. >> the government says the wreckage of the plane that left ouagadougou in burkina faso has been spottedn northern mali. 116 people were on board the aircraft. 51 of them french nationals. with the plane 50 minutes after it took off. >> the airplane took off from ouagadougou. it was meant to arrive at 5:11. 1: last radar contact was at 55. as the plane was flying, the aircraft received instructions to change course in order to avoid a possible collision with another aircraft. northern mali is an unstable region seized by jihadist groups in 2012. french troops remain present. two fighters have been used as part of search efforts. >> it will be a matter of urgency to establish what has happened. until then, all resources will be dedicated to locating the airplane and ensuring families are informed. we in the country expect our solidarity with them. board,g the french on some were due to transit at algiers and going to paris. >> catherine noris is of the foreign ministry with the latest. >> the foreign minister laurent fabius has come back after meeting with president hollande. he is in the

the route is possible to fly over from algeria from burkina faso.nk any crash site has been found for now. >> lots of conflicting reports coming out at this stage. we are in the very early stages of getting information on this story. one of the reports we are getting is that contact was lost with this flight at 50 minutes after taking off from burkina faso possibly over the town of gpu. the french have over 1,000 deployed there and were operations from the 14th of july that 100 soldiers deployed when they suffered a suicide bomb attack. so this is a town with no more daily fighting about the french are there and militants holding positions there. >> many thanks live giving us the latest on our breaking news story this hour here on bbc world news that an air algerie flight has lost contact with officials 50 minutes after taking off from the capital burkina faso. >>> now, a growing number of women in the united states are getting plastic surgery to enhance their behinds. but with the cost of surgery into the thousands many are choosing cheap back stre

the manifest includes 51 french nationals, 27 from burkina faso, eight lebanese, six algerians, five canadians, four germans, and two luxembourg citizens. there is one person each from switzerland, belgium, egypt, ukraine, nigeria, cameroon and mali. all six crew members are from spain. the plane may have crashed in mali. >> translator: despite intensive search efforts, no trace of the aircraft has been found. the plane probably crashed around gao in northern mali. >> two reconnaissance planes from a military base in neighboring niger will join in the search. france president, francois hollande, says his thoughts were with the families of those on board and everything will be done to find the plane. >>> police officers from australia will soon be heading to eastern ukraine. they'll help with the investigation into of the malaysian airli killed in the crash. >> we are ready to deploy au help secure th an international team under united nations authority. >> prime minister abbott said pro-russian separatists have prevented a thorough search of the crash site. he said 50 australian poli

the plane left burkina faso about 1:17 local time. most of the flights there are night flights. they take off at that time. it was apparently missing for several hours before news was made public. a journalist in ougadougou, we're looking at pictures the of the airport that we filmed when we were with you in burkina faso of the airport there in ougadougou. you were there today. what have you heard about how this plane went down? >> this morning nobody knew that something bad happened. in media. when we tried to go to the airport, the -- the situation about the city who are aboard. and they had news of the plane and nobody knew what happened in night we're told that it was over mali and the border. >> you can tell us tonight that they have found the wreckage on the southeast border and that was burkina faso which found it, right? >> yeah. this is what the president of the committee, he said that a helicopter of burkina faso went all the way to the border with mali and found this wreck aage the border of burkina faso and mali. >> thank you very much. oulon giving us the latest the

it left the west african nation of burkina faso, headed to algiers.an hour some 50 minutes into the flight, the plane simply disappeared from radar. the airline believes the airplane went down in eastern mali. 116 people on board from multiple countries. the state department does not believe any americans were on board. however airport officials in burkina faso say the daughter of cuban president raul castro, the niece of fidel castro, was one of them. they posted that on the airport's facebook page. we have not received confirmation or word, any reports out of havana, we're pursuing that and bring that to you. want to bring in our safety analyst david soucie, and chad myers is here. i want to talk to you, indra peterson our meteorologist this morning was giving us an idea whether in that region of the globe it looks as though weather could have been a factor. what do we know what could have been going on there weather wise? >> a factor maybe. david will say it won't bring down an airplane. an area you talk about the itcz, the zone that creates the hu

