from KPRC channel 2 this is a breaking
news alert and we're cutting into golf
this afternoon to bring you a breaking
news alert involving a plane crash just
before 1 o'clock this afternoon
authorities say a Boeing 767 cargo
jetliner went down into the Trinity Bay
near Anahuac this right here is a look
at the scene right now as investigators
continue combing that area initial
reports indicate there were three people
on board that plane when it went down
this afternoon and according to the
Chambers County Sheriff's Office there
are no survivors
we're told Atlas Air flight 30 591 lost
radio contact around 12:45 this
afternoon the plane was about 30 miles
southeast of Bush Airport when it went
down
authorities say that flight was coming
from Miami and was heading towards
Houston as you see there on a flight
tracker no word yet though on why that
plane came down I Roseanne Aragon just
got to the scene moments ago and she
joins us live with what she knows
Roseanne
we just arrived on scene here we're
about a mile and a half east of where
the site of the crashes media has been
asked to wait here but you can see
behind me multiple agencies are
responding including the Chambers County
Sheriff's Office Texas State Troopers
the US Coast Guard I've even seen the
Harris County Sheriff's Office here what
we know right now is that people three
people were on that flight and it's
confirmed that those three people did
not make it these are the facts that we
know at this point the Federal Aviation
Administration says it happened just
before one o'clock were about 30 miles
east of iah officials say a twin-engine
Boeing 767 cargo jetliner crashed into
Trinity bay near Anahuac the FAA issued
an alert after they lost radio and radar
contact with the plane the plane was
coming from Miami and was expected to
land here in Houston and again officials
confirmed that three people on that
flight did not make it
the FAA investigators are on their way
to the scene if they're not here already
the National Transportation Safety Board
has been notified and will be in charge
of the investigation that's all the
information we have right now we are
expected to hear from the chamber County
Chambers County Sheriff in just a couple
of minutes we're told he is on a boat
from the site here to talk with media to
give us the latest details the
information I can tell you right now
that there is a hospital within just a
mile away from where the site happened
we've seen a medical helicopter land and
leave there as far as all of the
presents here there have been many boats
and many rescue operations that have
been going on behind me but this is the
vantage point we have right now again
we're about a mile and a half from the
site of where the crash happened that's
all we have right now we'll have the
latest as we get it this is Rosie Anne
Aragon with KPRC Channel 2 News
reporting live from Anahuac all right
Roseanne thank you so much for that and
this right here of what you're looking
at is our first look overhead from Sky -
you can see there the debris of that
plane following that crash just this
afternoon at about 12:45 as roseanne
mentioned there multiple agencies on the
ground there and we are now getting a
better reason as to why the debris field
of that crash I mean when you're talking
about the size of the plane a 767
obviously that is large
surprised there weren't as many people
on that plane but we're still trying to
find out what specifically that plane
was doing what it had on board but that
right there it gives you perspective as
to why so many different crews are going
to be on that scene because as we pull
out here that debris field is incredibly
large it is on the water they're
probably going to be looking at this for
for several days to come as they try to
piece together what brought this plane
down we were trying to assess earlier
you know and at this point it'd be pure
speculation but we know some of the wind
had kicked up we know a front had moved
in early earlier on this afternoon and
this morning weather weather played a
factor is still yet to be seen but that
right there gives you a bird's-eye view
of what it is that investigators are
looking at right now over the Trinity
Bay has at 767 cargo plane that jetliner
came down earlier this afternoon again
to recap if you are just joining us
we're told by investigators at that
twin-engine Boeing 767 cargo jetliner
went down in the Trinity Base shortly
before 1 o'clock this afternoon initial
reports indicating there were three
people on board and again that Chambers
County Sheriff out there saying that
there are no survivors in fact we are
waiting for the sheriff to give a press
conference at any moment to update us
with what we know and the very latest
actually talked to the producers right
now in the air we're gonna kick it back
out to Roseanne Aragon with a little bit
more Roseanne that's right we're here
again a mile and a half from where the
crash happened I'm actually joining you
with the local Fire Marshal's Office
here you can you tell us what do you
know so far yes ma'am so far the details
like I have is approximately 1250 767
boeing 767 went down it is speculated
there's there was a crew of three on
that plane it's near the mouth of
Trinity River is where it went down now
there's several agencies on scene out
