the latest on the plane that went missing missing -- actual looy let's -- actually let's go to benjamin hall live in our london bureau. benjamin, what can you tell us? >> good morning. a lot of moments centering around the distress call. necially we heard it vanished at 37,000 feet and it disappeared and no radio contact. then we hear the pilot issued a distress call 19 minutes before the plane went down. we are just hearing the egyptian military said it received no distress call and the civil aviation authority said it is too early to say this plane crashed. we are back to square one where all options were on the table. there were reports the captain of a merchant ship seeing a fireball from the sky. so going from what we thought was a crash we are not sure. we know there is a desperate search for survivors. the greek coast guard is helping. there are multiple ships off the coast of egypt. we believe about100, 150 miles north of egypt. they will be desperately searching for the black boxes and any possible survivors dragging their pinging machines and i can picking up the signal from that.

benjamin hall has been joining us from london, benjamin? >> well, very sad news in the sense that we are just hearing that france has expressed their condolences to their counterp t counterpar counterparts. it is the first indication that they suspect those on board may have died. that is not confirmed. but france expressing condolences to the families. and a lot of the families are meeting in the cairo airport. distressing scenes there, doctors are on site. but the rest of the world still trying to figure out what happened to this plane amid conflicting reports. egyptair going to great lengths to say this was not terrorism and to say they should not jump to any conclusions while the egyptian prime minister, the french prime minister saying nothing can be ruled out. if there is any indication of terrorism, this would be devastating for egypt itself, which has suffered a great deal with its economy, as isis have ruled in, and moved into that region. so a lot of people, really on edge, waiting to find out what happened. the search at the moel

benjamin hall. we appreciate it. standby, any additional information you get, please bring it to us and we will check back in with you. thank you. >>> to recap for everyone at home, if you are just joining us, and egyptair flight heading from paris charles de gaulle airport to cairo airport has disappeared from radar. the egyptair flight ms-804 vanished somewhere over the mediterranean south of turkey. the airbus a-320 infests a crew of ten, two children and a baby on board. the aviation ministry says 30 egyptians, 15 french and one britain are among the passengers. we have learned the pilot has more than 6 thousand hours of flying time t. he made no distress call. the last contact with the plane happened ten minutes before it disappeared from radar. at an altitude of 37,000 feet at the time. there are conflicting reports over whether the jet disappeared over egyptian air space. we're told it is just before it entered egyptian aerospace. we know it vanished just before daybreak. under clear weather conditions. egypt

in london, benjamin hall, fox news. >>> happening now, tom brady is heading back to court.n april u.s. circuit court of appeals upheld brady's four game suspension for his role in donate gate but today a new twist for tom brady. howard eskin joins us in the newsroom now with details. howard. >> oh, my gosh i can't stand it any more. stop, stop! somebody scratching the blackboard. entire situation with tom brady and deflate-gate is just becoming so ridiculous. now in the 491 is the day of the deflate-gate tom brady and the nfl players association attorn attorneys, it doesn't cost him a dime, decided to file a petition to appeal the appeal decision of the us second circuit court of appeals. now the appeals court upheld the decision of the nfl for four game suspension and overturn the decision of that judge in new york. so now this goes on and during the appeal tom brady is at training camp. even with the suspension he was perm to do participate in camp and pre-season games. it's likely the decision will come down in -- just to hear the case in 46 weeks. well before the season

nicole: benjamin hall is live in london, search operations are underway, everyone is trying to figurere there pinks on the black box? what is the latest? >> going back to the family, friends, relatives out of cairo airport, they are very upset. we are all trying to piece it together and i want to read an interview with the former president of the french air accident bureau who has said we have to remain careful about the disappearance, we can make certain hypotheses. there is a possibility of an explosion. the idea of a technical accident, weather conditions were good, it is possible but not likely. this plane was flying at 37,000 feet. weather conditions were good. there was a maintenance checkup last wednesday and was given the all clear. the pilot, all that points to the fact this plane was flying well and there was nothing wrong until this catastrophic accident. now the search continues, the french prime minister sending condolences which suggest everyone on board may have perished but ships in the area are converging on the location the beacon came from. the first ship on the fli

has found debris and some passenger belongings, from egyptair flight 804, let's go to fox news benjamin hall, on this investigation, benjamin what do we know now? . reporter: hi, we have indication search teams are getting ever closer to the actual site of the crash as they find this debris passengers belongings a reminder of people onboard that flight found 180 miles north of the egyptian coastal tendon alexandra where searching, terror rather than technically failure considered more likely why egyptian authorities of look for fragmentation any signs of possibly explosion as of yet is in confirmed, this will help in a great way search continues, in this part of the eastern mediterranean it is very deepwater over there looking for black boxes can give them far more information, and because of that deepwater will be grateful for the help u.s. sent along sent a p-3 ourian a surveillance plane known as mad boom it is capable of detecting magnetic objects under the water reexpect a details final moments of the plane about three hours 20 minutes after it left paris soon before leasing greek airsp

