A sudden moment of horror captured on dash cam video. An airliner with 58 people on board falls from the sky, hits a moving taxi and a bridge railing and plunges into a river. More than half on board are dead but somehow, there are survivors and search and rescue operations are still under way. We have extraordinary images of the crash and its dramatic aftermath. The pilots urgent distress call and new clues to what may have gone wrong. Our correspondents and analysts and newsmakers are standing by with full coverage. Lets begin with cnns brian todd for the very latest. Reporter investigators are pouring over the black boxes of this airplane that crashed moments after takeoff from taipei. An unbelievable piece of video captured the flights final horrifying moments. From a cars dash camera the scene unfolds in about six seconds. The turboprop plane appears suddenly on the left side losing altitude. It makes a dramatic pitch to the left clips a taxicab and the bridge and hurtles into the
The family in the south of the country. The question will be whether or not he can get the support he needs to see even more strikes, greater military force against isis. Right now what were seeing on the streets is people are people coming out showing support for the king. The king still needs to make sure he has the Political Support specifically from those families whose sons are out fighting with the isis coalition. This is the next step for him. Its a key question into what happens next in the fight against isis. Is it possible atika, that jordan will send Ground Troops into syria or iraq to fight isis . Reporter its possible but unlikely at this point. Right now i spoke to one man today who said yes, we want to see the jordanian military victorious over isis. When i asked him whether or not he would support sending Ground Troops he said no. He said more can be done with air strikes alone at this point. Of course the reality on the ground is that you cant get back territory from i
Before he arrived in jordan he gave the final goahead for what the jordanian government now has confirmed earlier in morning in jordans local time the minister of interior carried out the execution of two al qaedarelated prisoners that it had in its custody, the two individuals were on death row convicted for their involvement in terrorist attacks against the kingdom. One of those individuals that was executed today was Sajida Al Rishawi rishawi. An individual they were willing to exchange for the pilot. The government has been coming under some pressure today as you can see the images on the people. People had been gathering late into the evening once the news broke gnat pilot had been executed demanding revenge, demanding that the jordanian government carry out some kind of action and we saw that the jordanian government did go ahead with the execution of the two individuals. The other person identified by the interior ministry is believed to be a Senior Member of al qaeda in iraq a