operated by air algerie has lost touch with aviation authorities shortly after it took off from burkina faso on its way to algiers, with 116 passengers and crew on board. hour,oming up in the next let the festivities begin. festival featuring concerts and bullfighting. in spain, tourist numbers are on the rebound. the number of visitors is up 7% from last year, good news for the struggling economy there. another mysterious plane disappearance, this time in west africa. a swift air flight operated by air algerie from burkina faso to algiers in algeria lost contact aviationrian authorities. the plane stopped responding about 50 minutes after takeoff. it was carrying 110 passengers and 6 crewmembers on board. moving on to the day's other top story, the conflict in gaza has entered its 17th day. palestinian health officials say at least 718 people have died, most of them civilians. 35 israelis have been killed, including 32 soldiers. hamas continues to send rockets into israel. is sticking byen its demand for a lifting of the blockade in exchange for a cease-fire. >> amid ongoing bloodshed in ga

they were taken by the burkina faso rescue group -- crews. some pieces of the wreckage are easily recognizable. others are not. no one survived the crash. >> we now have to assist the families in their grief, and we have to gather as many witness statements as possible in order to find out what caused the accident. >> the authorities in burkina faso have released radar data from the flight control tower. at 1:17 a.m. local time, the flight left its scheduled route. here, the aircraft is still at an altitude of 8000 meters. suddenly it drops to 3000 meters and starts to lose speed. first it is seen traveling at 800 kilometers an hour, and then 400 kilometers an hour, and then the radar shows no movement at all. weather data shows a severe sandstorm in the region at the time of the crash. that could explain why the pilot tried to change course. it is in desert terrain that is difficult to access on the border between burkina faso and mali,. . the black box recorder will be analyzed in a city in northern mali. >> isis militants say they have tak

you have a number of countries, paris, madrid, burkina faso. now mali, the latest is mali's transport minister is saying that the helicopter from burkina faso landed at the crash site and identified it was indeed a crash site. and that the mali president is due to go to this area to show how involved and concerned the government is. and as a show of respect by the people of mali to this plane that has crashed in their area. now, as to why it crashed, weather clearly seems to be a part of the equation, but perhaps not all. here is how a top general from burkina faso put it to his television station just a while ago, let's listen. the plane expressly asked to change itinerary because of the bad weather, that may be the reason, but there could be other hypotheses as to why it went in the other direction. >> what he didn't mention is that mali is in conflict, or parts of it a military zone. there are different factions, french troops have been in that area. so it is a dangerous area in conflict with a plane that has crashed in a remote area. there

now that flight was headed from burkina faso to algeria on a route that goes over the shah hair ra desert. it looks like it one operated by air algerie, but owned by swiftair. this morning that airline put out a statement reading quote, up to now there is no communication with the aircraft. on board the plane are 110 passengers, six crew members, wf which two are pilots and four flight attendants. at this the time, company emergency personnel are working to find out what happened. looking at that route again, in addition to the thunderstorms, the flight path went over mali, which is the faa considers potentially hostile where civil aircraft are at risk of encountering fire and air defense missiles. it has been exactly one week since malaysian flight 17 was shot down over ukraine, so the possibility that a passenger plane was shot down suddenly seems horrifyingly realistic, however because of the storms in the area, that too is a real possibility. we're monitoring for you. >> just hard to believe, here we go again on airplanes. thank you. >>> well now to the latest on the malaysian plane s

local time air algerie left burkina faso bound for algiers.keoff it disappeared from radar over mali close to a zone of ongoing conflict, an area the faa warned pilots to stay above 24,000 feet to avoid becoming a target. as of now there is no indication the plane was hit by a missile. early indications suggested bad weather in the area may have contributed to the crash. air traffic controllers warned the military chief of staff for the burkina faso army, the plane expressly asked to change itinerary because of the bad weather. that may be the reason. there may be other hypothesis. the md 83 plane a staple in small commercial passenger jets was carrying at least 110 passengers plus six or seven crew members including the pilot and co pilot. about 50 people on board were reported to be from france and about 25 from burkina faso. authorities reported a long list of other nationals on board, none was american. the question of terrorism cannot be ruled out, officials have said, but a much more likely factor in the crash is bad weather. >> reportin

it left burkina faso enroute to algiers. it is flight ah 5017.took off around 1:55, 50 minutes after takeoff we are hearing the flight has lost contact and dissipated from radar. and the flight path was from the capital of burkina faso is not known exactly but although one of the agencies is pointing out that ouagadougou is almost a straight line. people are asking questions about whether there could be a repeat of what happened in ukraine but a senior french official is saying there is doubt that mali could have that type of weaponry to be of a threat of a plane. >>> now, a woman spared a death sentence for converting from islam to christianity has arrived in italy accompanied by her husband and children as well as italy's vice minister of foreign affairs. her death sentence for denouncing islam was lifted in june. after she was retained again for falsifying documents and trying to travel to the u.s. with her husband and children. there she is getting off a flight with her family in italy. >>> at least 60 people have died in iraq after suicide b