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benjamin hall is following all this from london for us. >> reporter: more clues coming in all the times investigators try to piece together what happened in the leadup to the crash which killed 66 people. as the search continues the egyptian military have found purses, plane seats, belongings and body parts. the radius is 40 miles and being scanned by two american p-3 planes. also spotted, the oil slick over a mile long 25 miles south of the plane's last known location, which suggests the fuel didn't burn up on ascent and no signs of explosion were picked up at the time. officials have released the identity of the two pilots. mohammed shoukair. he was described as kind and pilot. the co-pilot had almost 3,000 flying hours. both men had no political afillcations and had passed periodic background security checks. there were no passengers on the terror watch list. now one part of the investigation moves to paris where authorities have begun questioning everyone who came in contact with the plane prior to departure. they're also looking at where the plane was earlier in the day. most impo

benjamin hall is live from our london bureau with more. benjamin, what can you tell us?eporter: that news breaking moments ago that this was a navy seal killed in iraq. he's the third us serviceman killed in the battle against isis since october and it shows what a pivotal, important role they are playing out there. the seal was part of a group assisting kurdish fighters north of the ice is held city of mosul. troop seven moving in toward the isis stronghold in readiness for an eventual takeover with the support of us airpower, artillery and special forces. early this morning, isis forces reached kurdish defenses pushing a few miles behind their frontline and the official has confirmed the seal was killed by small arms fire, most likely ak-47 in the attack which involved truck bombs and isis infantry. today ask carter was in stuttgart for a change of command ceremony at european command. he expects his condolences to the familyand reiterated the us commitment to the fight against isis . >> it shows you the serious fight that we have to wage in iraq. there are american se

. >> joining us with breaking details the benjamin hall. any developments?try is saying that debris was found and personal belongings from the plane that disappeared over 24 hours ago. a sad reminder of the 66 people on board. this debris was found 180 miles north of the coastal city of alexandria. that's in the eastern mediterranean. where they were looking for the plane, about the place it came down. the consensus of course remains that terror was to blame, not technical failure, so they'll be looking closely at this debris now they have got it for any signs of explosion or fragme fragmentati fragmentation. and the search continues for the important black box. so far they have not been recovered. airbus investigators are still on stand by waiting to assist, but the sea there is deep. they have to help them with surveillance aircraft being sent by the u.s. it's p-3 orion, and it's used to find large metallic objects below the sea surface. that will hopefully recover the black boxes. but the families today hearing just now that debris and personal belongings

joining us live from london with new details is benjamin hall. >> good morning.istening to the aviation minister and he said this could have been anything, not to jump to conclusions, but we are hearing that the russian intelligence service, one of the heads there, has said in most likelihood it's a terror attack. that coming from the russians. nevertheless, the search continuing around the island of karpathos and asking for more assistance from the satellite imagery which they think will help them to explain what happened. at the moment, ships converging on that beacon which we know went up down, emergency signal being sent up. and planes are in the air and the greeks have said there's a submarine on stand by. now to go over the time line briefly again, 12:48, greek airport controllers spoke to the pilot and he was quote in good spirits. he even thanked the controller in griese. 39 minutes later they tried to reach out to him and he did not respond. they tried to reach out to him on emergency frequency, still nothing. and then 12 minutes after that, the plane to

. >> benjamin hall joins us with the latest. >> good morning. the consensus very much as you said there terror was responsible for this crash not technical failure. meanwhile the search continues in a vast area south of the island of crete. we have heard in the last faw moments debris found which was belonging to the aircraft and passengers debris found. the p 3 is known as the bad boom. magnetic objects such as an aircraft bea low the sea surface. details of the plane's final moments have been coming out. 3 hours and 20 minutes after leaving paris greek air traffic controllers spoke to the pilot. he was in good spirits they said. he thanked this em in greek. then 39 minutes later the plane crossed into egyptian airspace they tried to reach him but he was responsive. two minutes later the plane 90 degrees to the left and did a circle to the right and plummeted down to 15,000 feet disappearing at 10,000 feet. the weather conditions were ideal. the pilot was experienced. the plane had a maintenance check. many saying they haven't been told much ye

