what we ve now learned tonight. marcus moore standing by in uvalde. also tonight, a small group of democrats and republicans meeting on zoom today in the wake of the shooting. what s on the table now and would it stop a young person turning 18 from buying an ar-15-style rifle the next day, like the suspect in texas? rachel scott with a reality check on the hill tonight. the severe storm threat as we come on the air, from texas to michigan. damaging winds and the potentially dangerous system moving into the northeast tomorrow. ginger zee standing by to time this out. overseas tonight, the fierce battle under way right now. the last key city in one part of the donbas, in luhansk. russian forces gaining ground. the white house pressed, will it send rockets, and if so, how far will they go? ian pannell in ukraine tonight. this evening, the pilots on a flight from jfk airport in new york to rome. did they both fall asleep? air traffic control saying it lost contact for t
my mom wasn t buckled. and so i turned to my right and i saw that she was like she hit the ceiling and she hit the floor. let s put it in context how big the forces were. airbus 330, the plane here, 275,000 pounds, kate, of course, the faa is investigating. the airline investigating. the big question here is what caused this turbulence. it s becoming a worse problem as the climate crisis gets worse there s wind shear that could have been an issue. there could have been thunderstorms here in this case. lots of big up and down threats. i know a lot of people are afraid of turbulence. the forecast is getting better with new technology, although it s still something that can be hard to see for pilots, kate. you re still dealing with forces of nature. thank you very much. we appreciate it, pete. thank you. we do have sad news to report at this hour, our cnn colleague gdrew griffin has die.
A pilot working for one of Italy's main airlines has been sacked after he allegedly "fell asleep" at the controls of a plane, sparking a terror alert by the French authorities.
and they will investigate all of the components that could have failed. reporter: the flight that took off from perth, australia, bound for kuala lumpur, returned safely to australia. the airline has now launched an investigation into cause in a statement the airline said, quote, we would like to stress that airasia group has always strictly followed the maintenance program prescribed by our manufacturers. the airbus 330 is one of the most commonly used aircraft for long-haul air travel. investigators are now trying to determine if this was an isolated incident or part of a larger problem with these rolls royce engines. it s important to point out, this aircraft is designed to fly with only one engine. now, the airline has not said anything beyond this assuring that safety is their priority. one passenger told cnn he received $20 as compensation for all of this.