CBS News - TWA 800 - early reports
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[0:06] [Music]
[0:15] This is a CBS News special report.
[0:19] >> I'm Rick Jackson in New York. The US
[0:21] Coast Guard confirms a plane has crashed
[0:22] on takeoff from John F. Kennedy
[0:24] International Airport tonight. It's
[0:26] reported to be a TWWA747 bound for
[0:28] Paris, France. Witnesses report an
[0:30] explosion in the Atlantic about 10
[0:32] milesi south of Long Island, New York
[0:33] around 8:30 this evening. The Coast
[0:35] Guard is currently sending every
[0:36] available rescue unit to that area. I'm
[0:38] Rick Jackson in New York. More later on
[0:40] your late local news and on CBS News
[0:42] Overnight Up to the Minute. Stay with
[0:43] us.
[0:47] [Music]
[0:59] This has been a CBS News special report.
[1:03] [Music]
[1:14] >> This is a CBS News special report.
[1:18] >> This is a CBS News special report. I'm
[1:20] Rick Jackson in New York. The US Coast
[1:22] Guard is confirming that a TWWA 747 jet
[1:25] has crashed off the southshore of New
[1:27] York. of New York's Long Island. Flight
[1:28] 800 took off from John F. Kennedy
[1:30] Airport. It was bound for Paris, France.
[1:32] It went down off Maitius's inlet about
[1:33] 8:30 p.m. More than 200 people are
[1:36] believed to have been on board the
[1:37] craft. The Coast Guard reports spotting
[1:39] life rafts in the water, but as of yet,
[1:41] there are no reports of any survivors.
[1:43] Every available rescue craft in the area
[1:45] is being sent to the scene. The Coast
[1:46] Guard says six helicopters, three Coast
[1:48] Guard cutters, and a Navy P3 rescue
[1:50] plane are either already there or are on
[1:53] their way. A area spokesman from the
[1:55] fire department says a temporary morg
[1:56] has already been set up at the scene
[1:58] just in case. More later on your