Airlines. 280 passengers and 15 crew members were on board the boeing 777 when it went down in ukraine near the russian border. 23 americans were on that plane. Craig boswell has the latest on the crash. Reporter amateur video shows black smoke rising from a field in ukraine near the russian border. Its believed to be the crash site of Malaysia Airlines flight 17. 295 people were on board traveling from amsterdam to koala lumpur. Bodies have been found miles from the crash site indicating it broke up at cruising altitude 33,000 feet. This picture from russia today appears to be part of the fuselage. A ukraine government adviser says a missile was fired. Both sides in the region denny involvement. The ongoing conflict has made the air space dangerous. Its a mystery to me given the recent shootdowns how a civilian airliner was routed that way. It could easily have gone an adjacent path. Reporter the faa has prohibited u. S. Carriers from flying in the region. Malaysia Airlines Says its i
Police arrived at the bank, as the men dragged out three women they took hostage. A high speed chase ensued. The chaotic scene continued onto several highways in the area. With police and the suspects exchanging gunfire. Kron fours jeff bush is live at the scene tonight with the latest. Jeff . Detectives are still gathering in incredible amount of evidence. One hostage is dead and the city is shaken by this day of violence. Crime scene investigators were finding clues well into the night. At least a dozen shell casings could be seen at the corner of thorton road and wagner heights. Look you can see one of the shell casings which is a rifle cartrigestockton police recovered this ak47 from the scene. You can see the rifle has a folded stock and is outfitted with a magazine that can hold 30 rounds. Suspects were firing ak47 assault rifles at our officers. Multiple vehicles were struck and we now hear of that citizens homes that were struck by gunfire. The whole thing started around two o
Bob orr is in washington with the latest on this. Bob . Reporter scott, as you say, u. S. Officials now strongly suspect the jetliner was brought down by some kind of surfacetoair missile but so far they tell us its not clear who fired it or more importantly whether the passenger jet was being deliberately targeted. Some of the answers will ultimately come through intelligence but some will have to come through wreckage in the planes black boxes. The trail of debris clearly shows the jet began breaking up in midair. Wreckage and bodies are spread over several miles along the flight path and that would be consistent with the plane being ripped apart by aerodynamic forces after the aircraft was penetrated by some kind of high explosive projectile like a missile. Large sections of the jet have been recovered now away from the primary crash site. At the impact crater itself, the wreckage is more pulverized and charred, suggesting the plane hit the ground at a high rate of speed and engulfe
Absolutely. Off to a cloudy and cool start but it is dry. Plenty of cloud cough. No radar returns. We are in the 50s now with a last cloud cover. We have increasing sunshine but the breezes hang around. Our spread around the bay is from 62 in South San Francisco to 68 in the south bay and 65 to 70 inland and 58 to 61 with more cloud cover along the coast. Leyla gulen . 37 bart trains are on time. We have congestion over the Altamont Pass but that is not unusual. Over to 580 you can see bumpertobumper traffic leading 205 at 34 Miles Per Hour and continuing in the westbound direction it loosens up from there. Traveling from dublin and 680 to danville and walnut creek nothing but spot speeds southbound not giving us any problems and a look at 680, from Pleasant Hill to walnut creek, you can see the traffic is running smoothly but building. Eric and kristen . Investigators are asking for more spectator video to understand the shocking air show crash that kills a wellknown stunt pilot yeste
Good monday morning. Circus show canceled today in rhode island following a terrifying fall that injured several performers. The acrobats were attempting the human chandelier when something went wrong sending the performance crashing to the ground. Abcs Marci Gonzalez is live in providence with the latest on the injuries and investigation. Good morning, marci. Reporter good morning, john and diana. Incredibly all of those performers survived. But such a scare for everyone who was here for yesterdays performance. This morning, investigators are still trying to figure out how this happened. A part of this circus performance meant to wow the audience, acrobats suspended about 30 feet high by their hair. No one expecting what happened next. Those eight crashing to the ground on to a dancer below. I heard them hit the ground. It was hard. No net to catch their fall. The metal platform they were happening from landing on top of them. Ladies and gentlemen, children of all ages, we ask that yo