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CNN Sunday Morning

Rescue Crews Canvass Red Sea

Aired January 04, 2004 - 07:09   ET

THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.

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SEAN CALLEBS, CNN ANCHOR: Rescue crews are canvassing the Red Sea off the coast of Egypt for remnants of an Egyptian charter flight that crashed into the shark infested waters yesterday. There were no survivors among the 148 people on board, as the search is intensifying for the wreckage, as well as answers.
CNN's Chris Burns filed this report a short while ago.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

CHRIS BURNS, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Sharm el-Sheikh is a mecca for scuba divers here. All of this expertise, and yet they can't get to the bottom of what caused that Boeing 737 to plunge into the ocean. As the search goes on, there are ships out there, there are helicopters circling overhead. They're finding bits and pieces of that flight, of the passengers themselves, but they still can't find so far the black box flight recorder. They still can't figure out exactly what caused that plane to plunge from 5,000 feet within seconds into the ocean.

The French government is said to be sending a frigate and a mini sub, to try to help out in getting deep under the surface of the Red Sea. They're -- it is said that some parts of the plane are as much as a half mile under the water.

As that search goes on, there's talk of the families arriving, just a trickle of them, but the French government is planning to send a planeload of families in the coming days. The problem up to now is that so few bodies have been found to identify.

Was it a terrorist attack? Officials are so far saying no, that there is no indication of an explosion, no indication of foul play, but the investigation goes on.

Chris Burns, CNN, Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

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Aired January 4, 2004 - 07:09   ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
SEAN CALLEBS, CNN ANCHOR: Rescue crews are canvassing the Red Sea off the coast of Egypt for remnants of an Egyptian charter flight that crashed into the shark infested waters yesterday. There were no survivors among the 148 people on board, as the search is intensifying for the wreckage, as well as answers.
CNN's Chris Burns filed this report a short while ago.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

CHRIS BURNS, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Sharm el-Sheikh is a mecca for scuba divers here. All of this expertise, and yet they can't get to the bottom of what caused that Boeing 737 to plunge into the ocean. As the search goes on, there are ships out there, there are helicopters circling overhead. They're finding bits and pieces of that flight, of the passengers themselves, but they still can't find so far the black box flight recorder. They still can't figure out exactly what caused that plane to plunge from 5,000 feet within seconds into the ocean.

The French government is said to be sending a frigate and a mini sub, to try to help out in getting deep under the surface of the Red Sea. They're -- it is said that some parts of the plane are as much as a half mile under the water.

As that search goes on, there's talk of the families arriving, just a trickle of them, but the French government is planning to send a planeload of families in the coming days. The problem up to now is that so few bodies have been found to identify.

Was it a terrorist attack? Officials are so far saying no, that there is no indication of an explosion, no indication of foul play, but the investigation goes on.

Chris Burns, CNN, Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

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