some number from burkina faso, five canadians, four germans. others from lebanon and from various countries in africa and in europe. right now the effort is trying to find them. it appears that the coordination, anderson, is being done by authorities in algeria, which is where the plane was going. anderson? >> chad, let's talk about the weather, what it was like over west africa when the crash occurred. again, we do not know what may have caused this crash. but as al was mentioning, a flight was diverted due to weather, so what was the situation? >> flying right through what meteorologists call the intertropical convergence zone, the itcz. it's where hurricanes form. we talk about hurricanes coming off the african coast and into the atlantic ocean. this is the zone that those storms form. and one cell right there north of the airport, probably 200 miles north of the airport, was right in the way of this airline as it flew through. we knew it tried to divert around this weather right there. we'll zoom right into you. look at the size of that cel

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the military chief of staff for the burkina faso army. the plane expressly asked to change itinerary because of the bad weather. that may be a reason. there may be other hypothetical that sees linked to other conditions but we can't at this time venture in that direction. air al jerry said the plane had apparently crashed about 70 kilometers or 45 miles from the southeastern city of gow. the plane, a staple in small commercial passenger jets, was carrying at least 110 passengers plus six or seven crew members including the pilot and co-pilot. about 50 of the people on board were reported to be from france, about 25ing from burkina faso. authorities reported a long list of other nationalities on board. none was american. the plane was owned and operated by a spannish company called swift air. some experts say the 18-year-old aircraft has outlived its prime but any number of factors could have contributed says patrick smith, a pilot and author of the book "cockpit confidential." >> i think weather is probably the biggest challenge to flying

the broadcaster says the video was taken by members of the burkina faso military. an image from a weather satellite taken two hours before the plane departed shows the area between burkina faso and mali was covered in clouds. >> translator: the plane's pilot tried to change the flight route because of bad weather. >> there were 51 french citizens on board. french president francois hollande says there appear to be no survivors. a french military unit has recovered one of the flight data recorders. the french government says it will work with officials in mali to determine the cause of the crash. >>> the foreign ministers of the netherlands and australia have paid their respects to victims from the downed malaysia airlines plane. frans timmerman and julie bishop saw off caskets being sent home from the airport in eastern ukraine. an earlier flight carried the first group of bodies to the netherlands for identification on wednesday. all 298 passengers and crew members were killed. investigators believe some remains are still at the crash site. >> our entire reason fo

. >> reporter: flight ah 57 t was flying from burkina faso to north africa when it crashed thursday in a rainstorm an hour after takeoff. they have located the wreckage investigators say, about 30 miles from the border of burkina faso in ma low. all 6 people on board the air algerie flight are feared dead. nearly half of the passengers were french. [ speaking foreign language ] mali's transport minister spoke at a news conference saying that a helicopter had landed near the crash site shortly before nightfall. and that a crisis team located the burned plane over a wide area. the head of the team said he believed a thunderstorm may have caused the crash. because the pilot had messaged air control saying he was trying to avoid the storm and was deviating from his planned route. the plane is owned by spanish airlines swiftair and leased the air algerie. the accident is the third major airplane crash in a week. last thursday, a malaysia airlines flight was shot down over ukraine. and on wednesday, a taiwanese plane crashed during a storm. friends and family of those on board the air algeri

the plane went missing after leaving ouagadougu, the capital of burkina faso. it was bound for algiers. the wreckage was found near mali's border. 51 french citizens were among the passengers. a french military unit has been dispatched to secure the area around the crash site. burkina faso officials confirm the wreckage has been found along with several bodies. there appear to be no survivors. >>> investigators working to identify the remains of passengers and crew from the downed malaysia airliner are facing difficulties. bodies are being flown out of ukraine, but they believe more are still at the crash site. >> reporter: ukrainian authorities said the remains of 114 people have been transferred to the netherlands. many of the victims were dutch. investigators from the netherlands are leading the identification process. people pay tribute at the military facility where the work is being carried out. >> you see things like that on tv, and then suddenly all those bodies are coming to holland, and you see them on the plane and all the coffins. >> reporter: all 2

it is 30 miles from the border of burkina faso. ger jet with 116 people on board disappeared from radar 50 minutes after taking off from burkina. the flight was heading to algeria. as for the cause of the crash, officials not ruling out terrorism, but they do believe the plane went down because of bad thunderstorms. >>> gunfire inside a pennsylvania hospital. it could have been a lot worse if not for the heroism of a wounded doctor. police say 49-year-old richard plots opened fire during a meeting with a psychiatrist and a case worker. the case worker happened to be killed. dr. lee silverman was grazed in the temple. that's when silverman pulled out his own firearm and shot the man three times. a psychiatric patient, plots has a history of violence. former neighbors say that his final words to them was telling. >> the last thing he said, getting in the van, he hollered, he said, "you haven't heard the end of me yet." >> coming up in just a few minutes, a live report with the latest on how the hero doctor is doing now this morning. >

