of germanwings and lufthansa are in deep sadness. our thoughts and prayers are with the families and friends of the passengers and crew. germanwings is a subsidiaryf lufthansa, the lufthansa c.e.o. that spoken out about the plane crash saying it's a dark day for his airline adding my deepest sympathy goes to family and friends of our passengers and crew. joining us for more on this story now is dominic cain. we've been speaking to you all day since the crash. much of the information we've been getting is from the french, because that's where the accident happened. what are the german authorities saying so far? >> the german foreign minister has been speaking to reporters and i'll read a translation of what he said to german press. he said effectively that the terrible news has just reached us that a plane from a german airline crashed in southern france. we have immediately established a crisis response team that is investigating the details of that catastrophe. we are in close contact with the french authorities. now, his colleague the german chance is expected to make a statement to speak within the next 15-20 minutes and we know that the -- or

the flight number of the aircraft that's went down. lufthansa, itself would take how much control over how this budget airline subsidiary is operated. >> lufthansa owns this. every decision. >> every decision is taken by lufthansa? >> through the board, of course. they have their own management company but they are lufthansa at the end of the day. germanwings is based in cologne. owned by lufthansa. hamburg and dusseldorf. they fly to 8 6 destinations. they have 18. we know this was an a320 200. it's the only that germanwings flies. 18 in service. 16 operated by lufthansa. some of them in lufthansa so the outside looks like a lufthansa aircraft, two operated by eurowings, the former name. they were set up as low cost and became germanwings 2002. >> let's recap what the french president said. i believe we can hear from the french president who just made a statement in the past few minutes. >> translator: i will have a meeting with chancellor merkel. there were a number of german victims and have contact with the king of spain. it is a tragedy. an air tragedy. we will try to understand the reason and cause of the accident. we will give t

reporter: by all accounts lubitz appeared to be a quiet and capable pilot at germanwings, the subsidiary of lufthansa. he never shows signed of inner turmoil. he grew up in montebauer germany, and by most accounts lived an ordinary life. at home last night where the shutters were closed he started at a flight school in his hometown. these are the gliders at the local flight club, packed up for winter. it was here in these that andreas lubitz first discovered his love of flying. >> this was a normal young person. normal young person without any -- any extras any things which would tell us that something's wrong. >> no red flags? >> no absolutely not. absolutely not. >> somebody who loved to fly? >> absolutely yeah. >> reporter: lubitz was an avid runner, the picture of health ask youth. investigators say lubitz's secret illness turned him homicidal. in the 24 hours before the crash he left his apartment in dusseldorf, neighbors say he shared it with his girlfriend, two names on the buzzer. he went to the airport, flew to barcelona in the morning, directly over the same place he would crash that plane

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germanwings is the low cost subsidiary of lufthansa a german airline and so germanwings was operating flight from barcelona to the city of dÜsseldorf. we know that flight 9525 went down in the southern french alps in the provence region. we know that it rapidly lost height from 38,000 feed to 60,800 feet in a few minutes indicating that the plane had some sort of mechanical problem. we know he there were 142 passengers and crew onboard. stay with us here on al jazeera. we'll have more on that crash with bulletins further in the day. thank you for joining al jazeera. this is techknow a show about innovations that can change lives. the science of fighting a wildfire. we're going to explore the intersection of hardware and humanity but we're doing it in a unique way. this is a show about science by scientists. tonight techknow investigates gold at any cost. we travel deep into the rainforests of peru. these illegal mining oper

the airplane is german wings a subsidiary of lufthansa. the french president said it looks unlikely there are any survivors from the crash. search-and-rescue teams are heading to the crash site in the southern french alps. we'll pass new information all along. a german airliner crashed in the alps, 148 people on board. >> we'll continue to cover that. but for now, let's check weather and traffic. >>> good morning. we have a slight chance of a shower or two across the northern portion of the bay area. otherwise, currently partly to mostly cloudy skies and our air temperatures are in the 50s. later today, sun/cloud mix, temperatures 60s to low 70s. >>> we're already watching this overturn accident in san jose southbound 101 to the connector to southbound guadalupe parkway. we'll reelly close to the airport there but i know it's in the final clearing stages now so fortunately we're not seeing any major delays around the bay area. live look at the bay bridge toll plaza. so far it's clear into san francisco. we'll have a full wrap-up coming up.

