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noon with a developing story a plane carrying 75 people had to make an emergency landing at philadelphia international airport this morning. republic airline flights 5927 was operating as u.s. airways express. it took off at 10:00 a.m. for new hampshire but an engine issue forced the plane to turn around. it landed safely and all passengers got off at the gate and put on other flights. witnesses said they saw flames shooting from the back of the plane, but those reports are unconfirmed by the airline. we continue to update this story on air and online at 6abc.com. family members identified the 10-year-old new jersey boy struck and killed by a police cruiser in franklin township matthew mccloskey was hit at the intersection of elmer and delsea

drive last night. david henry has more on what happened. he joins us live from the scene of the crash. >> reporter: hi, sarah the gloucester county prosecutor's office is handle what happened last night. >> the matter is under investigation and we offer deepest condolences with the child. >> reporter: the 10-year-old was with two other friends crossing delsea drive near his home. matt's grandmother said there were two adults with the boys as matter started to cross the street. the other saw a fast approaching car and called format to come back, it was too late he it was run down by a franklin township police car. witnesses say the police car did not have its lights or siren activated. franklin township said the officer was responding to an you

are gent call. the spokesman for the county prosecutor said they are investigating the nature of the call but don't know what the emergency was the officer was taken to the hospital after the accident. it's normal procedure to take a blood sample from the driver of a car involved in a fatal accident. the township minute straighter said -- administrator said the officer is shaken up. ii don'tiironicly, his grandmother said he wanted to become a police officer and attended police camp over the summer. the prosecutor's office has asked for a copy of the pole on the use of lights -- policy on the use of lights and sirens, and we'll learn more this afternoon. sarah? >> there may be signs. passenger jet that vanished after takeoff from indonesia early yesterday with 162 people on board. investigators are checking to

see if oil slicks and debris in the java sea may have come from 8501. elizabeth had your -- hurr has more developments. >> reporter: the investigation is underway while family members are anxiously waiting and praying for a miracle. indonesia officials are saying they are hoping for the best, but fearing the worst. crisis centers set up for families desperate for answers after their family disappeared on flight 8501. this woman was waiting for her fiance and five family members. it was sunday morning when the airbus took off but the plane flies into choppy weather. 6:12 a.m., the pilot radios he needs to go around the storm and requested to climb from

32,000 feet to 38,000 feet and disappearing from radar screens minutes later. >> it could be weather related highly unlikely, or a bomb it doesn't make sense an airplane would disappear at 32,000 feet. the search air expand to a dozen zones. it was 9 months ago malaysian airline flight vanished into the indian ocean but experts think 8501 crashed into the java virginia smaller and shallower than the indian ocean easier to find the aircraft. the airline around for more than a decade, the founder calling it devastating. >> we're doing whatever we can. >> reporter: search teams did spot debris and oil 700 miles from the area where there was

last known contact and right now they are being tested. from new york, i'm elizabeth hurr channel 6 "action news." >> police are looking for a missing college student that took a leave of absence from the university of pennsylvania. he was last seen by his parents on friday in teaneck new jersey, the investigators have tracked his cell phone to the areas near the george washington bridge. port authority in new jersey and new york are investigating the disappearance. police identified the intruder after he was shot and terrorized residents. man got on a woman's deck and performed a lewd act. he broke into a second apartment an assaulted two people, a resident grabbed a gun and shot him twice. someone held him down until police arrived.

he faces charge of burglary and assault once his condition improves. two philadelphia police officers were injured when part of a burning car went airborne and hit them in the legs overnight. the officers were responding to a garage fire in frankford. a burning volvo station wagon exploded and a peels of the bumper went flying 100 feet breaking the officer's leg and cutting the other officer's leg enough to require stitches. walter palmer announced this weekend the charter school that bears his name will shut down. the school district of philadelphia had closed the high school. palmer was fighting to keep the lower school open, but he sent a letter to parents teachers and students that the school will close permanently on december 31. temperature are on the way back down following a very mild weekend, let's look live outside

sky 6 in high definition looking at the center city skyline. today not too bad cooler than yesterday, but that colder air will arrive overnight and stick with us through new year's eve. for more on the conditions right now let's go to the birkd big board, and meteorologist david murphy. >> reporter: precipitation wiles it's been -- precipitation wise it's dry but down the shore there's light sprinkles and showers in play and this looks like the tail end, cape may should be dry now. satellite and radar shows how there are breaks in the clouds. that picture we showed you on sky 6 showed the sunshine breaking through in center city the rest of the way today will feature a mixture of clouds and sun. temperatures not bad 43 degrees in philadelphia. 42 in allentown. 40 in sea isle city. when you look at 43 and compared it with the average high, 41, so

we're already above average. in the next a couple of hours we'll get up to 47 before things get colder overnight and dropping to the freezing mark. yesterday we had a beautiful high of 56 degrees, unseasonably mild for december. what comes next? you can see to the west a couple of layers of colder and colder air. cincinnati 35 degrees. same story? chicago, this will circulate east over the next couple of hours and we'll top out in the 30s on new year's eve and new year's day. i'll have more on what to expect for the holiday just ahead. >> 2014 eagles season is officially over, the birds managed to pull off a final win when they defeated the giants 34-26 yesterday. but the win came far too late, the eagles were knocked out of playoff contention last week.

