it is missing over the mediterranean sea. they believe, and as one of our experts said, most likely, this will be a water search. and as our mary schiavo said, officials in that area are coordinating now and egyptian officials are calling in search and rescue teams. that is it for me. thank you so much for watching. our live coverage continues now with john

it fs 10 miles into egyptian air space when it disappeared, in the morning, when the plane disappeared from radar. that would put it roughly over the as the plane appeared to

disappear over the mediterranean sea. it had 59 passengers on board, ten crew members. it took off at 10 local time in paris. we are hearing from authorities, they are waiting to get the information to confirm the information before they give it to us. right now, we don't know what the cause of if there was a crash, what the cause of that would be. right now, we don't know where the plane is. authorities haven't told us where the plane is, that is the priority. >> we have said this was an air

dplt bus, we have it on the screen, the aircraft that is now missing, authorities giving any information, what do we know? >> we know it was an a-320, 45 minutes ago. egyptair has been updating on a regular basis what has been taking place. letting us know when they -- what has happened. they are going to be looking for a range of possibilities, of what could have happened to this plane, everything from foul play, they are not ruling anything out at this moment. they are trying to locate this

plane. for them, that is their main priority. saying that this plane was traveling at 37,000 feet when it disappeared. really high up in the air. if it did have a problem at that altitude, as we have seen in other plane crashes, the search area can be very wide. right now, waiting for them to locate the plane, tell us where they plane is, if they can find the plane, and if it did crash, it would have crashed into the mediterranean, we can expect some sort of water search, egyptian navy and coast guard involved there. >> to the time line, exactly what we know. the flight out of paris, at 11:09 p.m., paris is in the same

time zone as cairo. four-hour long flight. scheduled to land at 3:05, we are told by the airline, they lost contact at 2:45 a&m 20 minutes before it was due to touch down. it was at 37,000 feet, as you say. 10 minutes into egyptair space. this plane would be coming into the airport and right now, if you do the math, it is coming up to three hours overdue. >> it seems like it will be a search for a downed plane. three hours overdue is unlikely anything else could have happened. i have been on this flight path many times, if they haven't

started, they will start to plan, over the medterraini, i hd major terb bans coming into cairo from paris, it has always been a fairly smooth flight. these are all things they are going to look into. all of these possibilities, what happened, to could have happened to this flight. to know what exactly happened. three hours after it was supposed to land, i don't think anyone can think anything else, then it has crashed into the

ground. >> dealing with authorities in cairo, not the most forthcoming with information, i am wondering if that is one of the difficulties we will be coming up against in the next couple of hours, trying to get information from the airline? is that your experience? >> yes, when the jet, over 200 people were killed, the plane was blown up by isis. the authorities were not forthcoming with information. the national carrier provided some information, it wasn't their plane, but they werie providing information. they have been better when a plane was hijacked, a couple of

months ago. authorities were giving us more information, keeping us up to date on what was going on. we are hoping that we do get more information from the authorities this time as well. we will have to wait to see. right now, egyptair has been good at putting out information to the media. they have been cautious about leading to any conclusions at this point. >> you were in cairo, where it was due to land. if are you getting any information about the scene at the airport, loved ones, friends and family, awaiting those, what you are hearing of on that situation? >> right now, at the airport, there are friends and family members there, waiting to hear.

>> i think we lost him. the scene that has been repeated over the years, the search and rescue teams have been sent out. the chairman of egyptair holdings, he joins us on the line. captain, can you tell us any more information about this flight, the route, anything that you think may have happened to this flight? >> good morning, sir. i can give you, an air bus from

paris to cairo. air bus. 56 on board. security personnel. 56 passengers. the captain on the flight had 6,000 hours of flying hours. the first officer, 4,000 plus hours, there was no special cargo on the flight. those are the facts as of now.

>> mr. abdel, we understand that certain search and rescue teams have been deployed. what that operation looks like? >> we are waiting for information. we just hope, an hour ago. should be coming in the next hour. >> you are saying, at the scene, what do you mean? >> where the aircraft lost contact. they were dispatched. >> can you tell us precisely

where that area would be? >> this area is around the border, between athens -- >> you say daylight is just breaking now, any sightings of anything? >> not yet. daylight broke an hour ago. they are able to see where. where they lost contact, they will have information in the next hour. >> there was a distress call from the plane, it simply disappeared from radar. and one said, it faded from radar, what can you tell us about that?

on the radar. [ inaudible ] >> the captain and the first officer, as you laid out for us, had 6,000 flight hours for the captain. and the co-captain, 4,000. what can you tell us about their history with egyptair? >> the next of kin are informed. we will have an update maybe within an hour. >> before we let you go, could you confirm for us the number of people on board?