less than an hour after taking off from the west african nation of burkina faso. hours later the plane crashed, and french forces in the area detected the wreck of the plane in a remote desert area of mali. the government of mali and french forces for months. we should note, we do not know, at least at this hour, why this plane crashed. there were also thunderstorms in the flight path. that could be a factor. we'll talk to chad myers about that. chad joining me here, david soucie is joining me, madrid bureau chief, al goodman, as well. al, let me begin with you on the who, what, where we know so far. what do we know about the cause of the crash and who was on board this plane? >> hi, brooke. as to who was on board the plane, we've had the most definitive description here just in the recent hours from an executive of algeir airlines. he said there were 116 people aboard from 16 different nags nationalities. 24 from burkina faso from where the plane took off. five canadians, four germans, eight from lebanon. three whose nationalities are not known and spanish crew.

the flight was flying from burkina faso to algiers. a spanish company owned the plane and the six-person crew was spanish. what else do we know about this plane and this flight? >> hi, natalie. well, in terms of where the wreckage is located, the french president's office according to the news agency in france is saying that the wreckage site was clearly identified but that the plane was, quote, disintegrated. now, the reports since yesterday, since the plane went missing as it took off from the capital of burkina faso should have gone up north to the algerian capital. it possibly changed course and we have more on that from a general in burkina faso who spoke to state television. let's listen. >> reporter: the plane expressly asked to change itinerary because of the weather. that may be the reason. there may be other high pot that seize linked to that. >> there is no indication that, besides these overflights to recognize where the wreckage is located, that people have actually made it to the site. so we're waiting to see if they make

the plane took off from the capital of burkina faso for algiers and was flying over an area of separatist violence. but there was also a bad storm in that area, and reports that the flight crew had tried to change course. >>> a journalist with bay area ties is being held in iran tonight. the "washington post" says it has credible reports that jason rizion is one of four journalists being detained. he is from marin. he has dual american and irani citizenship. there are other two freelancers who have been detained. it is not clear why they have been detained. >> plans for a special tax district money to help build a private clubhouse, a clubhouse that is often offlimits to everyone who is not a dues paying member. but can taxpayers stop it? tonight we investigate the plan and what it means for anyone living in a special tax district here in california. >>> also ahead, mysterious dolls found in front of a southern california home, several of them, and it's leaving parents in one community on edge. >>> but tonight investigators say they may have cracked the bizarre case. >>> and good evening.

. >> reporter: flight ah5017 was flying from burkina faso to algeria's capital in north africa when it crashed thursday in a rainstorm less than an hour after take-off. officials say they have located the wreckage and a black box about 30 miles from the border of burkina faso in mali. the president of france says all 116 people on board the air algerie flight died. nearly half of the passengers were french. [ non-english language ] >> mali's transport minister said a helicopter had landed near the crash site shortly before nightfall and that a crisis team located the burned plane scattered over a wide area. [ non-english language ] >> reporter: the head of the team said he believes a thunderstorm may have caused the crash because the pilot had messaged air control saying he was trying to avoid the storm and was deviating from his planned route. the plane is owned by spanish airlines swiftair and leased to air algerie. the accident is the third major airplane crash in a week. last thursday, a malaysia airlines flight was shot down over ukraine. on wednesday, a taiwanese plane crashed du

it was flying from burkina faso to algeria's capital in north africa when it disappeared from radar. the plane sent a radio message asking to change course because of a severe rainstorms up ahead. the pilots diverted from their planned route and that is when controllers lost contact with the airliner. the 116 people on board, 50 were french citizens, 26 were from burkina faso. >> there was discussion of poor weather in the area, but clearly lots of aircraft managed to fly successfully through poor weather. >> the wreckage was missing for several hours before officials finally announced the news to the public. there has been unrest in parts of mali in recent years, but senior french officials say it is unlikely the fighters there have weapons powerful enough to shoot down a plane. in the newsroom, ken bastida, kpix 5. >>> it's been a week since malaysia airlines flight 17 was shot down in ukraine and authorities are still looking for as many as 100 bodies. more coffins arrived in the netherlands today to begin the process of identification. but nearly 100 victims are still missing. th

