that the plane went down ...

Its a very rare situation. now you will have a distress call. you will have the cockpit voice recorder youll have the flight data recorder. im guessing from what youre telling me that pretty short order, there will be information as to what happened and why. >> richard, speaking about this happening mid flight it does lead you to believe that something must have happened structurally or electrically. this plane was 24 years old. give us context in airline years, what is that? >> its a robust air...

Unusual they would go out over water, if youre routing particularly since when you look at the route, look where they were they would have been on a straight in to dusseldorf. that doesnt concern me i dont think that was necessarily an indication they had strayed from their flight path. >> were getting a statement here now from airbus the makers of the a-320. that was involved in this crash. we know that the aircraft the specific one was 24 years old. the statement from airbus which is based in ...