visibility, smooth air, very fortunate weatherwise. as we re flying along and everything is as smooth as can be and service is humming and working well as a team, out of the blue here comes this explosion. i mean, it was a huge loud explosion. but passenger rod vetter, a seasoned traveler, isn t fazed. my first thought was a bomb went off. then i realized that it hadn t depressurized so it wasn t a bomb, and then i realized it was probably an engine blowing, and my first thought was, okay, we got off a little late maybe and we re going to get right on into chicago because a dc10 can certainly fly with two engines. the explosion happens at 3:16 p.m., an hour and seven minutes into the flight. the jumbo jet is at 33,000 feet over alta, iowa. after the explosion, the plane
everything is as smooth as can be and service is falling and working well as a team, out of the blue here comes this explosion. i mean, it was a huge loud explosion. but passenger rod vetter, a seasoned traveler, isn t fazed. my first thought was a bomb went off. then i realized that it hadn t depressurized so it wasn t a bomb, and then i realized it was probably an engine blowing, and my first thought was, okay, we got off a little late maybe and we re going to get right on chicago because a dc10 can certainly fly with two engines. the explosion happens at 3:16 p.m., an hour and seven minutes into the flight. the jumbo jet is at 33,000 feet over alta, iowa. after the explosion, the plane
there because people see the flashes that go. they re trying to blow a hole in the hull so rescuers can start getting in there is going to make the search and rescue team have better access and make it easier for them to get out. still looking for 29 people who remain unaccounted for if death toll right now is standing at six. there are also stunning new images coming in from under the water today. i want to share that with you. rescuers have to swim through debris in the hull ways. first flat block box has been picked up already and apparently picking up minute by minute betails. since they now located the second black box and divers are trying to retrieve that black box as well. this morning seeing the transcripts of the recorded conversation between the port authority and the captain of the ship. the first time it comes to us from the italian newspaper and the port authority says this. how many people are on board? the captain whose last name is schettino says, 2, 300. kee
a recorder conversation between the captain and the port authority. pretty damning stuff in there. what s happening right now? the captain is being questioned. and new this morning, the number of the missing much higher than we first reported. and, also, in politics, when you re the front runner, it s like you ve got the bull s eye on your back. that would be mitt romney where rick perry and everyone else, rick santorum, all gunning for myth romney. the race is tight. we re going to break it all down for you. you re going to have to dig a little deeper when you fill up this morning. the highest january gas prices. could we see $5 gas this summer? and if you re about to pour some o.j., think about the folks picking the o.j. where did the oranges come from? because if they re from brazil, we sent our reporter there to find out just what they re spraying or putting on those oranges to fight diseases and it ain t something that our country likes. not one bit. we ll tell you