the time of the trash. it is headed to impact the search. here's the actual plane we were talking about. this was taken last year. it is a french made airbus 320. this is a subsidiary of lufthansa group. tom costello reports the plane is widely used and it is used by all experienced rebels. it is highly automated we are dundant computer back-up programs afternoon. a tweet this morning the heads of lufthansa writes, we do not know yet what happens to that flight. my future sympathy goes to the family and friends of the passenger and crew. if our fears are confirmed, this is a dark day for lufthansa. we hope to find survivors. again, finding survivors is highly unlikely, according to french president and according to aviation experts. the flight crashed above the altitude that it would be a likely culprit. again, aviation experts say it would take more than one engine to bring down a plane of this size and cause this kind of crash. they scheduled a press conference for 7:00 this morning, so we are getting new information. before then, we'll have more details as we get them. laura. >> all right, thank you very much. of course, we will continue to check back in with crews all morni

the search could be inpacked. here's an image of the accident scene. it was taken last year. it is a french airbus 320 this is a subsidiary of the lufthansa group. tom kass tell lo reports it is heavily automated with a lot of redundant computer programs as well. the morning, the head of lufthansa writes, we do not yet know what has happened to that flight. my deepest sympathies goes to the family and friends of the passenger and crew. we confirm this was a black day for lufthansa. the french president says finding survivors is very unlikely. the passenger manifest is being verified as we speak and they say a press conference at 7:00 this morning, we expect we will get more details before then. again, the passengers and crew count has gone up. it is now 139 confirmed by germany. >> so much more information coming in. our coverage will continue all morning long. chris will join us with a irve loo report coming up in about half an hour with the latest updates. a villejo women police say may have been kidnapped. >> bob, no trace of the actual woman? >> reporter: right, they found her car abeen donned. you see behind me the solana office of emergenc

the airline is german wings. it's a subsidiary of lufthansa. fthansa ceo just tweeted, my deepest sympathy is with all the relatives and friends of our passengers and crew. just a little bit plane itself now. the plane was an airbus 320. very popular with airlines around the world for short and medium range flights. right now nobody is speculating on what happened whether it was mechanical or something else. we'll have more on this story all throughout the broadcast. >>> and we have new information this morning about a woman who was apparently kidnapped and now being held for ransom. denise huskins is 30 and a witness said he saw her being taken against her will on kirkland avenue on mare island. ryan takeo is in that neighborhood this morning. >>> reporter: michelle, we're at a command center right here just down the street from where denise huskins was reported missing yesterday. she can see a officials here, the office of emergency services, search-and-rescue trucks here. she was reported missing yesterday after being kidnapped yesterday morn

the airline is a subsidiary of lufthansa. with all the relatives and friends of our passenger and crew. just a little bit plane itself. the plane was an airbus 320. it's popular with airlines around the world for short and medium range flights. right now, no one is speculating on the cause of the crash. we'll pass it along to you when we learn more. we'll have continuing coverage all day on this on our website, kpix.com. >>> back at home now at 6:31, a man called police saying he saw a woman being kidnapped and may be held for ransom. her name is denise huskins. she is 30. a witness told police he saw her being taken against her will at kirkland avenue on mare island in vallejo. ryan takeo reports. >> reporter: we are outside a mobile command center in the neighborhood where denise huskins was reported missing yesterday. you can see solano county oes and search-and-rescue trucks are around here. we have seen a little more movement in the last half-hour or so. we also know that vallejo pd is also asking the fbi to help. yester

the 29th of november in 1990. lufthansa took it into service in '91 and it was sold to germanwings, the subsidiary of lufthansa in nuary of 2014. the actual flight hours of that aircraft are 58,313. this aircraft is mainly focusing on short continental flights. the last routine check by lufthansa technical services was done in dusseldorf just yesterday on the 23rd of march, 2015. the aircraft was supposed to start at 9:35 this morning. the actual local starting time was 10:01. it was supposed to land at 11:55 local time. at present there is recovery team together with lufthansa and the authorities at the scene and we do hope that we will have some further information later on this evening. we will do our utmost to also support the relatives and the friends of these passengers on board. we are now looking into options and possibilities to bring them to the scene, which is not yet confirmed so we'll have to see whether that makes sense, whatever can be done from that side. we believe that it's now the most important thing to get the information, to get the information to the relatives and friends and that is our mai

