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 11:09

local they are looking for the plane. bringing in jim, who joins us now from paris. what can you tell us? in paris? >> alerted by this. they are in the process of try togs connect, what role they are going toic ta. they are first, to write a book. and second that kind of thing before they can do anything.

it is their aircraft. accident investigation will be directly involved, because of the construction. snoo i think we order from the any problem too early to say that, it out of the airports, they will be looking at anybody who had a the circumstances

normal lees. it seems, there would be some french citizens. and something else, down at the airport, i am sure they will go over security. it is not the kind of thing you would be suspect of.

circumstances is a departure fr from here. in fact, the only thing that seem to be affecting things, there has been a strike on 15% of the flights have been canc lels. that is not right now. jim, appreciate it, we will check in with you shortly. >> bringing in dare we say, here we again. >> the issue, here, whenever a

play what we have here. the destination. under. it is cruising along, and by no means at full tholths. no match of issues. say structure to shoot. when a plane goes missing.

>> we went to jeffrey of the mind that this would be do you rule that off? >> i am not will be. >> you do have a circuit breaker lead to the discorruptition p.

[ inaudible ] one of those. >> explosive device. you have to put it on the table. it is a fact of reality. called the pilot to lose control of the plane. i would most definitely leave mechanical on the table. one of the issues, he was und

under -- the airline is saying it was an se-- >> i am not concerned about that. how accurate? we improved, the trainers, inaccurate, by a large degree. when the it is like, that is the number. >> as you made mention of the

issues economy. they are like airlines who have been around a long thyme. from here. you know. a cyst issue. it was the russian airlisher you can be sure.

-- it was the russian airliner, you can be sure. >> what are we looking at? the first thing to do light information. that tells you which country has organizing and that is. >> at the moment. i am not sure if it is in

hockey, it doesn't matter to some extend, we will be offering then and the stories about a i must be thorough search. you have the last bit of position. the plane may be 50 miles in any direction.

and believe [ inaudible ] >> as we try to get a sense how these things progress, we ask you about air bus. this it was ann putting forward as you see it going forward? >> along the way, preparing to go. the 320 is the most popular aircraft. thousands on board. across the range. related to that, will be the bea, the french investigator.

the organization responsible for investigating, will be in a state, that will be grease or their side of the water, the french will be involved because they made the plane. will they be questioned about questions about the a320. planes do not fall out of the sky for no reason. joining us there.

we will continue to check in with you. >> the agency that egyptian civil aviation authority are saying that, as you can see there, another tweet there. that plane disappearing within ten miles from airspace. live from cairo, inspect if the authorities said, the armed forces and the egyptair

officials. >> i don't think we have it. clearly, what we have right now is a search and rescue operation going, 35 miles north of the coast of egypt carries out this season. ejif ejiftz four hourings overdue. the last contaukt, 4 hours, now, the working out, and the

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. >> inside egyptian air space,

officials say there is no confirmation of distress call, or notification of any cargo or dangerous goods on board. >> right now, they are sgrthing the family members, we haven't been given access to that area, they are gathering the family members in an area. give them the latest. egyptian officials, the search and rescue operation is taking place about 40 to 50 miles north of the egyptian coast. that is where they believe this plane has crashed. that would be in the

mediterranean. no word yet if they have found anything. officials are telling us they have all the resources available that can search for this plane, they have put it into that search. right now, it really is a waiting game. trying to see what they are able to come up with. what they are able to find. it is excruciating for the family members. 56 passengers, we don't know the nationalities of the passengers, what other nationalities on this plane. one child, they are telling us, they did not receive a distress call from the pilot.