the flight was departed from burkina faso when communications stopped it. goes over the shah hair ra desert and mali. the plane is an md 83 that looks like this one. it's competitored to be a workhorse of a fleet operated by air algerie, but owned by swiftair. this morning, that airline, swiftair put out a statement reading up to now, there is no communication with the aircraft. on board the plane are 110 passengers and six crew members of which two are pilots and four are flight attendants. at this time, company emergency personnel are working to find out what happened. looking at that map again, sources say it was a routine route, but one of the federal aviation administration, the faa considers to be potentially hostile going over mali where civil aircraft are at risk of encounter fire and air defense missiles. to be clear, we don't know what happened, but this comes a week after malaysian airline flight 17 was shot down over hostile territory over ukraine, but now we are starting to hear rumblings that perhaps it crashed. we're also hearing that there w

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french forces have secured the crash site in a war-torn area of mali on the corner of burkina faso.he fated flight was leaving bu burkina faso's capital when it crashed, and you've been searching for articles like this about the little-known country. hungry for information about this tragedy. well, burkina faso is in west africa. it's very poor, and its name means land of the honest people. but it's reportedly full of corruption. the president has been elected continuously since 1987 despite a law limiting his terms. you're tweeting your prayers for this troubled region. you're also hating on things you love being made into bad movies. today warner brothers released this picture of ben affleck in his new costume as batman. some of you are nitpicking thusly, quote, new foe foe of ben affleck as batman reveals he needs to shave. you're also dismayed over the new "50 shades of grey" trailer and there's more outrage over what's is it too late to cgi a beard to jamie dornan's face? yes, yes it is. and we end today just as we did yesterday with morgan freeman. i'm not going to do my wonde

algier flight 107 was on its way from burkina faso to algiers. they reported losing contact with the plane about 50 minutes after takeoff. nbc's tom costello joins me with the latest from our washington newsroom. bring us to up to date. >> 110 passengers on board. 6 crew members as well. now there are some really some differing reports on whether the wreckage has been found or not. some authorities say at least one authority i should say, one authority said the wreckage has been found but the french foreign ministers say there's no wreckage they've found thus far. an algierian official saying it crashed but we don't know how he knows that or where the wreckage may be. left at 1:00 a.m. and disappeared 50 minutes into the flight. the burkina faso transport minister said the plane asked to change its route because of a bad sandstorm in the area. the airline says almost half the passengers were french citizens. we're told this was an md-83, an older model plane built by donald douglas. they do believe they have shoulder fired missiles but do not bel

you have been to burkina faso where this plane took off. what's the airport like? >> you know, this is interesting. it's like many airports in that region, brooke, in some sense, as it's small, chaotic, not air conditioned. it's not what you would -- the kind of airport you would see here in the united states. we actually spent quite a bit of time actually circling this airport. it wasn't that we just flew in and out of it, we circled it because it might be more sophisticated than some give credit for. reportedly, there is a cia drone base there, and the reports are this -- this has never been admitted by the cia, we were looking for them, didn't see them, but we have a lot of footage of that airport. they were operating those drones, reports say, to look at the situation in northern mali, which, of course, borders burkina faso which is where the rebels were amassing weapons. and, of course, at the time, there were concern those were shoulder-fired missiles and rpgs, which is why some have linked to the crash today. i should emphasize to people in buy gad dug. incr

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the plane was headed from the west african nation of burkina faso to algeria. with 110 passengers, two pilots and four crew members on board. a private spanish company, swiftair, operates the plane for air algerie. the f--a-a has lifted its ban on u-s flights to israel. it was imposed tuesday - after a rocket hit only about a mile from the international airport in tel secretary of state john kerry said negotiations are edging closer to a cease-fire between israel and hamas militants. a hamas leader is calling for the opening of gaza's borders and the end of a more than seven year long blockade on gaza. he says hamas cannot abandon those terms in a cease-fire agreement. v >>:a man claiming to be a park ranger has people on edge in marin county. people say there have been at least two instances where a man claming to be a ranger ordered people to put their dogs on a leash. it's happening in an area of blithedale summit -- where that's not required. but he's also accused of throwing rocks -- and trying to kick a dog. a woman also claims the man took photos of her

