ONCE AGAIN BACK HERE LIVE THE
MOTHER CHARGED WITH AGGRAVATED
CHILD ABUSE WITH A BOND SET AT
$10,000 AND SHE REMAINS IN
JAIL.
NOW WE ARE GOING TO
BREAKING NEWS RIGHT NOW OUT OF
FORT LAUDERDALE WHERE THE HAVE
CONFIRMED AS WE SEE THE LIVE
PICTURES RIGHT NOW, A SINGLE
PERSON PLANE CRASHED INTO A
BUILDING THERE IN FORT
LAUDERDALE.
FIRE RESCUE TELLS US THAT ONE
PERSON IS TRAPPED ALONG NORTH
OCEAN BOULEVARD IN FORT
LAUDERDALE ALONG THE COAST.
IT APPEARS TO BE A BANNER PLAN
AND AS YOU CAN SEE CHOPPER
FLOOR JUST FOR -- CHOPPER4 IS
LIVE AND IT APPEARS IT IS ON
THE ROOF OF THE BUILDING OR
PARTIALLY INTO THE BUILDING.
WE ARE TRYING TO GET A CLEARER
PICTURE OF EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED
AND WHAT WENT WRONG.
THESE ARE LIVE PICTURES WITH
BREAKING NEWS OUT OF FORT
LAUDERDALE THEY ARE ALONG THE
COAST AT 3015 NORTH OCEAN
BOULEVARD.
WE DID CONFIRM FROM FORT
LAUDERDALE FIRE RESCUE THAT
THEY TELL US ONE PERSON IS
TRAPPED IN THE PLAN.
THERE YOU SEE IT IS A YELLOW
PLAN AND SEVERAL RESCUERS ARE
THERE ON THE SCENE.
IT APPEARS THIS IS THE TOP OF
THE BUILDING NOT SURE IF THE
BUILDING AND IT LOOKS LIKE IT
MAY BE UNDER CONSTRUCTION. AND
YOU DO SEE FORT LAUDERDALE FIRE
AND POSSIBLY WORKERS THAT WERE
THERE ON THE BUILDING AND THIS
IS HAPPENING IN FORT LAUDERDALE
AT 3015 NORTH OCEAN BOULEVARD
AND THIS HAPPENED A FEW MINUTES
AGO WITH CHOPPER4 LIVE OVER THE
SCENE AND IT APPEARS IT IS A
BANNER PLAN A SINGLE ENGINE A
YELLOW PLANE THAT CRASHED INTO
THE TOP OF THE BUILDING.
NOT NECESSARILY INTO THE
BUILDING BUT ON THE ROOF OF THE
BUILDING AND YOU SEE SEVERAL
OFFICIALS THERE ON THE ROOF
POSSIBLY SOME WORKERS THAT WERE
THERE TRYING TO DETERMINE
EXACTLY HOW THIS HAPPENED.
WE DON'T SEE A LOT OF -- AT
THIS POINT AS FAR AS THE RESCUE
GOES WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT
IS HAPPENING THE THERE AS FAR
AS THE PERSON THAT WAS FLYING
THE PLANE WE DON'T SEE URGENCY
TO GET THE RESCUE SO WE DON'T
KNOW WHETHER THE PERSON HAS
BEEN REMOVED OR THERE IS STILL
A PERSON TRAPPED THAT THIS IS
ALL BREAKING NEWS AND WE ARE
SEEING THESE IMAGES FOR THE
VERY FIRST TIME AS WE BRING
THEM TO YOU LIVE FROM FORT
LAUDERDALE WITH CHOPPER4 OVER
THE SCENE.
A CLEARER PICTURE AGAIN THE
TRAFFIC IN THE AREA WE ARE TOLD
IS BEING SHUT DOWN TO
INVESTIGATE THE SITUATION AND
FIGURE OUT EXACTLY HOW IT IS
THAT THIS HAPPENED BUT WE GOT
WORD THIS HAPPENED A FEW
MINUTES AGO BEFORE WE WENT ON
THE AIR AND CHOPPER4 WAS ABLE
TO ARRIVE ON THE SCENE A FEW
MINUTES AGO. THE INFORMATION
WE ARE GETTING FROM FORT
LAUDERDALE IS VERY LIMITED AT
THIS POINT.
THEY ARE JUST BASICALLY
ARRIVING ON THE SCENE AS YOU
CAN SEE WITH NOT A LOT OF
PEOPLE AT THIS POINT.