the airplane is german wings a subsidiary of lufthansa. d it looks unlikely there are any survivors from the crash. search-and-rescue teams are heading to the crash site in the southern french alps. we'll pass new information all along. a german airliner crashed in the alps, 148 people on board. >> we'll continue to cover that. but for now, let's check weather and traffic. >>> good morning. we have a slight chance of a shower or two across the northern portion of the bay area. otherwise, currently partly to mostly cloudy skies and our air temperatures are in the 50s. later today,

attempts to be lax putting the safety of my customers or passengers on the line that may be an economic threat no airline wants to get into. germanwings is a subsidiary of lufthansapany that is internationally known for its high standards concerning safety. sarah: germanwings is a very popular airline in germany and europe as well as it is the first time they have ever had an accident. how much will that hurt them? >> time will tell. germanwings has only been operating since 2002 as a subsidiary of lufthansa. lufthansa wanted to establish germanwings as a strong rival of other low-cost carriers here in europe -- from dusseldorf to barcelona. the black box has been recovered and it is hope that that will help explain the eight minute mystery dissent to disaster. --

. >> and just one day after seeing the wreckage of the lufthansa subsidiary airline in pieces their nephew called off a college spring break getaway. >> the backpacking trip with six boys and they canceled because of that trip. 16 students were killed and they identified with it. >> flight attendant joe graham knows and trusts air travel safety. he only spoke to us about his feelings as a passenger. >> you have flight attendants who will come up and serve as a barricade. >> north american travel is the safest in the world. due to rigorous screening and safeguards to prevent unauthorized entry to those at the controls. though sad today, flies somewhere new with her grandchildren each summer and says she won't cancel. >> i think if you give in to fear you're really trapping yourself into being someone that is afraid. >> reporter: lufthansa only had one arrival from frankfurt, germany, here at the gate about 5:15, 45 minutes ago. the airline pilot's association, the world's largest pilot union also asked people out there to refrain from speculation so that investigators can thoroughly do thei

attempts to be lax putting the safety of my customers or passengers on the line that may be an economic threat no airline wants to get into. germanwings is a subsidiary of lufthansapany that is internationally known for its high standards concerning safety. sarah: germanwings is a very popular airline in germany and europe as well as it is the first time they have ever had an accident. how much will that hurt them? >> time will tell. germanwings has only been operating since 2002 as a subsidiary of lufthansa. lufthansa wanted to establish germanwings as a strong rival of other low-cost carriers here in europe so this may be an economic blow to these plans actually. ben: thank you very much for coming in. sarah: in a recap of our top story -- search and rescue workers have found the black box at the germanwings crash site near barcelonnette in the french alps. ben: french authorities say nothing was left of the airbus a320 but debris and bodies. 150 people aboard the flight are presumed to be dead. the germanwings parent company lufthansa said they were deeply shocked by the crash whose cause remains industry. they are operating under the assumption that it was an

here and it's not the door that remitted the failure, presumably the failure was on the part of the lufthansa subsidiary had a guy working for them that there were plenty of red flags that showed up in the course of his training and still with 600 hours under his belt and a mental health issue, he was permitted to fly. >> right. i think that's absolutely right. instead of looking only at the cockpit door issue, which i do think is an important thing to assess it's almost 15 years after september 11th security should not always remain the same we have to be, you know sort of mobile and fluid and how we think about security obviously there's an issue regarding the psychology of pilots. the military has dealt with this issue. large institutions always have to deal with this issue and get better at it. so we don't want to look one way and say we solved it. there's obviously a number of reasons for why this happened and why we didn't have defenses in place to avert it from happening, and we have to learn from both of them. we don't want to just go in with blinders about oh it's the cockpit door. there are a

authorities say reaching the wreckage in the rugged mountains could be an extremely long and difficult process. german wings is a low-cost subsidiary of lufthansaairlines. on twitter the company said, if our fears are confirmed, this is a dark day for lufthansa. in désseldorf, the flight didn't show any status on the arrival board as relatives and friends of passengers began arriving. they have been taken to a nearby building to wait for word. tina kraus, kpix 5. >> the plane an airbus 320 crashed after making an 8 minute descent from its cruising altitude. here's are pictures from dusseldorf where the plane was headed. german newspapers report that 16 students and two teachers from the same high school were on the plane headed home from a student exchange program in spain. >>> the fbi is wrapping up security to protect u.s. servicemembers whose names and pictures were poressed on an isis hit list. most of the people on the list are from the air force and navy which have been bombing isis in syria and iraq. the white house says the information was gathered from public sources. >>> meanwhile, president obama met with afghan president ashraf ghan

