Search to resume. The search was suspended overnight because of really bad weather and darkness. The search will continue to focus on the small strip of ocean in between indonesia and singapore. These search crews will begin scouring the waters for any sign of that wreckage from this airasia flight that suddenly vanished amid heavy thunderstorms. Aviation experts are telling me that a quick look at the radar immediately prior to the disappearance reveals a lot about what could have happened g0 ÷ here. Heavy thunderstorms, very tall and violent were popping up and usually pilots tried to avoid these kinds of things. Airline Officials Say this pilot did make a radio call looking for a new route, but he was not heard from again. Those storms can cause deadly extreme turbulence like youve never felt before. The plane out of control like a surfboard on an angry ocean. Its basically bouncing left right, up and down. Everything in it that isnt held in with a seat belt or otherwise is doing the same. Its enough to cause baggage bins to open and luggage to be thrown around. Reporter some extreme cases, it can cause the tail of the plane to rip off the plane, coming apart in midair. Right now that is one of ther4 leading theories among aviation experts. But they do tell me theyre not ruling out foul play because neither the wreckage nor the black boxes have been discovered. Randy gyllenhaal, nbc 10 news. The disappearance of this plane comes almost ten months after another jet . E6u÷disappeared. Malaysia Airlines Flight mh 370 disappeared. 239 people were on5hoard that plane. No wreckage has ever been found. But investigators think it crashed somewhere in the indian ocean. Some consider the planes disappearance to be one of modern aviations most perplexing and you can count on nbc 10 and nbc10. Com to bring you any new developments in missing airasia flight. Right now were tracking scattered showers across our area taking a live look at the jersey shore in cape mayh . Where its been a mild day. But we are about to see the return of winter weather. Nbc 10 first alert meteorologist Brittney Shipp is here with a look at thoserfn v changes. We saw mild weekend temperatures in the mid50s and rain moving in. Plus, were going to see colder air pushing in as we head into the start of your workweek. Temperatures are dropping back into the 40s. Right now we are tracking rain to south jersey and wilmingtonlcj closer to cape may and even stretching to the 9miii95 corridor. Light rain will remain for at least the next hour or two, at least until 8 00 p. M. And as we head into the overnight hours, well continue to see more clearing. A mild day, temperatures pushing into the mid50s. Still 54 degrees in philadelphia. 48 in allentown and 37 degrees currently in the poconos. As we head into the rest of this evening, expect temperatures to drop into the mid40s as we approach the next hours. By 11 00 p. M. 44 degrees with light showers starting to taper off as we head back to work tomorrow. Ill let you know what to expect. Cooler arison the way. Ill have your new years eve forecast coming up. Ted . Thank you, brittney. Its a busy time for travelers. This is a live jjjz at 30th street station in philadelphia. Aaa estimates that train travel ÷xpy more than 6 this holiday season. A lot of people will also be driving home from their destination. Here is a look at the conditions along i95 in south philadelphia near the gerard point bridge. Low gas prices have made traveling much more affordable this year. The average ib]e price is now under 2. 60 a gallon. The e eagles beat the new york giants in their final game today. Comcast sportsnets derrick gunn is live. And despite todays win, sadly the eagles are out of the playoffs. Yeah it was a bittersweet day indeed. The eagles get the sweep over the giants. But unfortunately, they will go no farther. At least this was an entertaining game as we show you a couple of the highlights. Well begin in the third. Eagles up 1716. Special teamsx4yz getting it done again. James casey breaks through and blocks the punt. Tray burton will scoop it up taking to it the house. Thats the third blocked punt for the touchdownew rying to move down the field, get a touchdown and a possible twopoint tie to get into tying position. But its not going to xqrahappen. Eli manning steps back to pass. It is picked off by nate allen. That seals the deal. The eagles win 3426. n despite not making the playoffs, at least they get their tenth win to close this out. I think this team played extremely hard. I think they played with great effort. Obviously in a couple of games the ball didnt bounce our way. Hbl but we all felt this week it was important to get to doubledigit reporter now, of course chip kelly will meet with the media in the morning. And of course the players will close out their locker rooms at 10 00, a lot sooner than we tomq hahp hc anticipated. Live fr75[1 . Metlife stadium from nbc 10, derrick gunn, comcast sportsnet. ; n new at 6 00 divers return to the Schuylkill River today to resume the search for shane montgomery. The West Chester University student disappeared after a night out with friends in manayunk. This morning nine divers from the underwater Recovery Unit began combing the river near the parking lot where the 21yearolds keys were found last week. Philadelphia police are investigating whether the victim of a hitandrun could have been fleeing from an armed robbery. Vgkqiq man was struck around 12 30 this morning on whittaker avenue in feltonville. Authorities say they found a gun and a mask at the scene,u unh of which matchqq . ÷ the description given by a pizza delivery worker who was held up earlier in the night on nearby tampa street. Detectives are still looking into a possible connection. From our Jersey Shore Bureau a man in toms river is accused of running over his girlfriend three times with his truck. Tonight james crudup is still on the loose and wanted for attempted murder. Police say he attacked his girlfriend after they got into a fight at . 