66, the breakdown, 53, one child. the crew. five crew and three security. >> to answer quickly, there was an emergency response unit. a number of expecting people to arrive. >> the relatives and the families of the aircraft, passengers. and is that a are taking care of

them.em >> captain, we will let you go. if you can bring us the information, take you. >> 66 people, right down is 53, flee security people, and of course the pilot and co-pilot, flying this plane. it has disappeared by radar. >> they say daylight is just

breaking, expect news in the next hour, no sightings in that general vicinity. >> i don't know how much you information about the flight. relatively new plaep -- plane. not an inexperienced crew. >> no, it is not. >> it would seem, david, are you still with us?

some information information. >> from the captain, he told us about the search area. 30 miles north of the egyptian border. better idea now of where they are starting the search and rescue. you have information. initially, there it was a storm

behind the aircraft. the substantial was ahead of the generally clear skies. weather did want play a role, in the southern perriphery. that is about 70 tnd square miles of water. roughly the size of the state of florida. we are waiting for the pinpoint location, just the area that i highlighted is the state of florida.

this area here. i wanted to see what the water temperature is, i wanted to see survival times, if you survive the water temperatures, 2 to seven hours. you can survive in the water temperatures.

the water temps into the 70s, the depths of the when officials are out here looking for a sign of an aircraft. the depths, if they have to look autodeep as they. that is where it is right now. we haven't heard back from the rescue crews, daylight. again, this is on-going.

right now. we are trying too when you get information, we may come back to you. we would like to go now to justin sgreen. had 4,000 argue, what are your thoughts? >> what is interesting. >> an emergency, or problems with weather.

based on the weather, which we snuft a winnow for the passengers were able to survive the ditching, when you have an yawn at that atitude, with no idea. you expect to have if you don't have it, we have the transpond er we know that airport was having until we find the black

boxes. at this point, it does not look good. >> let me ask you the question on the minds of the viewers. >> the moeftd the sides to it, so the airport, the attitude could be scene by the 370

disaster, the first things that happened, the that is curious. the second thing, the communications, that go out. a communication center. communicates between the airplane and the ground. it is in the water. 30 days or emergency.

>> explain that to me. no video contact, nothing flt transfor all of those functions to sflmp have an easy explanation for that? not really. they are made where approximate

the emergency generator that will bring back -- it will bring on a electric al power. a majorin-flight. something that dropped off radar. it is an ominous circumstance. >> that is indeed.

a view shared by many alifts. bringing in david, what we know at this point? what are you focused on right now? >> if you think about what happened in the 370. lost all communications, nope, we don't know if it was reporting, or wasn't reporting. they would have told us, sometimes would have happened. the only other thing i can think

of that could have caused a massive failure, is that all of does he could do that to the. should the aircraft land hit the ground in an abrupt manner on the transmitter, there are two. one in the front, one in the back. not very reliable.

it is only six years old. from what we know. that altitude at that point. >> the last time we spoke before you, your line dropped out. we listened to adel from egyptair. you said you found smk interest if you look at the plane.

something changed there on the ground. that will take more of an investigation, i am not sure it has any relevance to the aircraft disappearing, the fact that it was changed last minute like that, and is showing the 737, that is reliable about president information they put out. >> david, asking you about the flighting hours. the pilot, 6,000 what are we looking at for both, explaining

what happened. without speculation at this point. also for the families, wondering where their people are. he is under a lot of stress, and about the it is very good. one thing that he did point out about the flight crew. there was -- he said there were only -- >> he i yes, did he, 10 crew. three security officers.

information that we need to make the listeners aware. >> david, stay with us. obviously, there is more information coming in. we want to have you on stand. what we know, it has gone past 9:30 past. the plane was 10 miles inside egyptian air space. >> 56 passengers, ten crew egyptair say search and rescue team has been deploy ed.

>> you are still with us, security board this flight. typically, what is the situation when it comes to security officers, this part of the woorld? they make sure there are security officers on the flights, depending on the destressed levels they are. if they had threats or anything while it doesn't indicate there is an increase in awareness, it is not the routine. they placed three on a flight wut having any security.

i am not at liberty to have how many they have or shouldn't have. it seems high for a routine flight the security on the all the flightings in the united states. what is your take on that? there may be an additional first, typically, operate in

terms of two. rarely, one, three or four, either would be it could be someone was transporting from one to another. weingly find out later, there was thread information, it just happens. >> okay. jeff, obviously, why still don't know what happened to this flig flight. every last element of what is known about these individuals, correct?