the international dimension of the investigation as well. clearly the french have the territory, but the fact in particular that the plane belonged to a german operator the germanwings, low-cost airline, a subsidiary of lufthansaery much taking a international dimension shun. and a french investigator, told us that the french german and spanish authorities would be seeking detailed information from the german airline about the maintenance of the plane, and also the conditions of the flight, and clearly this black box recorder that was received from the site at quite on early stage in the investigation, although it's damaged, it is still hoped it may yield some evidence, in particular the conversation between the pilot and also any -- am beeant noise in the cockpit >> jacky stay with us. for those viewers that are just joining, the pictures you are seeing now is from the village in the french alps where the rescuers are trying to work through this crash site. we're seeing angela merkel and to her right, francois hollande. they have just rived to show their support for the workers -- to also -- yes, to join the rescue teams and just pay their respects to the people who died in this crash. jacky as we're watching

authorities say reaching the wreckage in the rugged mountains could be an extremely long and difficult process. german wings is a low cost subsidiary of lufthansa. no status showed on the arrival boards as friends and family of passengers began arriving. they were taken to a nearby building as they wait for word on their loved ones. tina krause, cbs news. >> a german official said 16 high school students from spain were on that plane when it went down. a spokeswoman for the u.s. national security council says there is no indication at this point the crash is any result of terrorism. >>> it is now day three of the search for a 5-year-old boy last seen at his home in dublin, virginia. that's just west of roanoke. noah thomas has been missing since sunday. his mother when she woke up sunday morning, her son was gone. noah has red hair and green eyes and was last seen wearing a camo jacket, black pants and spiderman boots. hundreds of volunteers as well as local, state and federal authorities are all helping with the search now. police made a fresh appeal this morning. >> we worked nonstop afternoon the -- nonstop around the clock for this. this is

the plane crashed in rough terrain in a remote area. but crews have already found a black box. german wings is a low-cost subsidiary of lufthansa airlines. lufthansa says the the 25-year- old plane involved in the crash was inspected regularly. >> the last routine check by lufthansa technical services was done in dusseldorf just yesterday. >> reporter: airline officials refused to speculate on the cause of the crash. for now, they are calling it an accident and keeping their focus on the families. tina kraus, cbs news, marseille, france. >> president obama spoke to germany's chancellor to express his condolences and plans to talk to the president of spain. there is no indication of terrorism involvement. >>> several law enforcement agencies are trying to find an alleged drug trafficker who escaped in san francisco last night. alexander santiago gonzalez broke free as sheriff's deputies escorted him to take out the jail trash. the deputies chased after him in the area of harrison and sixth streets but couldn't catch him. he ditched his jail issued orange jumpsuit and was wearing only blue boxer shorts. santiago gonzalez was arre

so the president of france says he doubts there are any survivors in the a320 german wings aircraft with up to 150 people onboard. this is a subsidiary of lufthansa was sent to distress call was sent in before the plane went down. we're being given word of a rapid descent. something very sudden happening onboard. the aircraft, as i said was 24 years old. debris has been found in the barcelonaette region. that's a little different. we have a correspondent in berlin saying that there's no information yet on the nationality of the passengers, that german wings has an excellent reputation in germany. it is a high time right now for german tourists in spain most likely, a large number of germans were on that flight. also a spokesman for the interior minister is giving some information. they're working right now on trying to figure out the nationalities of the passengers. they want to take some time to take the families into account and to notify them. the crash, as you mentioned, mike, was an in a mountainous region, a very difficult to reach area and we're now getting word of debris that is elsewhere as well. they say the plane probably lost radar si

of people in europe very shaken today. let me take you live to cologne in germany, where the germanwings news conference the low cost subsidiary of lufthansance. lufthansa confirmed the crash of flight 9525. carrying 144 passengers and 6 crew members. we will bring you any additional news from that news conference as we work our way through. phil lebeau joins us from chicago. what are you able to tell us? >> right now they're trying to see how quickly they can get to the crash area which is in a remote part of the friend. alps at about 6500 feet. it's in a remote area that is act sell ibl only by helicopter not by foot. let me show you on a map where this plane went down. it was en route from barcelona to dusseldorf when the plane crashed. in this area, there are reports that there are some helicopters that have gone up have seen some debris, but it is in a crevasse with a steep terrain area. so it's going to take some time for rescue and search crews to get to that area to get some more information. let's talk about this plane. the a-320 had 150 people on board, 144 passengers, 7 crew members. it crashed at 10:47 a.m. 52 minutes into flig