the plane changed course, just minutes out of an airport in burkina faso, to try to avoid a storm. but less than an hour into its flight to algiers, the plane went down, with 116 people aboard. the burned wreckage of the crash has been found, about 30 miles from the border of burkina faso and mali. most of the crash victims were french. an american, listed on the flight manifest, didn't actually board the flight. a man long suspected in the 22- year-old cold case murder of a skokie boy has finally been charged in the killing. the body of 15-year old niles west high school student david cherick was found in a forest preserve near morton grove in 1992. he'd been strangled with his own scarf. 71-year old robert rocco serritella was arrested in los angeles early this week and appeared in court yesterday... handcuffed to the crutches he now uses. investigators say he incriminated himself in conversations. >> he's made numerous statements through the years different inconsistencies but to the course he also made third party and missions to other individuals in california if you hear but

this is air algerie flight from burkina faso to algiers. it disappeared about 50 minutes after takeoff. there are 110 passengers achd six crew members on board. the air traffic controllers lost contact with the plane. it is not on radar. the airline has started an emergency plan which means they are searching for this plane trying to see where it is. this would have been a four hour flight. but because it took a few hours before the airline reported it, the plane should have already landed in algiers. but again, right now the plane and all the people on board are nowhere to be found. we'll be watching this throughout the day. >>> 14 before the hour. this missing plane comes as many across the world are still mourning flight 17 being shot down. right now two military planes are carrying 50 victims from that flight on their way to the northwester lands. today marks one week since the plane was hot down over eastern ukraine. another developing story we're closely watching is the fighting in the middle east. nbc news has learned at least five r

avin con 116 personas a bordo desapareci hoy en los radares durante su vuelo desde la capital de 'burkina fasodestino a 'argel' capital de argelia, esto en el continente africano... de acuerdo a los primeros informes, la aeronave 'air algrie' perdi contacto 50 minutos despues de su despegue esta maÑana, con una ultima localizacion sobre el territorio del desierto de 'sahel'... --en el comunicado hecho por la empresa aerea, que la mayoria de sus pasajeros son de nacionalidad francesa y la tripulacion es de origen espaÑol. lorena/topvo por otra parte... en informacin ms reciente del vuelo de malaysia airlines derribado en ucrania hace una semana.... se dio a conocer que dos aviones militares con los restos de 74 victimas salieron hoy de jarkov con destino a holanda... este es el segundo viaje que traslada a ms vctimas del accidente areo,,,,ayer 40 cuerpos llegaron a holanda donde se decreto dia de duelo nacional...... autoridades dicen que ms de 100 vctimas siguen desparecidas... juanfra/topvo mientras tanto... los familiares de las vctimas del avin que se estrell el mircoles en taiwn y mat a 48

apparently made four flights a week from burkina-faso.>>> other news, 74 more coffins of victims of mh-17 are headed to the netherlands today. international monitors are back on scene of the crash sight, including a forensic expert as europeans consider harsher sanctions on russia for its role in the disaster. >>> an investigation is now under way in taiwan into the crash of a regional airliner. the least 48 people were killed wednesday. a trans-asia flight crashed into a residential area. they were attempting an emergency landing. several people on the ground were injured. 11 homes were damaged. the flight had been delayed because of typhoon-related weather in the area, many asking why that plane took off at all. >>> state department officials are working to get their database for issuing passports and visas back online. a computer glitch caused major backlog of applications affecting potentially millions of people waiting for u.s. documents. officials say the problem affects a broad range of papers and is not limited to any specific reg

back in burkina faso, more details from the radar that they have been released. our team in the capital sent this report. >> the control tower tracked air algerie flight 107. at 1:17, the plane headed north algiers,all cheers, -- but things went wrong very quickly. faced with a huge storm, the pil ots asked to change course. the aircraftere should have been. we see the aircraft should have changed direction. reconsider his flight path. he started to go right. from this moment, the radar lost the plane. >> radar images from the doomed flight, made public for the first time. at 10,000 meters when it started to lose altitude. noting. -- nothing. >> the plane disappeared. meters inown to 7500 only a few seconds. >> the drop is very important. steep.reathtakingly the last contact took place at 1:47 a.m. the witness gave us an approximate time of 1:50. that means the plane dropped 10,000 meters in three minutes. explains theich extreme nature of the crash. upon impact, the lane disintegrated -- plane disintegrated. separatist rebels in eastern ukraine are considering b

burkina faso's government says the country will observe 48 hours of mourning. >>> authorities are stillooking for as many as 100 bodies at the crash site of malaysia airlines flight 17 in eastern ukraine. today authorities found another huge piece of fuselage. it's been a week since the flight with 298 aboard was shot down. and bodies could still be among the debris. . >> -- evidence and disrespect shown to the bodies was too much. >> possibly some people no remains will be found. >> the red cross arrived at the wreckage today. a place where observers say pro- russian separatists initially collected the bodies haphazardly. the dutch announced that they are sending 40 military police unarmed to aid in the search. >>> the deadliest day so far in gaza while rockets continue to fly, a school used as a shelter in gaza is hit. reporter alfonso van marsh has the latest from the border in southern israel. >> reporter: palestinian officials say israeli tank shells hit a school in the gaza strip that was being used as a united nations shelter. [ screaming and crying ] >> reporter: the attack left