back to 2011, where the france 441 flight disappeared, a similar situation, where lost communication, and literally, vanished. they found black boxes in the one thing ended up, go find the plane, the people. they are going in expertise. security people are looking at security issues, and flight crew are looking at experience,

training. how they are known as everybody is looking at the favorite issues. >> since you are the security guy. there was a report that 57 empployees. what is the statinous they are going to -- then they are, specifically, with flothe thing

is, all surrounding a particular airline from a security perspective wonder figure they forward a you have to hold yourself back a bit. you broach it from a security to

another one might be better. another fortunate i will me the fl on board. he spelled it out specifically to us. aircraft it is not all

classification it is the type of material, if they somehow mix or get together, and/or it doesn't turn out l you have in a cargo hold. i think he was calling it out. the aircraft coming into an airport. an emergency on board. and that would be the

information about us. >> you decided the security situation being told that there was, 6:40 in the morning. six hours after it was due. what we know at this stage. it made sure everybody know it

was disa -- egypt air, and the search and rescue teams are being de. just getting underway. >> the they to skr smash asht and all the egypt holdings. that it was a good 30 minutes ago. woolly see, now that daylight.

>> jeffrey, good to have you with us, as we try too make sense of all the details let me ask you about thrown here from paris to cairo. what are you seeing. as you look at radar. it is our conditioneding, there was a heavily -- >> quite benign. not flowing over any conflict areas, whatsoever. any aspect of this flight.

the unusual thing is, it is obviously, a considerably to jump off the screens. >> there is that it was making a slight turn left, then it aatear, 20 miles from touch down. >> 20 minutes from touchdown, i think you heard it correctly say saying that it had not started

dissent at all. it is insane, i should say. snnl, i don't think we can draw a lot from it. >> i was making the assumption. we are told it could getaise 24:frifz a long way from approach. >> it is certainly, the crews are approaching cairo.

i guess it was 45 minutes to left-hand. >> you didn't know this was a mech ic mechical. >> we will see the we would see possibly in the signs of typically, that is what would

happen? >> if there was we heard nothing -- this doesn't seem to be flofrmt. >> experts say, in this particular travel flight path, this is some i am assuming that that applies to everybody else would still certainly, we what are talking about, is the vaersz

consumer products. others, that require start thyself these things. in there are gaps, certainly. >> this information from i am not no longer in xhungsz with their aircraft, that is a we would like to to shet there were

no snags make it clear. >> one or two systems down. multiple redundancy, it is legal, and done all the time, where frnts, an airport may take off with one system, and five deficient. so, air quality, a minimum equilibrium. if they are not had they can't be disworking order.

>> tells us about the search and recovery, we are told it is underway, right now. the egyptian authority said they can look this way, about what the other countries. who you is is the xrat? i expect for the colleagucollea that have the capability quickest way, locating the wreckage. if that is what we found. that is happened. the egyptian authorities, responding to the call. >> stay with us, we want to call on you in just a moment. we are switching to dirow,

welativing have been gathering, we are told, help, this is how what has to be four hours. what is happening in cairo right now? >> >> the armed forces are on the site. on the scene where the plane was last scene. they will be searching that area, 40 miles north of the egyptian coach line. we are learning a bit more about the pilots. we are told there was nothing on the plain, nothing danlgous, no

ha -- nothing dangerous. we are told that pilot had over 2000 hours on this plane. egyptair is putting out a phone number for family to get the latest information the plain priority is focusing on that search. where that plaechb was, in an area, where they are saying they are searching over the sea. when the plane was blown up by isis, they were the ones able

to -- we should expect the same, the egyptian air force will be out there as well. trying to find xwp wreck angle. we need to remember, that it passengers, and the crew members on board, 56 marriages, including two infants, and one child. ten crew members, seven crew members, three security personnel, their families at this hour. they want to know what exactly happened to their loved ones. >> trying to get a sense for the fefrp and res -- we don't know

what type of phones are out there now. it would be a large scale. egyptian officials are being made available. all the authorities have been contacted. we are expecting a large scale investigation. thr will be the second major problem, as somebody, the metro jet, now, another missing plane.

the metro bus crash, they come here, and what we are talking about, when they fly to egypt, there a are safe. an e. >> the one thing that is crucial to say, relying on income,

millions from people coming to the country. trying to recover. this latest incident, whatever happened. whatever is determined what happened, mechal or something else, it is not going to bode well for egypt. for tourism. for egyptian officials, their prior to to figure out what happened. >> we appreciate the reporting. we will continue to check in with you as more details emerge.

>> it has been struggling to make a profit. a pilot dispute. they don't know what happened to this flight. missing for three hours, 66 it was snoo do you expect, what is the timeline here. solid gz of what or what i will

spend time with each. special with egypt. they are not going to welease that so, that is the they have shared with those love looking for defwree. looking for things on the ocean, in that area.

how quickly, i think it will be quick. if you remember, here in france within five miles, it took years to find that what are you challenges you see hym? >> getting enough resources to start the they didn't know they lost precious time. following the type of aircraft, it it was flying in direction

reform two points of view. >> hold that thought for us. >> we will come back to you. >> i 10:00 here on the west coast. egyptair, carrying 56 people from paris to kio was missing when he disappeared from