5 on the hess sfonnzez onwd. En route 37 east around 12 30 this morning. That woman is being treated at jersey shore medical center. Her injuries are not considered life threatening. Today the United States formally ended the longest war in its history. A quiet ceremony was held to mark the end of the u. S. Combat mission in afghanistan. Starting january 1, the Afghan Military will be in charge of its own security. About 11,000 u. S. Troops will stay in the country to train and support those forces. The war in afghanistan last in order than 13 years and killed more than 2,000 americans. Well turning now to a philadelphia new years tradition. We are just a few days way from the mummers parade and that means the mummers are putting the finishing touches on their performances. Nbc 10s mitch blocker got a look at what to expect today at mummers fest. And he joins us live at city hall. A lot to look forward to. You got it ted. It all starts right here at city hall on new years day. You know the mummers used to give out 150,000 first place prize to the winner. Now it is all about bragging rights. You ready . Here we go reporter the 2012 string band champions are trying to get back on top. The woodland string band is a family affair. Frank kerr wrote the music. My 3yearold helps me write some of the music. Reporter his sister kim and brother matt choreographed what youre watching. Its a bunch of trial and me and matt go back and forth all the time. Reporter their father frank senior plays in the band. Its amazing. Reporter there are 23 family connections in the woodlands string band. One, two, three, four reporter the fralinger string band has 25. Im in the band with my son. To do this as father and son is very, very cool. Reporter the fralinger string band has played in hong kong. Theyve played bourbon street in new orleans. The 2015 mummers parade will be their 100th. But with dropping attendance and sometimes empty sidewalks, this years parade will be abridged instead of running all day as it has in years past it will start at 10 00 and end at 5 00 this new years day. It will save taxpayers the costs of extra police but it wont diminish what these two string bands are prepared to deliver. It makes you feel so proud inside. Reporter now this years mummers parade they expect about 8,000 participants that is down from 12,000 people participating in the parade just about a decade ago. Were live in center city tonight, im mitch blocker, nbc 10 news. Still ahead tonight, a pair of disasters at sea. The conditions keeping rescuers from getting hundreds of people off a burning beet boat. Plus, a christmas tradition in center city closes up shop for another year. We continue with two tragedies at sea off the coast of italy, and one is still unfolding at that hour. Right now hundreds of people are stuck on this burning ferry boat. The fire started this morning as the ferry was traveling from greece to italy. Crews are battling strong winds and massive waves as they try to evacuate everyone on board. One person died after he jumped off the ferry to try to escape the flames. Rte sank off the coast of italy. The ship collided with another boat gknt was trying to leave port in thick fog. Rescuer are still searching for four missing crewmembers. And coming up im tracking light rain moving into our area. Ill let you know how long it will stick around and what you can expect as you head back to work tomorrow. Thats coming up on my first alert forecast. A sign that the Christmas Season is coming to an end. The Christmas Village in center city closed up shop today. The open air german Christmas Market opened at love park on black friday offering people a place to shop and enjoy food from around the world. On this final day, visitors also enjoyed live music while picking up some gifts santa forgot to leave under the tree. Now your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist Brittney Shipp. Good evening. As we head into the rest of this evening, well be dealing with light showers, especially in our southern communities, closer to the shore and the central and southern parts of delaware. But right rain now moving into the corridor. Well see a nice dry stretch for the next few days, but were also going to see a cold blast. Our temperatures are going to drop down into the 30s for the daytime highs there is a live look outside right now. Were just checking out light rainfall at the Philadelphia International airport. 54 degrees. Our humidity is at 64 . Wind speeds out of the westnorthwest at 8 miles per hour. And across the rest of the region, not raining in redding, but mostly cloudy there. Same thing in Atlantic City 56 degrees with mostly cloudy skies. Again, as we head into the next few hours at least, well still be dealing with light rain. So if youre planning on heading out, grab your umbrella or at least a hooded jacket. 37 degrees in mt. Pocono. 48 degrees in pottstown. Still in the 50s for filming on the. Temperatures in northeast philly at 54. Closer to the shore right at 49 degrees in avalon. 