Now that right there is the explosive power of a toothpaste bomb developed by an al qaeda spinoff, but now there are growing concerns about more powerful and undetectable new bombs and american jihadists who could potentially deliver them. Chief National Security correspondent jim sciutto. These are for International Flights bound for the u. S. Particularly, we are told from europe and the middle east and it is in response to new intelligence that terrorists are further refining bombs to get around current screening methods and take down passenger airplanes. Theyre the first line of defense for the american homeland, foreign airports with direct flights to the u. S. And now the department of home lala security is directing those International Airports to step up their security screening. In a written statement dhs secretary jay johnson said we are sharing recent and relevant information with our foreign allies and our consulting the aviation industry. These communications are an import
Breaking news in the plane crash that took the lives of 224 men, women and children, 25 children over egypts sinai desert. A heat flash seen by an american satellite high overhead. Infrared sensors detented this sudden flash of heat and that could speak volumes about what happened to that russian airbus. Theres that and there is also fact that the airline owes employees two months pay or theres much more including an isisaffiliate claiming responsibility, a whole lot to cover here. First, cnn aviation correspondent renee marsh joins us with the breaking news. Renee, tell us about this satellite and just what it picked up. John, cnn has learned a flash was detected by a u. S. Satellite around sinai around the time the metro jet aircraft crashed this. From Cnns Barbara Starr who was confirmed this with pentagon sources. Right now both the military and u. S. Intelligence community are reviewing this new information to determine what it means. Was this flash part of the plane breaking up,
Was detent the by a u. S. Satellite around sinai around the time the metro jet aircraft crashed this. From cnns barbara sta who was confirmed this with pentagon sources. Right now both the military and u. S. Intelligence community are reviewing this new information to determine what it means. Was this flash part of the plane breaking up, or was it Something Else . They are trying to also determine whether that flash happened on the ground or midair. All things, john, they dont know just yet. About 23 minutes after takeoff a russian passenger jet suddenly disappeared from radar. The plane was cruising above 30,000 feet when according to the website flight radar 24 it experienced sharp changes in altitude in a matter of seconds. There were no distress calls from the cockpit, no sign of bad weather in the area, no indication anything was wrong, but airbus a321 with 224 souls on board shattered in the air, according to investigators breaking into pieces before crashing to the ground. No on
These passengers are still treated and perhaps still very, a large number of people are being treated. There was an update a short while ago from a new Jersey Transit spokeswoman, jennifer nelson, who had there were 100 injuries and no confirmation on the deaths but injuries, multiple and many remain in Critical Condition. She would not say a specific number but many in Critical Condition. Ambulances struckiggling to get the scene. Many closed off and one medical helicopter on the scene here. Thats one away. It seems like its on standby to possibly transport more patients or passengers away from this train station. So very much a rescue operation here according to Law Enforcement. According to one of the eyewitnesses, it was a very bloody scene. There were people reettreated ie the terminal and described for us many of them being bloody. Some with head injuries and some describing a broken leg. And there was an Emergency Triage Center set up just outside of the train station. One of th
The crash. Lets listen in right here. Most likely it comes on. It will stop that train, everything. But the engineer has sole Manual Control of that train as its coming into the terminal. If he has his hand on that throttle, can that override the alert system, Safety System . Actually, the alerter wont come on if you are operating. It only comes on, say in case of, say he passes out, heart attack, anything, god forbid, that alerter will come on. Actually pulling into a station like that, any station, really, with a bumper, your speed should be like five to three, one mile an hour, ready to stop right away. If you look from there, coming in there, you got to be down to ten, no more miles an hour coming in there. I will assume something happened to that engineer. It had to. What do you think he was going . When i came out of Dunkin Donuts 30 seconds after it happened, i looked to the right, i just saw the train in the building, i went whoa, that train had to come in about 30 miles an hou