Finding any survivors on board that plane. In fact, at the moment, its proving difficult enough to find the plane itself in some of europes most mountainous terrain. Most of those on board were either spanish, germany, german, or turkish. For the cause of the crash at the moment, thats a complete mystery. Its a tragedy and a search centered on the most rugged terrain. This is the remote area of the french alps where the plane with 150 people on board went down less than an hour into a flight to germany. The crash site is said to be a 2 1 2hour hike from the nearest village. This is the germanwings plane, 24 years old, an airbus 320 flying at an altitude of 38,000 feet when it began what appears to be a controlled decent edled its altitude dropped until around 10 47 local time the pilot sent a distress signal. The french president says no survivors are expected to be found. He met the spanish king today. 45 of those on board are believed to be spanish. Most of the rest, german or turkis
Good evening. And its great to have you with us here on a tuesday night. And we begin with fastmoving developments for the investigation into that doomed passenger jet. An airbus a320 and that eightminute decent to death. What should have been a relatively quick flight. Barcelona to dusseldorf germany. Disappearing from radar, silence from the cockpit. Dissint rating in the french alps. 150 knew 00 now feared dead. That plane in tiny pieces. You can almost make out the name of the airline there. Families of the passengers in shock, gathering at the airport, waiting for official word tonight. On board that plane, families students headed home after an exchange program. And tonight, there is new word one of the black boxes has been recovered. We do have coverage this evening, and we begin with abcs chief Foreign Correspondent terry moran at the airport in deucele gor of. Reporter rescuers searching, hoping for signs of life. But sifting through the wreckage in this remote Mountain Area s
Country. Take a look at these rotating clouds in the skies above lockwood missouri. Severe storms are possible in the Southern Plains from northern texas, oklahoma in to missouri and southern ohio valley. Isolated tornados are even a possibility. Heres a look at the rest of the weather. Dry and milder along the west coast, except for showers from portland to seattle. Most of the gulf coast will be dry and warm. Showers by this afternoon from pennsylvania to new england. Phoenix and miami will be in the upper 80s. Still chilly in the great lakes and Northern Plains with temperatures in the 30s and 40s. 70s and 80s along the gulf coast. Next up some recognition starting with the golden bear getting a congressional gold medal. House Speaker John Boehner introduced fellow ohio native Jack Nicklaus yesterday as he was awarded the highest civilian honor. He was recognized for his record 18 major championships and his charitable work raising millions for Childrens Health care. Surely not to b
And neck with derek and nastia. Redfoo was sent packing, right here on gma. Good morning, america. Its not a rumor its a fact that david muir is here. I was wondering where you were. I came back and boy, today all this breaking news that were having as we come on the air out west we have developments in the plane crash. It was a passengers jet with several people onboard. At least 150 passengers and crew going down this morning and abc has the latest. Good morning the wreckage has been spotted but difficult to get to. There are questions about the last several minutes of this flight. The air bus on its way to germany carrying 144 passengers and six crew crashed in this remote area near a popular ski area. The jet dispay peered from radar about are 45 minutes into its flight. It appeared to drop from 38,000 to 6,800 feet but it was over a several minute period. The french president speaking moments ago and other Officials Say there are no survivors. It is a remote area. Crews spotted th
Recapping our top story the recovery operation resuming this morning after that deadly plane crash in the french alps. The germanwings passenger jet was headed to dusseldorf from dars loan that when it went down with 150 people on boompld one blak black box has been recovered. This morning the first bodies are expected to be removed from the crash site. Switching gears here. Sea world is launching a new campaign to fight back against its critics. The theme park giant is hoping the new ad blitz can help repair its image after that damaging documentary. Heres abcs david wright. Reporter sea world is trying to counter images like these from the documentary blackfish with a new ad campaign. Theres a lot of unfair criticism about sea world these day days. Reporter taking on criticism over the alleged treatment of animals, including the Star Attraction kill canner whales. Dont believe what peta and blackfish are saying our killer whales live just as long as whales in the wild. Reporter atten