feet up in the air. look at that right there. fuel leaking from a jet wing. you could see it as it streams from the wing of that plane. passengers took that video. they then alerted the crew members. that plane which was originally headed for dallas then landed in huntsville, alabama, 41 passengers were on board that plane but no one was hurt. you may recall this story from a few weeks back. this passenger jet exploded on a tarmac in fort lauderdale, florida, just moments before it took off. nearly two dozen people were hurt. well, an army soldier who saved dozens of lives by throwing himself on a homicide bomber will receive the congressional medal of honor today. ormny cappent florent groberg was providing personal security for his brigade back in 2012 when he spotted a man coming in their direction. he shoved that man, the bomber, to the ground. that bomb then went off killing four people. groberg survived but lost the use of one leg. army officials say if it weren t
halperin with us. how was your memorial day. i don t remember. did you see what happened in florida? a bouncy house on the beach, this is ft. lauderdale, and it s sort of like a tornado came out of the water, what do they call it, a waterspout. and kids were in there. three of them fell out. oh, another one flew? look at that. thachkfully thankfully the kids are okay in that they will survive. two had broken bones and one is being kept in the hospital. can you imagine some we ll have a full report on this coming up. you remember about six months ago the bouncy house that just like flew house, it was bubble boy material except it was real. it like flew up a thousand feet up in the air. scary stuff. did you have a good memorial
us but it was all just white, powder snow ice, rocks, that s what injured most people here is that the ice and the rocks and the debriss swept through base camp people try to outrun it. they got their rocks. amazing all you dealt with up there. still there are those among you thinking of making the final ascent. we will have the producer stay with you on the phone. give us updates and let us know if people need their families contacted so everybody knows you all are okay up there. those that made it through. thank you. we lock forward to what you decide. please stay safe. that has to come first, right? reporter: yep. we will. thanks. all right. carsten, be well. imagine what he is saying there, the avalanche was so tall that they couldn t see the peaks of everest anymore. 29,000 feet up in the air and
competition with differing airlines stl ss there. when this plane was flying around at 32,000 feet and encountered a great big storm, he had company out there. storm 200 square miles, 52,000 feet up in the air, towering up there, could be producing big winds, 70 80 90 miles an hour. who knows. microbursts. all sorts of issues. we know though he wasn t the only plane. at the time he disappeared, there were at least five other flights 2,000 feet above and within 124 miles. that may seem like a long distance but planes traveling this fast it s not that long of a distance so the determination was he could not rise into that airspace. he definitely wanted to. he was at 32,000. he had requested to go up to 38,000 and had been told he could not. there was an approval right near the end of about 34,000 feet to let him come up some. it s not clear whether that was fully communicated to the plane or not. or if the plane had already disappeared.
a big development in the search for debris for airasia flight 8501. four large objects were found in the sonar stretch area. one is 60 feet and another 40 feet long. indonesian officials say they found it after they saw an oil slick. huge waves as high as 15 feet and strong currents kept divers out of the water. the search has been suspended until sunday when the weather is expected to be better. and when the search does resume crews will have help from the u.s.s. ft. worth it arrived in the area today. also two more victims were identified. a 44-year-old woman and a 23-year-old man, that is six out of 30 bodies that have been identify identified. and crews are hopeful,