The automobile appeared to be stopped in an area along the tracks. You could tell by the stone that was torn up. So it appeared that the vehicle was trying to remove itself. Reporter the crash happened at 5 30 in the morning just as people were going to work. There were 110 people onboard and they all escaped without any ju ries and the c sh did shut down Transit Service on the l e for more than four hours. The focus now is finding out why the driver was on the tracks and this is a secluded area of the tracks behind a supermarket and it is sht not asy to get to by car. T re is no entrance in the general area and how the vehicle got there remains to be seen. Reporter we just heard from ne jersey trans t t the train engineer made a decision in the split second that may have saved lives. After the trs n hit ihe car the engineer kept that train moving. Because of that, while the car ught fire the train didnt, it moved out o f the way and that may be the reason why none of the passengers ha
Reporter anguished relatives gathered at the st. Petersburg airport where the plane was supposed to land. And an egyptian aviation official told us that black boxes have been recovered. And sent for analysis. And three International Airlines wont be flying over the Sinai Peninsula until more is known about the crash. Dan. Alex, thank you. Lets bring in now our aviation consultant, steve ganyard, given whats being reported about the size of the debris field here, what does that tell you . Good morning, dan. Well, it suggests a really disturbing possibility that the airplane actually came apart in flight. 90 of mishaps in commercial aviation take place in takeoff or landing phase. There may be something that was manmade like an explosive event onboard the airplane. Let me ask you about something we heard in alexs report, this report coming in from the wife of the copilot, that he had complained about the state of the airplane, what kind of issues could have been with the plane itself . R
Now to baseballs big night. Crowning a new world series champion. The Kansas City Royals defeated the new york mets in game five. The royals werent even on the scoreboard till the ninth inning. Thats when eric hosmer crossed the plate right there to tie the game up in the 12th, kansas city scoring five more times. Final score 172. And the jubilant victory ensued in the plaza there in kansas city, missouri and beyond. The hinge that this groups going to be forever remembered, no the just for an American League championship but for a world series and a World Champion is unbelievable feeling. Theyre partying. The royals winning it in away game of course, but theyll celebrate with fans at home on tuesday with a parade through the streets of kansas city, missouri. But you know what . It could be a good testament for the mets because they lost last year, came back, took the championships and the mets have a good year. This mets team looked pretty good. So they might have learned something fr
Lot of things, that something may have gone wrong at altitude, that the pilot got down and Something Else went wrong or some mistake wasasade and the aiairaft went down. Its really early in this to figure out exactly what happened very good aircraft, paula. You mentioned the altitude. Contact. Any idea what the wreckage will tell us, david . Reporter absolutely. That tells you that the plane broke up at altitude. If it more compact it means maybe the pilot was trying to land the aircraft and weve had one report it broke into two pieces. If thats the case itll tell us quite a bit, and dont forget this is a conflict zone, not quite the same as mh17. We dont believe that the rebels that the egyptians are fighting have the kind of equipment that was usesein ukraine so even though egyptian ofofcials are saying terrorism has been ruled out it may be too early to tell. You dont know if there was a bomb involved or not. There are so many factors still to be figured out. Its very early after th
Good morning, america. Happy halloween. Its saturday, october 31st. Its Good Morning America. Hey, good morning and happy halloween. Well blow it out. We have kids, dogs, weve got rob standing by in Sleepy Hollow, were all in. Look at the kids and its all coming up just a little bit later in the show this morning. And we also have you. Oh, yes. For better and for worse. Which is always good for halloween. We have to start with tragic and breaking news. A plane with more than 200 on board went down overnight. It was en route from the popular red sea resort of sharm el sheikh, egypt, to st. Petersburg, russia, when it crashed in the sinai peninsula. Now, it is an airbus a321, had more than 200 people on board and it disappeared 23 minutes after takeoff early saturday. Abcs Alex Marquardt is in the region and has the very latest for us. Good morning, alex. Reporter good morning, paula. Thats right. This plane disappeared 23 minutes after taking off from sharm el sheikh. The debris has bee