we have some new information on the crash of a germanwings passenger jet in the french alps. officials from the lufthansa subsidiary the airbus a320 this morning. the plane took off from barcelona, spain, headed to dusseldorf in germany. officials said it reached top altitude of 38,000 feet held it for one minute before beginning this descent for 8 minutes and crashed. officials say teams from lufthansa and germanwings will head to the crash site to assist authorities in the investigation. french officials say there are likely no survivors. there you see the general area where the plane crashed. i want to bring back mikey kay, christopher dickey and anthony row main and jay rawlings. i want to start with you, anthony. talk about the a320 it is pretty much run by computers. >> that is correct. and there have been the critics of the a320 fly by wire system. there have been accidents that have been attributed to it. there's the famous demonstration flight that air france had many many years ago when the aircraft was debuted for many of the dignitaries dignitaries. that plane was flying at low altitude, an a320 and act

the airline followed up his past severe depression. two days ago a lufthansa spokesman told nbc news the airline, quote, had no knowledge of medical problems during lubitz's employment. for days lufthansa and its subsidiary germanwings has tried to leave no room for doubt about its pilots and its procedures saying this two days after the crash. >> we have complete confident in our pilots. we have a flight school which all our pilots have -- go through. >> reporter: lufthansa's boss repeating the same 100% assurance about lubitz. 100% fit to fly without any restrictions, he says. lufthansa faces a risk of multimillion dollar lawsuits of compensation over the crash. the fact that its officials were aware that lubitz had suffered from serious depression then later certified him to fly passenger jets will come under intense scrutiny. tonight, french authorities are dismissing the claims of a french magazine and a german tabloid newspaper that a reporter has seen a cell phone video of the final seconds of the flight a video that somehow it's claimed was recovered from the debris. a french police spokesman tells nbc news tonight, this is false. it is a fake. back to you, lester. >> bill neely in france thank y

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of the germanwings plane crash. let's just give you more details. the airbus crashed with 150 people on board it belonged to the budget airline germanwings, with which is a subsidiary owned by lufthansadebrings has been found at an altitude of about 2,000 meters. it's tough to get to and rescue crews aren't expected to arrive for sometime yet. 144 passengers and six crew were on board the airbus a320. the french presidents says there are no survivors. let's take a look at an animation that has been create by the website air journey. you can see the flight as it takes off from barcelona. it gains altitude to 38,000 feet, but as it crosses the french coast, it begins to drop dramatically taking just a few minutes to fall to 6,800 feet in the french alps. >> translator: our thoughts are with the families of those who are suffering this terrible loss today. we are offering every means to find out what happened and also the bodies of the victims. it happened in a particularly difficult zone to get to. to rescue services will not be able to give us results for a few more hours. i want all of our services to mobilize. >> let's take you live to colgne. >> translator: [ speaking german ] >> a

well the victims of this crash included two pilots and four crew members off lufthansa's low-cost subsidiary, germanwings. >> there is mourning at the company's headquarters in cologne. but there is apprehension. some works are concerned about the safety of the planes they fly in. >> at 9:5 , germanwings works 0 observe a minute of silence at the airline's cornerstone headquarters. the crash has deeply shaken the people who work for the lufthansa group worldwide. >> let me say this for all of us at lufthansa and germanwings. we still cannot understand how a technically sound plane with two experienced lufthansa pilot could experience such a tragedy in the middle what seems like an uneventful flights. >> many desks were close today as crews refused to fly after the disaster. whether personal fierce or questions -- fears or questions is behind it we don't know. >> all we know is there are colleagues so distressed by what happened that they don't feel ready to fly again. >> but a day after the crash travelers in dumervil are not letting the tragic events in france put them off their journeys? >

operations will be difficult because the plane crashed in rough terrain in a remote area but crews have already found a black box. germanwings is a subsidiary of lufthansa airline. lufthansa say the 25 year-old plane was inspect regularly. >> the last routine check by lufthansa technical services was done in dusseldorf just yesterday. >> reporter: airline officials refused to speculate on the cause of the crash. but for now they are calling it an accident and keeping their focus on the families. tina krause for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> well, president obama spoke with the german chancellor today expressing his condolences. he planned to talk to spain's president as well. the white house does say there is no indication that terrorism was involve in that crash. >>> developing right now human remains found in the backyard of a frank for home. "eyewitness news" in the 4700 block of frankford avenue. the remains are those of the woman, eyewitness captured pictures of the man being taken in custody at the scene. he was reportedly brought down with the taser. he has not been charged. it is unclear if he is connect to the remains that were found. >>> the th

