GROUND
GROUND CONTACT, LOOKING FOR A LOST AIRCRAFT, ABOUT ELEVEN O'CLOCK AND TWO MILES. IT'S A
HEAVY BOEING 767. ATC: NO GROUND
CONTACT FROM HERE"
TONIGHT -- WE ARE CONTINUING
OUR
OUR
TEAM
TEAM COVERING AS FEDERAL INVESTIGATORS CONTIUING TRYING PIECE TOGETHER WWAT LEAD TO THE
DEADLY PLANE CRASH IN TRINITY
BAY. THANKS FOR STAYING UP
WITH 12NEWS. I'M KELSEY JOHNSON.
THE PLANE CRASHING AROUND 12-30
THIS AFTERNOON.
THIS AT THE MOUTH OF THE
TRINITY RIVER --- WHERE IT
OPENS INTO THE BAY. THE
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
ISSUED AN ALERT ON ATLAS AIR
FIGHT 35- 91. AIR TRAFFIC
CONTROLLERS LOST RADAR AND RADIO
CONTACT WITH THE PLANE --
APPROXIMATELY 30 MILES FROM THE BUSH INTERCONTINENTAL ARIPORT. RIGHT NOW THE F-B-I AND N-T-S-B
ARE JOINING DIVE TEAMS,
GROUND
GROUND SEARCHERS, AND THE COAST GUARD IN A SEARCH FOR THOSE CRITICAL BLACK BOXES... AND
SADLY, THE REMAINS OF 3 PEOPLE
WHO WERE ON BOARD.
WE HAVE TEAMS OF REPORTERS IN
CHAMBERS COUNTY TONIGHT. JORDAN
JAMES -- SPOKE WITH WITNESS WHO
SAY THE PLANE GO DOWN. WE'LL
CHECK IN WITH HIM IN A MINUTE.
LET'S BEGIN WITH 12NEWS REPORTER
JORDAN FOSTER. HE'S AT THE
COMMAND POST WHERE AUTHORITIES
ARE COORDINATING THE RECOVERY
EFFORTS. JORDAN?
KELSEY THIS WAS A HUGE CRASH
THAT HAPPENED OUT HERE EARLIER
TODAY AND TONIGHT OFFICIALS ELL
US THEY DON'T EXPECT ANY
SURVIVORS. :30 - :36
"ATC: SEE IF YOU CAN MAKE
GROUND CONTACT, LOOKING FOR A
LOST AIRCRAFT, ABOUT ELEVEN
O'CLOCK AND TWO MILES. IT'S A
HEAVY BOEING 767. ATC: NO GROUNN
CONTACT FROM HERE" A PLANE
HEADED TO HOUSTON, CRASHED THIS
AFTERNOON HERE IN ANAHUAC IT
WAS COMING FROM MIAMI WHEN
THINGS SUDDENLY WENT SOUTH.
"BEHIND ME AND WHEN I SAY BEHIND
ME, I MEAN ALMOST DIRECTLY
BEHIND ME, PROBABLY ABOUT IS A
DEBRIS FIELD OF AAOUT 3 QUARTERS
OF A MILE OF A MAJOR AIRLINER"
DURING A PRESS CONFERENCE
CHAMBERS CCUNTY SHERIFF BRYAN
HAWTHORN SAID THERE WAS BELIEVED
TO BE A CREW OF ABOUT THREE
PEOPLE ON BOARD WHEN THE CRASH
HAPPENED "WE FIRST STARTED
GETTING 911 REPORTS FROM
WITNESSES WHO WATCHED IT GO NOSE
FIRST INTO THE BAY" AND THIS
EVENING THE SHERIFF TOLD US THE
CRASH SEEM TO HAVE BEEN A TOTAL
LOSS "I FEEL LIKE PROBABLY A
CRASH THAT NOBODY WOULD BE
CAPABLE OF SURVIVING" ALL DAY
HELP CAME POURING IN
FROM
FROM ALL
FROM ALL OVER THE AREA. PEOPLE FROM MANY DIFFERENT OFFERING AS MUCH ASSISTANCE AS THE COULD. "I
THINK ANY TYPE OF MAJOR AIR
CRAFT INCIDENT LIKE THIS I THINK
ALL OF THE FEDERAL RESOURCES
WOULD BE PUT TO USE THE BIGGEST
PROBLEM THEY SAY, THEY'LL FACE
TONIGHT. SHALLOW WATERS. "YOU
CAN CLEARLY SEE THE DEBRIS
FIELD. THE PROBLEM THAT WE'RE
GOING TO HAVE, THAT EVERYBODY'S
GOING TO HAVE IN THIS RECOVERY
PROCESS IS THAT THE WATER GOES
FROM ABOUT 5 FEET DEEP TO SETON"
TODAY JUST MAKING THE FIRST, OF
WHAT'S EXPECTED TO BE A LONG
PROCESS.
THE CHAMBER COUNTY JUDGE HAS
OPENED THE COUNTIES AIRPORT
HANGER
HANGER FOR THEM TO USE TO COLLECT DEBRIS. WE'LL CONTINUE TO UPDATE AS
INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE.
I'M LIVE IN ANAHUAC, JF 12NEWS
JORDAN THANK YOU! RIGHT NOW --
OFFICIALS WITH THE NATIONAL
TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD ARE
HEADING TO THE CRASH SITE TO
INVESTIGATE. THEY DEPARTED FROM
WASHINGTON THIS AFTERNOON.
THE N-T-S-B CHARIMEN HELD A
PRESS CONFERENCE TODAY MOMENTS
BEFORE THEY HEADED TO TEXAS.
"THE AIRCRAFT WAS IN WHAT I
WOULD
WOULD CHARACTERIZE AS A NORMAL DESCENT AND AROUND 6300 FEET, IT BEGAN WHAT I WOULD CATEGORIZE AS
A VERY, VERY RAPIDDDESCENT AT
THAT POINT."
DIVE TEAMS HAVE BEEN SEARCHING
FOR
FOR THE
FOR THE PLANE'S BLACK BOX. HOPING IT AN GIVE THEM ANSWERS AS TO WHY THIS PLANE WENT DOWN.
ACCORDING TO THE TEXAS
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY, THE
AIRCRAFT BROKE UP ON IMPACT IN
APPROXIMATELY 2 TO 4 FEET OF
WATER.
TONIGHT -- WE'RE ANSWERING SOME
QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS PLANE -- A
BOEING 767 IS A LARGE CARGO
PLANE. A WIDE BODY PLANE --
THAT TRAVELS AROUND THE WORLD.
IN THE LAST 24 HOURS, RECORDS
SHOW THIS
SHOW THIS
PARTICULAR PLANE HAD FLOWN FROM HAWAII... TO CALIFORNIA... TO MIAMI... AND THEN DEPARTING TO
HOUSTON. ATLAS AIR OPERATES
THE PLANE FOR AMAZON. AGAIN --
AERIAL VIDEO SHOWS THE WRECKAGE,
MUCH OF IT STUCK IN TTE MUD.
IN SOME OF THE VIDEO, YOU CCN
SEE THE "AMAZON LOGO" ON THE
TAIL OF THE PLANE. ATLAS AIR
SAYS THEIR FOCUS RIGHT NOW IS
THE FAMILIES OF THE THREE PEOPLE
ON BOARD. THE CCMPANY SAYS
IT IS "FULLY COOPERATING" WITH
THE N-T-S-B AND THE F-A-A.