breaking news in the plane crash that took the lives of 224 men, women and children, 25 children over egypt s 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. there s that and there is also fact that the airline owes employees two months pay or there s much more including an isis-affiliate 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 cnn s 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
was detent the by a u.s. satellite around sinai around the time the metro jet aircraft crashed this. from cnn s 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 mid-air. all things, john, they don t 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 a-321 with 224 souls
simply break loose and drift, which is not supposed to happen, is this too risky? is there some other way to do business? is there some oh way to keep the capital region safe? norad saying earlier today that washington, d.c. is perfectly safe from any air defense threats. it will be a big question about where this program goes from here. barbara starr, thanks so much. we re going to continue to come back to barbara as she continues to get information from her pentagon sources. for now let s go right now to cnn military analyst retired air force lieutenant colonel rick francona joining us via skype. thank you for joining us. the blimp s cable we re told dragged below causing major power outages to at least 30,000 in pennsylvania. if that s all that happened, and i don t mean to make light of it, but if that s all that happened i suppose we should consider ourselves lucky. that cable could have caused more serious damage, i would think. oh, absolutely. let s take remember the size
counterproductive and some fell short of their objective and landed in iran, are increasing pressure on the pentagon and the white house. they have initiated a joint ground offensive. with the syrian regime. shattering the facade that they re there to fight isil. a joint ground offensive. despite what vladimir putin told president obama ten days ago in new york, cooperation in the fight against isis is merely background noise to the russians primary objective, support for the assad regime. the revelation that didn t surprise white house officials, who are seemingly content to exercise what they call strategic patience. there s a clear escalation on the ground in support of of the assad regime. unfortunately it s not an escalation against isil. our operations against isil have continued unabated. pentagon sources tell fox news that the pentagon are providing rocket and artillery fire. and unlike the white house s comparison to the afghan war of the 1980s, moscow this time has
counterproductive and some fell short of their objective and landed in iran, are increasing pressure on the pentagon and the white house. they have initiated a joint ground offensive. with the syrian regime. shattering the facade that they re there to fight isil. a joint ground offensive. despite what vladimir putin told president obama ten days ago in new york, cooperation in the fight against isis is merely background noise to the russians primary objective, support for the assad regime. the revelation that didn t surprise white house officials, who are seemingly content to exercise what they call strategic patience. there s a clear escalation on the ground in support of of the assad regime. unfortunately it s not an escalation against isil. our operations against isil have continued unabated. pentagon sources tell fox news that the pentagon are providing rocket and artillery fire. and unlike the white house s comparison to the afghan war of the 1980s, moscow this time has