. >> viajaba de burkina faso hacia argelia.spaÑola y estaba siendo alquilada por air algerie, los miembros de la tripulaciÓn eran espaÑoles. se avisÓ a la torre de control de cambio de rumbo por baja visibilidad por tormenta de arena. >> cuando una tormenta de arena entra en los motores la arena es se va a comer el motor completo. lo va a apagar. probablemente si el piloto no reportÓ una emergencia es porque no le dio tiempo. >> otros reportes dicen que habÍa tormentas elÉctricas. cualquiera sea la razÓn serÍa un problema meteorolÓgico lo que causÓ el accidente. en un principio se especulÓ que sea derribado por un misil. luego la teorÍa se descartÓ, pasaron horas antes que se ubiquen los restos. aparecieron al norte de mali. los familiares y el mundo esperan detalles de esta nueva tragedia. pero no se iniciÓ la investigaciÓn. >> el ministro de relaciones exteriores de francia confirmÓ que 50 de sus ciudadanos pirdieron la vida asegurando que esta tragedia llenÓ de dolor y luto al pueblo galo. tras confirmarse el accidente circu

it was own rout from burkina faso to algeria.nce is sending that team to continue to investigate what happened. >>> back to this big story for us once again today as hamas is firing more rockets at tel aviv, as israeli aircraft strike dozens of targets in the gaza strip. the obama administration delivering a new proposal for a temporary cease-fire. so will they get anywhere with that? welcome everybody to a brand new hour of "america's newsroom." i'm martha maccallum. bill: i'm bill hemmer. good morning. intense battles underway between israeli ground troops and am hamas gunmen. israel military hits 45 sites in gaza as washington pushes for a possible week-long cease-fire. israel's top u.s. diplomat telling us last hour, making the case that hamas is using civilians as heem shields in gaza. >> the ones who are responsible for the death of innocent civilians in gaza are only hamas for using their civilians as human shields. by making military command centers in hospitals, by turning mosques into weapons depots and placing rockets

this one was flying from burkina faso north to algiers. but there is reports there was a request for another route because of bad weather. and the swift airline said it was an md-83 aircraft with 110 passengers and six crew members on board. as soon as any news breaks in this story we will bring it to you directly. >>> in iraq 50 prisoners and 80 soldiers are dead after an attack on the prison convoy outside of baghdad. the group is worse than al-qaeda, they have threatened president obama, and told residents in iraq to switch the islamic religion or leave or die. some of the strongest words we have heard from the administration yet about this fighting group. worse than al-qaeda, no longer a terrorist organization, it is full blown army. >> exactly, bill. to frame that for the viewers it is important to remember that al-qaeda, for the most part, was a secretive organization and rather small and only surfaced when they carried out an attack. isis has thousands of members, very visible, killed thousands of people and told christians to conve

a helicopter from burkina faso, the country it took off from. a helicopter landed at the crash site to confirm there was a crash but did not stay and did not see survivors. the president of mali is going to the crash site to show how concerned the government is and how much the people of mali care about this. back in burkina faso, a top official said clearly the pilot asked to divert to change routes because of bad weather but there may have been bad weather said the official. that, of course, alluding to the conflict zone going on in mali. islamic militants are fighting and armed groups are fighting. the french troops are in the area. it is clearly a dangerous area. if french troops go in today and if the mali president goes in, that might indicate at the site of the crash there is not an ongoing conflict. we don't know. >> al goodman, thank you. >>> a gunman opens fire at a pennsylvania hospital. tragedy unfolding, but it could have been much, much worse. we'll explain after the break. >>> well, in just a few hours, the leaders of guatemala, h

the plane was flying through a thunderstorm from burkina faso when it disappeared.ere were no survivors. >>> crews have almost finished the transfer of 282 bodies and other remains from eastern ukraine to the netherlands. flight 17 was shot down more than a week ago with 298 on board and as andrew spencer reports international monitors are still searching the debris field and finding human remains. >> reporter: military cargo planes bring dozens of coffins to netherlands. officials expect to finish the transfer by saturday. after the crash of mh17 the gruesome process of recovering remains is more difficult than just simply counting the number of caskets. >> 203 body bags doesn't mean we have 203 people. it might be more. it might be less. we are convinced there are still remains which we want to recover which we want to bring to the netherlands. >> reporter: international monitors watched over by military escorts search through a debris field spanning several miles. they find a piece of the fuselage, biggest yet, its fall cushioned by the trees, some windows intact