the tests. >> reporter: lufthansa says lubitz took a break from flight school in 2009. it hasn't said why. but the ceo of their subsidiary germanwings told nbc news he was readmitted a few months later after passing technical, medical and psychological tests. today, investigators searched his parents home in montabaur, removing items that appear to be a computer and escorting out an unidentified person. boxes of potential evidence were taken from lubitz's dusseldorf apartment. those who knew him were stunned. "knowing andreis a," he said, "this is inconceivable to me." lufthansa stood by its training and testing procedures. so you're confident in your pilots? >> i wish you understood my german because i said twice and repeat it in english without any doubt my firm confidence in the selection of all pilots, in the training of all pilots and the qualification of all pilots and the work of all pilots has not been touched by this single tragedy. >> reporter: i confirmed this with the germanwings ceo. they do not re-test for psychological stability. every six months they retest for medical and they retest for technical. they

will be difficult because the plane crashed in rough terrain in a remote areament but crews have already found a black box. german wings is a low cost subsidiary of lufthansa airlines and they say the 25- year-old plane involved in the crash was inspected regularly. >> the last routine check by lufthansa technical services was done in dusseldorf just yesterday. >> reporter: for now, they're calling it an accident. and keeping their focus on the families. tina crouse, cbs news, marseilles, france. >> president barack obama spoke to germany to express his condolences and also planned to talk to spain's president. there's no indication terrorism was involved the white house says. >>> well right now the southbound lanes of rock creek parkway between pennsylvania avenue and p. street are still shut down. structural engineers closed the bridge this morning on pennsylvania avenue that goes over the parkway. when they learned debris had been falling on the road from that overpass. ddot crews are still working there but it's not clear when they'll be able to reopen things. for now, you should avoid that area. there are some major delays. >>> montgomery county polic

the tests. >> reporter: lufthansa says lubitz took a break from flight school in 2009. it hasn't said why. but the ceo of their subsidiary germanwings, told nbc news he was readmitted a few months later after passing technical, medical, and psychological tests. today investigators searched his parents' home removing items, including what appeared to be a computer and escorting out an unidentified person. boxes of potential evidence were taken from lubitz's dusseldorf apartment. those who knew him were stunned. >> translator: knowing andreas, he said this is inconceivable to me. >> reporter: lufthansa stood by its training. >> i wish you understood my german. i said twice and repeated in english without any doubt, my firm confidence in the selection of our pilots in the training of our pilots and the qualification of our pilots and the work of our pilots has not been touched by this single tragedy. >> half a world away a faith community in manassas virginia is still coming to grips with the loss of a mother and daughter in that plane crash. the parishioners of sacred heart catholic church are trying to remember the good t

at this point in the flight was there anything he did that he shouldn't have at this point of the flight? >> thank you. >> lufthansa and germanwings and our other subsidiaries we allow one of the pilots to leave the cockpit for a short period of time for biological reasons, and the pilot who did that on this flight did exactly according to what we allow them to do. the pilot did exactly what he was expected to do. waited until the plane reached the adequate height and then he left the cockpit. of course, the co-pilot had the air transport pie pilot license as the first officers and he was qualified to fly this plane as other planes as well. >> did you have a conversation between the pilot and co-pilot just before the pilot left? >> i can only refer to the french prosecutor. there was a technical briefing about the flight and then the captain turned the -- the wheels so to speak over to the co-pilot and then left the cockpit. as the prosecutor said there is no knowledge of any conversation between the pilots. i understand that you are pretty sure that the co-built committed suicide. what makes you so sure about that? couldn't it be that the co-pilot made a m

subsidiary of lufthansa. it's called germanwings. and today they canceled flights out of germany following the crash of one of their planes. too many crew members felt they were unfit to fly after the death of their colleagues and more than 140 passengers. so what went wrong? here's nbc's barry aaron. >> reporter: an airbus 320 crashed today in the french alps. the french president said there were no survivors. the flight was traveling from barcelona to dusseldorf. the head of the airline reported that after the plane reached cruising altitude it made a descent that took about eight minutes before the crash. relatives of the passengers gathered waiting for news. 16 high school students and two teachers were on board and the town's mayor was emotional as he discussed the loss. >> translator: i can assure all of you without a doubt that this is the worst day in the history of our city. >> reporter: friends and family of the 45 spaniards believed to be on the flight headed to the barcelona airport to receive updates. >> translator: we will do all possible to help the families and give them all our support and attention. >> re

