Last night. A blackout. I think it was alex holley when we put the fly eagles fly song, that is the good luck charm. That is still the the good luck charm for now. It is true. Keep it going. Ill try. I will do my best. We will start off with traffic this morning, because of this big problem that you can see there on the new jersey turnpike, this is around the the swedesboro area down there, south jersey, right around 322, it is a major accident. The trailer is on it side there. So, traffic is being diverted, at route 73, southbound 295 and that is your alternate. Take 295. Dont get near the new jersey turnpike right around that 322 area. So that is what is going an, the road is still closed, and a we will keep an eye on that situation, now that it is getting lighter out, we can better see is what going on. We can get to bensalem street road near knights road a building fire and to avoid that the best alternate is byberry road. Now we will go back to new jersey, and medford, jackson roa
Jersey science class sees it all firsthand. Good evening, im jessica dean. And im chris may. Tonight a full investigation is under way into this catastrophic failure in the sky. A rocket on its way to the International Space station exploded on launch and the dreams of some local students burned up with it. For 14 seconds the unmanned rocket ascended into the skies above Wallops Island virginia and then it all went wrong. Hours after its catastrophic failure we kind with the franklin institutes chief astronomer derek pits. Reporter whats your reaction. Theres always a chance that a connection can fail or a fuel line could fail. The 14 story rocket was loaded with 5,000 pounds of supplies for the International Space station. While not critical to its mission the loss is still significant. Its a significant loss in that its always a cost its a major cost. This is tens of millions if not hundreds of millions of dollars, you know, that is destroyed in this explosion. For many others it was
Seconds. Spectacular fireball and exploding debris rained down on the launch pad, in one was killed or injured in the catastrophic launch but more than 5,000 pounds of cargo and supplies heading to the International Space station are gone. We do want to express our disappointment that we were not able to fulfill our obligation to the International Space Station Program and deliver this load of cargo. Reporter investigators will begin combing through debris at dawn. Residents of the Wallops Island on the virginia coast are told to contact nasa if they come cross any debris from the crash and they are warned it may be hazardous. Engineers say rocket selfdestruct system was triggered at some point. Something went wrong during first stage pur flight. Whether that was engines, which were built in russia, or some other support system is not yet known. Reporter nasa has use private companies to supply the space station since it the retired the Space Shuttle fleet in 2011. Despite yesterdays f
Astronomer derek pits. Reporter whats your reaction. Theres always a chance that a connection can fail or a fuel line could fail. The 14 story rocket was loaded with 5,000 pounds of supplies for the International Space station. While not critical to its mission the loss is still significant. Its a significant loss in that its always a cost its a major cost. This is tens of millions if not hundreds of millions of dollars, you know, that is destroyed in this explosion. For many others it was simply disappointing. A group of students from Ocean City High School who had a science experiment on board the rocket saw it crash if near the launch pad. Tonight one of those students Christina Redmond tweeted that was the most tragic and scary thing i ever witnessed. Everyone from oc is okay and were praying for everyone else involved. Indeed thats the Silver Lining no one was injured. Late tuesday nasa said theres plenty of time for a future mission to resupply the space station. We will fly agai
After rush her but good news is rush hour is moving swell out there we have a disabled vehicle on the vine street expressway making your eastbound approaching eighth street. We will talk about that and bridge opening, coming up as well, erika. Today marks once again two years since sandy roared a shore up ending lives in our region. Governor Chris Christie plans to visit several areas hardest hit by that storm. In tuckerton ocean county was within of the coastal communities that suffered the most devastation. Our diana rocco traveled there to see how far they have come. Reporter two years ago sandy was making her approach, evacuation plans was in effect but no one knew devastation they would be coming home too. It was a war zone. It was something that i never want to see again. Looking at Peoples Properties gone. Reporter tuckerton beach took one of the biggest hits, on any given streets homes are still left abandoned while others are in the process for rebuilding. Water was at this le