Country. Six banks, five states on the move already. Good evening and we begin tonight with flight 370, the major new clue was it deliberately brought down. All of this comes one year four months after that plane vanished with 239 on board. The new clues from that piece of a wing discovered on a Remote Island a number etched on the side. Tonight authorities telling abc news it matches a boeing 777. We know theres only one missing in the world, and the angle of that flap a clue about how the jet may have gone down. Also tonight, the suitcase watching up too. Abcs jim avila leading us off. Reporter helicopters today are searching the shores of reunion island. Tonight, a battered suitcase found on a beach. No clues yet about its origin. While on shore, local police load the seaworn, but crucial wing part into an evidence van and strap it in. The first leg of a long trip to france tomorrow, where investigators tell abc news they will start the critical csi work on the floating debris. The
I think that happened today. People are multi facetted. Sargent lunger had a saying. Wars work at night. I know he is with us pushing our best. Reporter and a devoted dad, always. Despite the serious cop face he tried to put on, he acted like a little kid most of the time. He and i made jokes and on my mom and sister. I think he was more excited for our annual disneyland trip than i was. Reporter he meant a great many things to a great many people. You, scott were my son and my sunshine. You were born bald, skinny. 21 inches long with the biggest ears ive ever seen. Your mother and i wondered if youd walk, or fly. You didnt crawl you mostly scooted around. So i nicknamed you scooter. Reporter scooter would pick up many nicknames as he protected hayward. As a sargent he had better arrest stats than most did. Reporter lunger worked hard, training the next generation. I will continue to honor him by passing on the death hes given me to other officers and being the mentor that he was to me
Good evening. Im elizabeth vargas. In for david muir. And we begin tonight with the breaking news, a close call at one of americas busiest airports. A drone flying within 100 feet of a passenger plane, approaching to land. It happened here at jfc, heres the plane on the tarmac. Cecelia vega has the very latest on all of this. Reporter the close call coming just minutes before landing. Delta flight 407 from orlando, 159 passengers onboard. The jet, just 1,700 feet above ground. A drone in its path, only 100 feet away. Near an old, abandoned airfield. There was a drone flying. What altitude would you say it was . Probably 100 feet below us. Reporter the Pilot Landing without incident. But air Traffic Control warning other planes of potential danger. These risky encounters on the rise. The faa now reporting 25 drone incidents each month. The reason we dont want a drone close to airliners, the possibility of being ingested into an engine. Reporter sales of drones are skyrocketing. And you
The seriousness of the advisory. We say ready set, go. We want you ready and so we want everybody to be clear of the structures in case fire is coming by. We want to make sure everybody is safe then, property. Folks have been coming out here to watch the fire line. People that live nearby, weve talked to some of the people. Theyre rather nervous and say conditions have been incredibly warm. Here is what they have had to say. Its been 1061 day today, winds changed and blew smoke into town. Its getting hard to breathe. A lot harder to see. I feel scared because we live on the avenue. If you see heat coming our way in less than 30 minutes. Reporter that has been the unpredicability of the fire. I want to show you our map here if my photographer can zoom in on it. This is the fire map. At this point, this area is outdated. Firefighters told me this afternoon that this has filled in. There was one additional structure lost, here. Areas south have been on mandatory evacuation. Were on dam ro
Blustery please bundle up with highs in the middle 20s. Sunday will see a mix of sun and clouds with highs in the midtoupper 20s. The winds should weaken late saturday night into sunday. Sunday night through tuesday we will be impacted by a dynamic and vigorous storm system. Because the storm appears to be moving in earlier, that means the storm will have a little more cold air to work with. So, we think the precipitation weather on the way. We want you to stay up to date on all the latest weather conditions. You can get immediate updates and alerts right on your phone. Just download the storm team ten weather app. And when were not on the air. You can find the most up to date information on our website. W sls dot com. And make sure to tune in to virginia today tomorrow morning. The mother of noah thomas now awaits sentencing tonight. This after a judge found her guilty on all three counts of white was charged following the death of her 5 yearold son last march. Investigators found him