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Airbus a320 we simply don't know, of course at this early stage. but i would make this point. that the airbus a320 is a plane that flown around the world and done so every minute of every day. there are more than 6,000 in service, various versions of the a320. and it is flownfy us airways, by american, by delta, by united airlines, not to mention, of course all of these players in europe and in asia and in africa. it is a very well-known plane. to pick up on what john cox was saying, aviation ergs pertxpert, this is a fly-by-wire aircraft. sophisticated computer assisted aircraft as opposed to...

Insight as to what happened. john, we know so little at this point but it looks very bad. >> unfortunately it does. some of the earlier reports say they have gotten -- spotted remains of the aircraft actually on the ground. the a320 which is reported to be from german wings, this is a very well-known and tried and tested aircraft type. it's been in service for about 30 years, i think now. and german wings is a well-known, well respected airline. and the airplane, initial reports say it was a 38,000 feet and then something occurred and it initiated a rapid descent. that's about all the informat...

This descent for 8 minutes and crashed. officials say teams from lufthansa and germanwings will head to the crash site to assist authorities in the investigation. french officials say there are likely no survivors. there you see the general area where the plane crashed. i want to bring back mikey kay, christopher dickey and anthony row main and jay rawlings. i want to start with you, anthony. talk about the a320 it is pretty much run by computers. >> that is correct. and there have been the critics of the a320 fly by wire system. there have been accidents that have been attributed to it. there...

So whatever was causing that to do it, it was rapid. if pilots instructed the plane to do that -- which i have a difficult time believing. they were headed into the alps. a report in london that they found it at 8,800 feet. it's difficult for me to believe the pilot would do that intentionally. >> a little information from the area right there. a mountain guide has been speaking to cnn said he heard a flight, a plane at a low altitude over him, which is very rare in that remote region. he said the area completely inaccessible by ground. you would need to have helicopters to access it by air an...

We continue to follow breaking news in the south of france where a passenger jet with 152 people on board crashed in the french alps. foigtsz fear there are no survivors. french officials say the a320 is believed to have been gone down at altitude of 6500 feet. this is video of the search area, the debris field is about a mile wide, we are told. and this is about a half hour from marseilles. nbc's meteorologist bill karins has more on not just weather conditions at the time of the crash but also weather conditions that search crews face now. >> saw the pictures with the helicopters, you see in...