everything was going normal. until the plane disappeared from radar. we are hearing, there wasn't any hazardous material on board or anything that they would notify the pilot b all intents and purposes, it seemed like a normal flight. egyptair saying this plane had all the regular maintenance. everything was on schedule. the pilot it is -- the pilots, great experience on this aircraft. the cause of the crash is unknown. figuring out where that plane is, what would have caused the

crash. >> is the situation affecting operations? what is happening with other flights taking off and landing? >> right now, it appears that everything is going normal. and on schedule. we haven't seen any other congestion. officials telling us that they will keep updating us with information as soon as they get it. they are right now, establishing a command center to deal with this situation. this plane disappearing, about four hours ago. five hours ago now at this time. they are trying to get a grasp of the situation and move forward. >> joining us on the line, on the scene at the airport in

cairo. we will check back in with you shortly. thank you. >> wreckage, see figure there are survivors in the sea. a former accident investigator for the national transportation safety board. he joins us live from albuquerque. thank you for being with us. we appreciate your insight. allan. recap what you know. 37,000 feet. no distress call. whatever happened, i guess happened quickly. what is your assessment? some kind of on-board fire.

pilots try to trouble shoot. they may have been battling some sort of mechanical problem. maybe didn't make a may day call, they know only they can solve the problem. i am not convinced. 37,000 feet, you get down in eight or ten minutes. you wouldn't necessarily make a radio call. i am speculating, ladies and gentlemen. until we find wreckage, i haven't given up. everything is on the table, as they say this early in the

investigation. at 37,000 feet, what level of complexity are we talking about? >> it was eight night. that always complicates things. broad daylight, on a calm air field, it would be challenging endeavor to say the least. pilots -- again, i don't want to raise false hopes, that is the most likely scenario. until you find wreckage or a fuel slick, something like that i am sure the search and rescue people are looking for an intact

aircraft, hoping. >> let me ask you, a basic question, if it was a ditching, wouldn't the transponders radiate a location, why did it disappear from radar? >> it would disappear from radar frep because of the coverage in that area. israel and other places, are looking at their data to see not only where they lost the transponder, which way the target went and how quickly did it descend. to see if it could have been a ditching. i am only speculating, as you know. the israelis has very good

radar. the famous one, the air france, south atlantic, back in 2011, as i recall. that was not a ditching, it was a crash. again. helicopters, and aircraft, i would imagine they would find a fuel slick and wreckage quickly. and they will know if there is any possibility of any survivors. >> we preeshl it, we know you were speculating, with insight and expertise that few v we appreciate you being with us. >> thank you for that breaking

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welcome back, in los angeles. it is 7:33 in cairo, breaking news, the reuters news agency reports, an egyptair plane has kraeshed into the sea. navy ships are searching in a

specific location. three children, 10 crew members, the airbus went north of the egyptian coast, it was flying at 37,000 feet. bringing out richard quest in, what we are been hearing, whatever happened, happened quickly. >> no question about it. and you are looking here at a dramatic event that prevented the crew on board from giving any form of mayday or warning, and also, it happened 37,000 feet. now, obviously, if you look at where the event took place, and

you look at cairo, i am guessing, you are getting close toward top of dissent. and this is the safest part of the journey. the landing has anhui incident of accidents, once you are in the cruise or top, it is a safe part. you have the dramatic, fast, sudden, no warning, and you have it in the cruise. that is all you have got. it leads you in certain directions, that you want to speculate about. the issues of explosives, terrorist activity. before you jump on that horse, you have to remember the number of occasions where there have been mechanical issues, and erth- the plane has failed or the pilots have been mishandled

the aircraft. i am thinking in an air france, a swiss air, those situations, it is way too soon to hang your hat on a particular reason. the transsponder, all of them, whether they were transmitting, weather map that says anything about what happened. >> right, let's go through this. the transponder is basically nothing more than the radar signal goes out. interrogated by the plane, and the plane sends back a signal to the ground. it gives the most basic information, the plane's flight number. the system is more sophisticated monitoring system that is sending data from the aircraft,

to the ground to a third party provider. we know that in certain situations, it will start too transmit. air france 447 showed this. there were 24 faults happened when the plane failed and they were all transmitted out. without knowing the setting that egypt had their their system, we can't make a judgment on that. however, i expect that if the plane started to fail in the air, as a result of put pel failures, akoss would have sent up data. 447 is a starnd case that shows the information is is not out. >> you don't know the settings

that egyptair would have used. does that mean that different airlines use different numbers for their system? >> right. the acar it keeps the ground informed how on the engines and this information is being sent out recently. in other airlines, it is send out all the historical dat aso the th they ops, failure of computers, these sort of things, then

