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Craft which was the german jet that crashed into the french alps that had a relatively small debris area. two or three soccer fields. so it appears as john said earlier that the aircraft had remained relatively intact, which could say it was a slow speed impact. >> being a former pilot is this a difficult airplane to fly? >> i think john cox would be probably better qualified to answer that. i flew pretty much military jets and helicopters and this is an airbus. i think john is better placed to answer that question. >> thank you. you know, john, i'll go to you for that. i know you mentioned th...

Thank you for being with me. talk to me about what's the very latest? >> reporter: the very latest as we just heard word that search and rescue teams have now arrived on the site as you have been reporting this morning. this is a very remote location for the plane crash, and as a result we do know there were hellicopters flying over the site reporting the debris area was something like five miles in circumference. the fact that search and rescue teams arrived is an important moment chapter in this story. we also can tell you, jose that of the 144 people who were on board the plane, they were m...

With the wind speeds in the region. this is section 5, 100 to 200 kilometers from the aircraft. i'm going show you what we are talking about as far as the cloud cover and wind activity in the debris field. the areas in red are the thermal signatures of the highest cloud tops indicating high thunderstorms. that is well to the north. we have a few in the debris field, low clouds and moderate showers and prepares an isolated storm in the debris area. but this model, taking you from arch where we have three hours of daylight left in place, should be calm with a few isolated storms. tomorrow mornin...

Look at the active system in place there. strong thunderstorms accompanied by powerful winds. a repeat performance come friday in this area with very active thunderstorms coming across this area. and finally see them improve through friday night. my biggest concerns are the winds shoshted with this. around 3:00 in the afternoon or so. we're looking at winds 65 to maybe 65 miles per hour across the sea field. notice the java sea, you'll have that shade of dark red, of course it falls right in across the debris area. so you take that wind into consideration what would translate into the wave hei...

Region. again, we have about two hours and 15 minutes before the sun sets. so put the maps in motion. this is the current moment all the storms generally out of the search zone and you fast forward through the morning hours of wednesday morning. a lot of weather just south of the search area which would be the debris area across this region. notice wednesday not too bad. things begin to part wednesday afternoon, looking at partly cloudy skies, isolated storms certainly a possibility. thursday this is the morning hours, the sun comes back up it looks as if this pans out here. the operations as ...