our benjamin hall is in london. >> reporter: the news spread can quickly.ary reported finding wreckage and passenger belongings from egyptair flight 804 in the mediterranean sea. the plane flying from paris to cairo when it disappeared early thursday. now, some of the victims' family members are holding prayers for the dead at a cairo mosque. >> we feel sorry for all the egyptians for the sudden loss. we all pray for the victims and their families >> reporter: the greek minister of defense says they received notification that the egyptian military has spotted items from the plane during their search. he says that the location is north of where some debris was found on thursday. >> we have been briefed by the egyptian jrcc about the discovery of a body part, two seats and luggage at the scene of the search, slightly to the south of where the plane's signal was. >> reporter: egyptian aorta officials are getting -- egyptian airport officials are getting help from french and english officials. french officials wants to make sure out of respect for the dead. >>

i believe we have benjamin hall standing by. he can fill us in on any additional information ask the latest hi, heather. in this rapidly evolving situation we are hearing different thicks -- things coming in. they are confirming that this was a crash and egypt air is saying they have received a locator beacon and a stress signal. we know the egyptian coast guard is in the area as well as the greek coast guard. they are rapidly trying to get there. >> benjamin, we will wrap you up roit there and hold you over and check in with you after the break. stay here with fox news. test test. test test test. >>> once again we continue to follow breaking news here on the fox newschannel. an egypt air flight heading from paris to cairo with 66 people on board has in fact crashed. that being confirmed from egypt air. the plane, egypt air flight 804 was lost from radar around 2 ooment 45 -- 2:45 a.m. local time and flying at 37,000 feet. egypt air now confirming that that flight has indeed crashed. let's go back to our fog news correspondent w

. >> benjamin hall joins us with the latest. >> good morning. the consensus very much as you said there terror was responsible for this crash not technical failure. meanwhile the search continues in a vast area south of the island of crete. we have heard in the last faw moments debris found which was belonging to the aircraft and passengers debris found. the p 3 is known as the bad boom. magnetic objects such as an aircraft bea

correspondent benjamin hall reports over the fear of that country's future. >> reporter: another caromb exploded in baghdad, killing 18 and wounding 45. isis claimed three bombs in the last two days as they attack major cities. last month, 741 iraqis were killed. the month before that, over 1100. political unrest swept across the capital this weekend as hundreds of shia protesters stormed, accusing the government of inaction. they took over the hearts of parliament as the country veered toward instability. behind the protesters were the shiite cleric. the rad cleric, once a vocal supporter of attacks on the u.s. troops has been involved in the uprising that shreds the country. today, the state department denies the protests would affect the battle against the terrorist group, but acknowledge change was needed. >> the long term answer in iraq is, good governance. we have said that many, many times. that's the way to defeat die eesh. you have to have the government. >> reporter: once the events unfolded in baghdad, that good governance seen far away. behind the call of political change

let's get to benjamin hall who joins us from london with the latest. good morning again>> good morning again. reports are coming out about what exactly happened. the facts that we know about the plane and pilot the plane was air bus 320. there are around 5,000 of them plus in operation around the world. they are the work horse of the aviation industry. this plane left charles-de-gaulle a major hub of aviation around 11:00 p.m. local time. 3 hours 40 minutes into the flight it was at 37,000 feet. it was flown by muhammad sakar. this is an experienced pilot over 6,000 hours of flying time over 2,000 in this specific type of plane. his co pilot over 2,000 hours of flying time. the weather was fine when they dropped off the radar. usually this would suggest a catastrophic event, high drop in pressure. no one is suggesting that is what it is egyptair has gone to great lengths to say no one should jump to conclusions. the prime minister saying nothing can be discounted. they are setting up meetings with the national security advisors. the french issued their

benjamin hall from london at fox news, benjamin, what do you make of this distress call coming after the plane had been disconnected from radar. >> conflicting reports about that distress call. there was no distress call and civilization authorities say it was too early to make that call. we are not sure about that. that is where all the ships are converging, trying to find either debris or ballot boxes, the first ship to get to that point, they can't see anything on the seas, no oil spill you would expect to see in the area but conflicting reports about where the plane came down because of this period of silence, some reports putting a new the island of crete, others near a different island. all the ships in the area are converging on that area and it is a widely traveled widely used body of water, nato naval ships in the area, the us six feet up in naples, they are looking closely at trying to help as they can. that distress call still not confirmed and that would be crucial because it would suggest prior knowledge of what happened but reports also indicate it disappeared off of ra

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