and the equipment older, it is not a fair statement the here, because lufthansa is one of the greatest airlines in the world, and certainly the subsidiaryg safely and nothing indicates that there was nothing wrong with the pilots at this early stage. >> but you say that germanwings, the plane had a maintenance check yesterday, and that concerns you why? >> well, it concerns me, because when the planes come out of the maint maintenance check, and we are looking at the e scope of the maintenance, and the scope we will have to look at, and the sea check that was performed is a comprehensive maintenance check a check, and so they will look into that, and as the earlier guest said that since you kcan rule out no indication of whether there was a pilot issue per se and there was no terrorism evidence at this stage, as the only things that look like at an early stage are product problems and there could be maintenance, but more likely than not, it is often some other product issue which would explain possibly if the pilots didn't respond, and if they were incapacitated and there were other instances like this and there were other guests saying

despite this the ceo of lufthansa subsidiary germanwings told me there were no red flags. >> were there any reports that there was something wrong with him? >> we don't have any of those reports. >> that was nbc's katy tur reporting. >>> bringing in former ntsb investigator greg feith. new developments we're learning about the copilot and his medical story this morning. >> reporter: i think it's starting to focus and shape where the investigation is going to go. one of the big issues we had early on was a concern for whether this was, you know a greater plan part of a greater plan. was this "terrorism." now it looks like this is isolated to this young man, and some of the personal issues that ma have been going on his, life-altering events that keeps it within a very small, contained circle. so investigators will focus their effort on this young man, his psychological state, of course. some of the motives that may have prompted him to take this kind of dramatic action. we've seen this before. in another couple of accidents. one being silk air. the other egypt 990 where each of those pil

subsidiary, isn't it, of lufthansa. >> yes indeed it is. this would be theirst fatal incident involving one of its airliners since germanwings came into operation. it has a staff employees of a few thousand and operates many airbus 320 and airbus 319 airliners. they ply its trade in the european union on short haul flights, low frills flights that kind of thing. this airliner i in question, a320 is used by airlines around the world for precisely this purpose, short haul flights no frills, that sort of thing. for germanwings this would be a terrible tragedy. from lufthansa if the sweet from their website is correct for them obviously this is a very serious negative event also. it's worth making the point that lufthansa has a very good safety record and until today germanwings, too had a injury safe air transport record, so this is a terrible tragedy for germany, for germanwings for lufthansa and we can expect to see some sort of official reaction from both the airliner and the dealer. i would imagine from the german government in the not too distant futurer p

the past. because of course as you know i usually live in germany. it's a direct subsidiary of lufthansa. a in the past i would say year or so has outsourced pretty much of a all of its medium and short-haul flights from lufthansa itself into this company, germanwings. which has been operating for a while, but has gotten very very big over the past year. due to cost-cutting restructuring program, lufthansa has put most of their flights into germanwings. they have a good reputation in germany. the reason for that is all of the planes from germanwings are serviced by lufthansa tech nick. by the technical wing of lufthansa. from the same place. a lot of the planes that germanwings flies are former lufthansa planes. that got a new paint job and are now flying under the name of germanwings. >> are you hearing the same information that we are, if this plane went down where they're siting it right now in provence we're getting reports if you're hearing the same thing, there's been some debris that's been sighted. if it's in the mountains, this is going to be a tricky recovery yes? >> tricky recov

the tests. >> reporter: lufthansa said lubitz took a break from flight school in 2009. it hasn't said why. but the ceo of their subsidiaryermanwings, told nbc news he was readmitted a few months later after passing technical, medical, and psychological tests. investigators searched his parents' home, removing items including what appeared to be a computer and escorting out unidentified person. boxes of potential evidence were taken from lubitz' dusseldorf apartment. those who knew him were stunned. knowing andreas, he said this is inconceivable to me. lufthansa stood by its training and testing proceeddureprocedures. >> you are confident in your pilots. >> i wish you understood german. my firm con foye dense in the selection of all pilots and the training of all pilots and qualification of all pilots and the work of all pilots has not been touched by this single tragedy. >> let's bring in our experts who have been with us from the start of this story. former faa chief of staff michael goldfarb and former ntsb investigators greg f,p hife. he seems very young in the number of ways. >> absolutely. i think one of the questio