the remains were located on the border between mali and burkina faso. 116 people died in yesterday's crash, most of them were frerge citizens. >>> the remains of more victims from the malaysian airlines flight 17 on their way to the netherlands. the bodies at the crash site continue to be found more than a week after the disaster that killed 298. this is the fourth plane to fly out of ukraine with remains. one left wednesday, two others on thursday. armed pro-russian separatists continue to control the crash site, but australian officials say a true investigation cannot be conducted until the site is handed over. australia's working to send 100 police officers and some defense force personnel to the region to help a dutch-led team secure that site. >>> it's 5:06, police in stockton are looking for a tuberculosis patient who is refusing treatment and could be infected. he was diagnosed and told to quarantine himself in a motel room. that's where a health worker would deliver medication, but crews never showed up. health officials are worried because he comes from a part of mexico know

air algerie, flight 5017 flying from burkina faso to algiers. 110 passengers on board, 6 crew membersying to get more information on exactly where. this plane left at about 1:17 a.m. local time. schedule to alive rife -- arrive at 5:10 a.m. the transport minister saying the plane asked to change its route because of a bad sandstorm in the area. the airline says almost half of the passengers were french citizens. we're told this was an md 83 an older model plane flying over mali where fighting continues in the north. they do not believe the fighters had shoulder fired missiles, but they also say -- experts think they do have shoulder fired missiles. they do not think anybody there has the potential with the firepower to bring down a plane. two french fighter jets based in the region have been dispatched to try to assist in isolating all of the wreckage and niger has dispatched planes to the area. this particular flight was operated by a spanish company, swift air. that company has a relatively clean safety record with five accidents since 1977. a total of eight deaths. air algerie itse

the plane had been flying from burkina faso to the algerian capital, and they were severe storms when it lost contact. two more military aircraft with the remains of those on board malaysian airlines flight mh17 landed in the narrow lens. it is emerged that the crash site has yet to be secured a week after the plane was shot down. -- scene was diverted deserted, with no sign of investigators. our special correspondent reports. >> only the sounds of the morning. when we arrived, there were no guards, no workers. he wreckage still spread for miles. the smell of human remains. these, left behind by emergency workers, civilian volunteers, and the militia. place open to any who pass by. for all the outrage expressed by the international community, it has seemed powerless to ensure that the site is properly protected or that do respect his shown to the remains of the dead. with the war escalating, it becomes ever more difficult to ensure that there is a credible investigation. to senda has offered police to protect investigators who are waiting in government-held territory. at midmorning, a

the west african country of burkina faso to algeria. and disappeared from radar. the aircraft, an md-83 operated by a spanish company for airal algier. 110 passengers and a crew of six. the jet was 50 minutes into the flight when contact was lost. the french foreign minister believes the plane crashed in northern mali. despite the rash of plane crashes in the past week the air traveler said, it isn't phased. >> it's obviously lots of people but i'm not much into it. >> the air algier crash is the third tragedy in the sky in seven days. 47 people died in a transasia flight in taiwan wednesday. 298 were aboard malaysian flight flight 17 as it was shot down over eastern ukraine. >> it makes you think twice. >> reporter: including the still-missing malaysia air flight 370, that makes four commercial flights that have crashed or disappeared in the last four months. these crashes all comes at a time when fatal plane accidents are down. >> at the end of the day we have to look at the whole picture and the whole partly cloudy sure is that flyin

the 18-year-old mcdonnell douglas aircraft departed burkina faso's ouagadougou airport at 1:17 p.m. on the way to algeria's capital. to get there it had to cross the ittz, the band of unpredictable weather around the world's equator where terrible weather can develop. flight 5017 asked if it could change routes. the plane made its way east and then north again. last contact, 17 minutes later near gao, mali. just maybe an eerie similar to air france flight 447. 228 people on borden route from rio de janeiro to paris on june 1, 2009. pilots on the airbus 330 were flying through an enormous storm spawned by the intertropical convergence zone. >> if you fly underneath, that that could be some of the most dangerous parts of the thunderstorm. >> reporter: intense winds coming down at you from different directions? >> and hail. >> reporter: flight 447 was more than 30,000 feet over the atlantic. the storm shot up to more than 50,000 feet. the pilots added power, climbed. the plane stalled, losing all control and slammed into the ocean from 38,000 feet. the crash of flight 447 pound to be p