a-cass is set to send out that information in real time. that data, it would have gone from the aircraft, to the satellite, whoever was handling that, with cedar, and only then you would have gone to the talking to the provider of see, what did you hear from the plain? it was a few hours after all mechanics got misinformation, it will take time, whosoever can to go get the data. i guarantee, they are going back into the filings to find out

exactly what data was sent when the incident happened. >> we are getting information about the nationalities about those on board. 15 from france, 30 from ekwift. one fingerprint britain,bleium, one person who one canadian. that is coming from egyptair. and the relatives, walk us through the process. how does the airline deal with the people? as we saw, what airline does right now, the next hours and

days will be critical. >> there are procedures well put in place by the united nations body on aviation. there are procedures that are clear on what airline has to do. the first thing they have been doing, of course, will be verifying the integitiy of the manifest. making sure the names of the passengers, several on board with stolen pass portds. with the report criticized the fact that the manifest doesn't reflect the name of the passengers, along the line.

there may number a major member of star alliance. connecting passengers, before you start publishing the passenger list, that it is right. and the passengers families have been informed. making arrangements for people to travel to the region. care and control. and psychological issues. every airline has in place well-practiced procedures, in this day and age, if they fail, there is no excuse.

we have seen the horrific nature of 17 wasn't much better. metro jet was a shambles, now you have this particular 804. >> thank you for that perspective. stand by, we will come back to you shortly. >> before we go to break. update on information, the official information is that the search was 30, 40 miles north of the egyptian coast. find your way from the egyptian coach. you are watching breaking news coverage, bake in a moment.

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>> greece is helping the egyptian military in the search. officials believe that it plane crashed into the sea. >> it fell off radar heading from paris to cairo. the plane lost contact one 70 miles north of the egyptian coast. they reported they lost contact off the coast. this is the new information we are getting from the airline. they say there is no confirmed distress call. >> bringing in the cnn aviation

analyst, joining us from washington. peter it is good to speak with you. the details that we have right now. we ask, the plane flying at 37,000 feet before it disappears off air space, no distress call made. what jumps out at you right now? >> well, it is ominous. i think all of the analysts that have been on tonight are saying the same thing. it will point in any one direction. obviously, this is a very safe period of the flight, when you are in cruise altitude. that it would disappear off the radar screen without indicate from distress is ominous. >> tell me, someone who worked for the n.t.s.b., and been

involved in these searches. do they have -- the greeks as well. what is your take? >> i believe that they do have the resources. i have worked with the egyptians on two occasions, i believe that they are capable of conducting this investigation. it will be a matter of national pride, for them, as it should be. and they will take the issues, what is going on right now, it is to tar rel. highest priority is the shirt, the recovery and rescue. is the investigate started already. the they are looking, starting to gather those. all of the available radar is

being secured. planes nearby. we well-travelled route. unfortunately, they will be looking, my guess is that all the videotape take, clearing, security, and will be to see if there was anything out of the ordinary. sglp peter, thank you for being with us. the next stages will be, and a search for answers. >> thank you peter. >> stay with us, our breaking news coverage of the missing egyptair flight. we will be right back.

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this is the latest news we have. egyptair flight eight 4, officials say the plane probably crashed into the sea. >> there is no confirmation of a distress call. 37,000 feet when it vanished, the egyptian armed forces are working with greece. one canadian as well on board. 56 passengers, two passengers, one child, we are told three security personnel on board, five cabin crew and two pilots, the captain, and the first officer were in the cab bin when the plane disappeared.

>> we know that egyptian air force and navy, deployed to the area. time is of the essence. we are being told, they are saying that the plane disappears north of the egyptian coast. this is a story that cnn will stay with you for that. >>

>> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. hello and welcome, everyone. you are watching cnn breaking news. i'm rosemary church. >> and i'm errol barnett. our special coverage continues. an urgent search and rescue operation is under way at this hour off the northern coast of egypt. this comes after an egyptair flight from paris to cairo disappeared from radar. that plane was carrying 56 passengers and 10 crew members. egyptian aviation officials tell reuters