the area of the alps near the border of italy reportedly to some two kilometers of altitude. that's over 6,000 feet. there were 150 passengers on board confirmed by the airline germanwings which is a subsidiary of lufthansanot confirmed that themselves. they have said if fears are confirmed, it's a dark day for lufthansa. they do say they hope to find survivors. one of the reasons we don't know for sure yet is it has crashed at a high altitude in the alps. helicopters have spotted debris from the crash but nobody has reached it on the ground yet. we know it's an airbus a-320 aircraft. airbus is aware of the situation and are working to assess it. according to air fleet.com, it's a 24-year-old aircraft which has been with lufthansa since 1991. since the aircraft went into operation. the germanwings press conference will be at 10:00 a.m. eastern time where we expect to hear more. that will come from the headquarters of lufthansa, the parent company of germanwings. >> thank you very much. we will keep you up to date as we hear more. >>> we're looking at the futures still indicated up higher right now. s&p futures up to close to 2. the nasdaq by about 7.5. keep an eye on ross stores today. announcing a two f

it's a subsidiary of lufthansa airline. thell flight and medical examinations. there was a break in his pilot training. lufthansa officials said the break lasted a few months. when pilots return they still have to demonstrate a fitness to fly. we also confirmed this morning that lubitz also spent time in the u.s. for training which is not unusual for lufthansa pilots. a law enforcement official tells cbs news that he was training at an arizona flight school between july and november of 2010 and that he was in the u.s. last year. we've also confirmed with the federal aviation administration that he had a private pilot certificate to fly in this country, something that authorizes him to fly single engine, general aviation aircraft and gliders. >> and, jeff we heard mark phillips report there's no indication yet about a connection with terrorism. >> investigators will have to take a closer look at this co-pilot. his background. that will be very important going forward now. initially, just hours after the crash, we had a lot of in

the airline? >> germanwings is a low cost airline in germany. it is a subsidiary of lufthansa airline. it is too early to tell in terms of safety how germanwings operating. what investigators will do is look at maintenance records of the plane. that is one thing they will do almost immediately. the key in this case as it is in all cases involving these commercial aviation crashes is finding the black boxes because they will have important parameters in terms of the plane's altitude before it went down and some of the voices in the cockpit before it went down. >> jeff, thanks. we have more on the plane crash ahead. we will hear from cbs news peter greenberg in the next half hour. coverage continues all day on the digital network cbsn.com. >>> angelina jolie overnight shared revelations about her fight against cancer. in the op-ed, she discussed why she removed her fallopian tubes and ovaries. i told myself to stay calm and i had no reason to think i would not live to see my children grow up and meet my grandchildren. >> angelina jolie continues the most important thing is learn about the

lufthansa said lubitz took a break from flight school in 2009. it hasn't said why. the ceo of their subsidiary germanwings said he was remitted a few months later after passing technical, medical, and psychological tests. investigators searched his parents' home, removing items including what appeared to be a computer, and escorting out an unidentified person. boxes of potential evidence were taken from lubitz's dusseldorf apartment. those who knew him were stunned. >> nbc's katy tur reporting. >>> the building explosion in new york city, this morning the fire is still not under control. the blast inside a sushi restaurant ripped apart a five-story building in the east village. smoke quickly filled the sky on the ground cell phones captured the chaos. people trapped, scaling down fire escapes, jumping to safety. the explosion hurting 19, four critically. >> we thought it was a bomb. >> i saw the whole storefront on the street. walked outside and just see no building there at all. >> within seconds the situation got worse as the flames spread to three other buildings. people could smell smoke 5

through flight school and get that job and have a job at a prestigious airline, which is a subsidiary of lufthansa at the age of 28 years old, despite the background and think what led up to this. youre for something like this, unless you knew in your head, every time i fly, i always have some quality time by myself in the cockpit. the way he described the scenario is the pilot and co-pilot having a good time, jovial and conversational, when the pilot would faithfully get up and go to -- use the bathroom or walk out of the cockpit, at which time the door gets locked, the plane gets reprogrammed and they go decelerating within ten minutes and slam into a mountain. >> the big question is, did his mental state play into it or could it have been a breakup with a girlfriend? they were supposed to get married next year, but recently they did break up. you got to wonder what the significant clue might be if it wasn't a suicide note, was it something from her, was it her picture all ripped to shreds? we have no idea. just speculation. they're combing through his apartment and his parent's as well. >> they're pro