head coach chip kelly said he is looking to make the team better for next season. >> we'll evaluate every single position and from the team personnel wise and see how to improve the football team. >> many players say the hardest part of the season is knowing they didn't have a bad record it came down to a few bad games. fans are sounding off wondering what went wrong in a season that held so much promise. katherine scott spent the morning gathering opinions from eagles nation. >> reporter: many fans thought a months ago the team was bound for playoffs, but alas it wasn't meant to be and fans are looking ahead to next year. >> i thought they should have mailed the playoffs. >> reporter: but instead of readingying themselves for a -- readying themselves for a super bowl run, they were trying to

figure out what happened so fast. >> i was at the seattle game walking in thinking we're going to have home field advantage. >> reporter: seattle dallas, washington the birds dropped three in a row before beating the giants yesterday in their final game. >> if they had looked this good yesterday as they did the last three, four games maybe they could have gotten to the playoffs? >> reporter: so what happened? >> so many things, secondary is terrible. we need a whole defensive back, quarterback got hurt, demeco ryans got hurt. >> reporter: defense quarterback, injuries, offered up a bevy of reasons but all in all -- >> i think we got out-played and beat by teams that came in to beat us and we didn't rise to the challenge.

>> reporter: many fans we spoke to we were happy at least the eagles ended the season with a win. in center city, katherine scott channel 6 "action news." >> still to come on "action news" at noon, a man survived a great white shark attack in california. what the victim did to help save his own life. plus a rising death toll in the greek ferry disaster, the update on the difficult rescue mission at sea. and meteorologist david murphy will be back with the seven-day forecast from accuweather when "action news" comes right back.

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in the only medicare supplement insurance plans endorsed by aarp. don't wait. call now. >> david is here with the accuweather forecast after a mild weekend much cooler this week. . it is, and getting cooler still over the next 24, 48 hours, storm tracker 6 live double scan we're showing rain down in cape may. it's light evaporating before it hits the grounds but you might have a lingering sprinkle. will be done before too much longer. looking outside we're looking at a park bench earlier, a little cooler for sitting by the water. 43 degrees in philadelphia. that's a couple of degrees above

average. chilly with coat weather certainly. winds 0u69 -- out of the northeast at 9 miles per hour. not a big difference between lehigh valley berks county and millville. oddly enough we'll wind up milder than everywhere else over the next couple of hours down the shore. satellite and radar shows we've had rain coming through in the morning. the bulk of it is centered around virginia well to our south. the last little of a sprinkle up in the southern reaches of our neck of woods in the process of getting out of here. allentown, clouds and sun today light breeze at times, 43 is the forecasted high in the lehigh valley. down the shore, a little bit better over the next few hours we'll get up to 48 in many shore communities clouds and sun again, a light breeze is possible. in philadelphia we'll go for a high of 47 this afternoon again, several degrees above average. a bit on the breezy side with winds out of the north between 8 and 6 miles per hour.

that 47 while cooler than yesterday is above average. 31 is the overnight low and tonight overnight is when you'll feel the colder air drop in from the north. we'll get below freezing, some suburbs in the mid to upper 20s, cloudy and cold. for the afternoon and evening commute looks like we're looking at a partly sunny to partly cloudy sky cover. clouds and sun before then, a light breeze, 45 degrees by 4:00 p.m., 5:30, 44 degrees, if you're going out picking up dinner on the way heading out at 5:00 p.m. 44. 7:00 p.m., 42. 9:00 41. a little bit of a breeze you want to grab a coat if you're coming out of late movie at 9:00. 39 degrees and coat and gloves, as well. tomorrow, high pressure to the west will guide more pronounced air out of the north and the temperatures will react. we'll get up to 40 tomorrow, by

the time we get into new year's eve in the 30s and probably staying there for new year's day. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, today's high, 47 clouds and sun 40 degrees is tomorrow's high, chilly and a breeze making it feel like the 30s most of the afternoon. wednesday, brisk and colder, high of 34. 29 degrees for midnight. it will be dry but definitely on the brisk and cold side, thursday if you're getting up early for the mummers, 20 at sunrise, 38 for 9 high, sunny and brisk conditions windchills in the teens in the morning and 20s in the afternoon. maybe feeling like the freezing mark at the best of times. on friday a mix of sun and clouds, looks like we're dry saturday cloudy, 46. most modelings have us dry there's a chance of rain building in at night. there's a southern storm if it gets close close enough could give us rain. but this is another case seven days out some models have us wet

on sunday and some have you also dry. -- have us dry. >> i like the dry options. >> reporter: yeah, we too.

>> hello again here's some of the stories we're following on "action news" at 1:30. a 10-year-old boy in south jersey is hit by a police cruiser and killed an investigation is underway into what happened. the search for the missing

airasia i can't plane will be expanding on to land into indonesia. the flight was carrying 162 people when it disappeared from radar yesterday. two lives are lost when a home in berks county catches fire. we begin with the eagles end of the season. the eagles beat the new york giants 34-26. this is the third straight year the eagles are not moving on to the playoffs. "action news" reporter jeff skeverski is live outside the nova care complex in south philadelphia where head coach chip kelly held the end of the season news conference this morning, jeff. >> reporter: eagles head coach chip kelly said point blank today you're not going to win super bowls turning the football over and the bottom line the eagles are measured on super bowls and they didn't come close