49 in woodbine and 50 degrees in dover. Our satellite radar shot zeuu ing into parts of Atlantic City millville into dover. Pushing into norristown and also into parts of philadelphia. So this is going to remain for at least the next hour hour and a half until right around 8 00 p. M. So we have this last batch of moisture that is moving up from the south. And well see a few lingering showers throughout the shore and also the central and southern parts of delaware heading into tonight. Cooling done for the average this time of year, 42 degrees. We were in the midst of these both today and yesterday. So it was a really nice mild weekend. 469 y u as we push into your monday. Tuesday down to 40 degrees. And for tonight temperatures will be colder than what we saw last night, dropping into the 30s for philadelphia. 32 for the suburbs to the north and west with light rainfall expected until 8 00 p. M. And then well see partly sunny conditions tomorrow but colder than what we saw today. Temperatures will range between 43 and 46 degrees. Our sevenday forecast shows that nice dry stretch, but take a look at new years day, only 39 degrees for our daytime high and new years eve is going to be extremely cold 27 degrees and we will stay close to average. And even above average as we head into next weekend. Brittany thanks. What do the eagles need to fix in the offseason . Were going to hear from the birds as they finish the offseason with no playoffs. Jeff laurie on the season that was. That is next. This is the xfinity sports desk brought to you by xfinity. Your home for the most live sports. Hey, im john clark. The eagles finished 106 for a second Straight Year under chip kelly, but this time no playoffs. This is only the second time the birds were 106 and missed the playoffs in the 16game era. The birds did win the finale against thetotxs giants today. Quarterback Bradley Fletcher out with a hip injury. So nolan carroll. Similar results for secondary. Giants going after him early. Eli manning to reuben randle. Hauls it in. 43 yards. The giants could score, up 73. Free agent to be mark sanchez, 44 yards to the house. Jordan with 8 touchdowns. Only one other eagle rookie has more in a season. Were tied up at seven. That goes 80 yards that drive right there. Then later in the quarter, third and goal. Brents first touchdown this season. And the eagles are up 147. Then third quarter, eagles up 1716. Special teams getting it done again. James casey blocked punt. Trey burton scoops it up. 11 returned tds for the eagles. Only two other nfl teams have had more in a season. To the fourth eli manning finds rookie sensation Odell Beckham jr. 63 yards for the touchdown. 185 yards for him. Birds give up two receivers with over 150 yards each for the first time in their history. And take a look. The eagles will win. Nice interception at the end by nate allen. The eagles beat the giants 3426. They hang on. They wanted to end their season on a high note. You want to go into the last game knowing that the season is going to be over no matter what. I was proud of the way guys prepared all week. I thought they put theiriyr rt and soul into this game knowing that we grew upup dreaming about this as kids. Its not an ideal situation, but you have to take advantage of the last opportunity we have as a team and as a family. So it was great to get a win. Each and every week youre playing for your job. But you are playing to achieve a bigger goal. Unfortunately, we couldnt get what we wanted to get. Attend of the day youre playing for your organization, youre playing for each other, youre playing for yourself. So, yeah were starting to get a little more on the finish. Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie spoke after the game. Believes these group of players are some of the most motive head can remember. Jeff believes in chip kellys xvf plan. I think were pretty close. We know exactly what we got to upgrade. And, you know its you see certain teams and they go 88, 88, 88 and then they break through. Year double digits. We have a really good nucleus of young players, mostly under 27. A lot of players below 30. A lot of up and coming stars in this league. And its all in front of us. Now the eagles season really came down that that loss of the cowboys two weeks ago. Dallas won all four of the games in december this year. Today taking on the redskins, the skins take an early lead in this one. Guess who . Desean jackson, 69 yard touchdown. He has eight plays of 50 or more yards this year that is most in the nfl. Then Demarco Murray for the cowboys breaks Emmitt Smiths franchise record for rushing yards. He finishes with over 800 yards. And tony romo for dez bryant. Dez, 16 touchdowns breaking tos relative cowboys record. And the cowboys crush the redskins. The redskins only won one of their last eight games. Of course it was against the4hl,k eagles. College hoops. Temple leads delaware state right now, 4940. And drexel lost to iona by 19 points. Im john clark. Were right back. The phrase chill out had an entirely different meaning this weekend in wisconsin. Its the name of a Polar Bear Plunge event. A packed crowd watched 20 brave souls jump into an icy lake. The event raised more than 31,000 for the childrens miracle network. We have quite a few Polar Bear Plunges coming up at the jersey shore on new years day. And we definitely have a cold blast on the way for it as we approach your wednesday. Thats when it will drop down into the 30s. Right now light rainfall will be9n9n closer to average tomorrow, down to 46 degrees. But new years eve is going to be a cold one. Overnight lows in the 20s. Thank you so much. Thank you for being with us. For brittney and all of us here at nbc 10 im ted greenberg. Have a great night. The new nbc 10 news app. Count on it. Live push applications for breaking news now. Stories and videos from news of the day. 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