here DPS Texas part of the parks and
wildlife chambers County Sheriff's
Office Bay 10 Fire Department dive team
is on location and DPS also sitting
there dying
fbi's in route and NTSB will be here
tomorrow to begin their investigations
you put the situation into context for
me what what happens when these kinds of
things what's going on what are we
looking at behind us
I haven't been to to Ground Zero yet as
we could call it but the people that are
out there tell me that there's a lot of
floating debris right now but there's
still a lot of uncertainties about
exactly what happened exactly how many
people the name of the company and and
suchlike that we're waiting to confirm
all of these details what is the
priority at this point in the
investigation and also response to all
of that's happening there with debris in
such well of course life safety would be
the number one priority determined and
if there are where anybody that survived
and also securing the area so that no
one's becomes injured and then more
importantly preserving all of those
pieces of the aircraft which that's
going to be evidence in affected for an
ongoing investigation and so Chambers
County Sheriff Brian Hawthorn is in
route from the site right now and he
will give a update with perhaps more
details in just a few moments what do
you know about the area itself obviously
we can't see it right now do you know
how deep the water is the conditions of
the water right now it depends on
exactly where it was there are there are
locations in the bay that
that are deep there's locations that are
shallow it just depends on exactly where
it occurred so I'm hopefully he can shed
a little bit more light on the on the
specific location since he's seen it
once he arrives
now you mentioned there was debrief can
you kind of set the scene for me there I
don't I haven't seen it not seeing it
myself I don't exactly know but as you
know there are a lot of materials that
an airplanes made it could potentially
be floating around in the water
packages things that whatever was on the
plane could be floating in the water
right now so they have to make sure they
get every every piece of that's out
there and our chopper is getting a good
vantage point about what's what's
happening over there but you also
mentioned there were several agencies
responding can you tell me what are the
different moving parts in this and why
it is such a big response what's the big
response you know being a relatively
small County it takes a truly a team
effort for everyone to get together and
do what they need to do so everybody is
all hands on deck everyone's out
pitching in and our state federal
agencies are also pitching in as well so
the key thing is they just want to make
sure they do everything appropriately
keep the responders safe and manage the
incident appropriately and my last
question is how long do you think you
all will be out here and how long does a
process like this take to complete an
investigation I wouldn't be able to to
estimate that I would think so yes maybe
longer I would think everyone will
probably be out here throughout the
night where I've already been asked to
get some portable light towers and
portable generators for the scene down
there so they're already anticipating
this being a long long series thank you
so much for your time I really
appreciate it no problem
okay you just heard from the Chambers
County Fire Marshal's Office the latest
information here at the scene again this
is the media staging area just a couple
miles from where the site happened we
are going to hear from the Chambers
County Sheriff in just a couple of
minutes we're told he is on a boat to
this site where the media is out to give
us more information that's all we have
right now Rosie and Aragon KPRC Channel
2 News
we're in an O AK I'd Rosanna thanks a
lot you were listening to Rosanna along
with some of the crews out there
investigating right now as we stay on
this sky 2 shot above the scene of a
plane crash a Boeing 767 and as we pull
out a little bit there that gives you an
idea of what it is that they're looking
at it's hard to put into perspective
just how wide this scene will be but as
that investigator mentioned there the
volunteer fire department they've got a
lot of floating debris and things of
that nature so right now their priority
is gonna be making sure there aren't any
other survivors I mean you're hopeful
that there are but at this point once
they see that there are aren't any other
survivors it's a matter of preserving
that evidence because what they're
looking at now is essentially a scene
that they're gonna be investigating as
you mentioned for several hours to come
into the night with several agencies who
are going to be helping out as they do
look to see what ultimately brought that
plane down and again at least three
people are confirmed by some of the
investigators out there to believe to
have been on that plane when it came
down just before 1 o'clock this
afternoon we are waiting to hear from
the Chambers County Sheriff at any
moment who will likely be holding a
press conference we of course will be
streaming that online at
click2houston.com until then we will
tell you to look for any of the updates
there and we will join you at 5 o'clock
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