WE ARE NOT SURE EXACTLY WHAT
TIME THIS HAPPENED BUT WE CAN
TELL YOU MINUTES BEFORE WE WENT
LIVE IT IN AND WE DID GET WORD
OF A PLAN THEY ARE IN FORT
LAUDERDALE. YOU SEE A WIDER
PICTURE OF THE TRAFFIC IN THE
AREA AND IT IS BEEN SHUT DOWN
AND I DIVERTED ON NORTH OCEAN
BOULEVARD, 3015.
IF YOU'RE HEADED IN THAT
DIRECTION OR IF YOU KNOW
SOMEONE WHO LIVES AROUND THERE,
LET THEM KNOW THE SITUATION AND
WHAT IS GOING ON BECAUSE
TRAFFIC WILL DEFINITELY BE
IMPACT TO DO TO THIS PLANE CRASH
THERE ON TOP OF THIS BUILDING.
AGAIN, BREAKING NEWS OUT OF
FORT LAUDERDALE, A SINGLE
ENGINE PLANE IT APPEARS IT IS A
BANNER PLAN BANNER PLAN THAT
CAME CRASHING DOWN.
THERE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT
EXACTLY HOW THIS HAPPENED.
THERE IS SOME DEBRIS THERE ON
TOP OF THE ROOF OF THE BUILDING
POSSIBLY DOING SOME WORK, WE
ARE NOT EXACTLY SURE.
WE ARE TRYING TO MAKE OUT IS IS
1-800-FLY AND WE DO HAVE OF THE
CHIEF ON THE LINE.
WILL CONTINUE TELL US AT
THIS POINT WHAT IS HAPPENING?
WE HAD A PLAN THAT MADE
CONTACT WITH A HIGH RISE
BUILDING THE BUILDING WAS UNDER
CONSTRUCTION AT THE TIME AND
THE PLAN FELL TO THE POOL DECK
AND AT THIS TIME WE DO HAVE ONE
FATALITY THAT WAS ON THE
AIRCRAFT.
DOING NOW HOW THIS HAPPENED
OR HOW LOW THE PLANE WAS FLYING
WAS ALONG THE COAST?
DID WE HEAR FROM THE PILOT AT
ANY POINT BEFORE THIS HAPPENS?
AT THIS POINT IN THE STILL
DEVELOPING AND WE ARE GETTING
INFORMATION AS WE SPEAK.
WE ARE STILL WORKING TO MAKE
SURE THERE IS NO INJURIES AS
WELL AS GOING FLOOR TO FLOOR TO
MAKE SURE THE STRUCTURE IS
STRUCTURALLY SOUND SO THAT WE
CAN ALLOW THE RESIDENCE BACK
INTO THE HOME.
THE RESIDENCE OF THE
BUILDING WHICH IS UNDER
CONSTRUCTION AT THIS POINT,
THEY HAVE BEEN EVACUATED?
THAT IS CORRECT.
PART OF THE BUILDING IS
UNDER CONSTRUCTION?
THE ENTIRE BUILDING IS UNDER
CONSTRUCTION AND THE POOL DECK
AREAS WHERE THE PLANE LANDED
WHICH WAS COMPLETELY UNDER
CONSTRUCTION.
THAT'S WHAT WE ARE SEEING
RIGHT NOW BECAUSE THE POOL WAS
EMPTY SO WHAT YOU SEE RIGHT NOW
IS THE POOL DECK DO YOU KNOW
ANYTHING ABOUT THE PILOT THAT
LOST HIS LIFE?
NOT AT THIS TIME.
THERE WAS ONLY ONE PERSON ON
THE PLANE ?
THAT IS CORRECT.
THIS IS JUST DEVELOPING NOW
IN THE LAST 20 MINUTES
AS FAR AS TRAFFIC IN THE
AREA IT IS BEING SHUT DOWN?
ABSOLUTELY PICK A WHEN A IS
SHUT DOWN AT THIS TIME.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TAKING
THE TIME TO CALL US.
ABSOLUTELY.
ONCE AGAIN, BREAKING NEWS
OUT OF FORT LAUDERDALE AND WE
JUST SPOKE WITH THE CHIEF OF
FORT LAUDERDALE FIRE DEPARTMENT
WHO HAS CONFIRMED ONE FATALITY
IN THE PILOT OF THAT YELLOW