REPORTER: hey
REPORTER: something strange happened in greece
BARDSQUILL: saw the airliner crash
REPORTER: yeah but the words , people frozen
REPORTER: no movement in cockpit
REPORTER: pilots not in their seats
BARDSQUILL: frozen, sheesh
REPORTER: jet followed by f-16's
BARDSQUILL: they say that parallel scalar beams create a deep freeze
REPORTER: Sotiris Voutas, the first cousin of a passenger on the plane, said he received a text message from his relative on his mobile phone minutes before the crash.
``He told me the pilots were unconscious ... he said: 'My cousin I bid you farewell, we are all frozen'
REPORTER: Greek radio and television stations reported that the air force pilots saw no movement in the cockpit of the plane before the crash and it was unclear if the two pilots were in their seats
REPORTER: Witnesses said they saw the plane being followed by the Greek air force jets when in went down in a gorge.
REPORTER: The plane did not respond to radio calls, the reports said
REPORTER: http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-08/14/content_3352387.htm photos
http://www.rednova.com/news/technology/207228/cyprus_first_details_emerge_of_cypriot_airliner_crash/
REPORTER: the two F-16 fighters pilots to follow them. As the two F-16 pilots said later on, the situation was not normal, and they said that they did not see any life in the cockpit.
REPORTER: they have found the black box a few moments ago
REPORTER: There is wreckage everywhere," Grammatikos Mayor George Papageorgiou said from the scene, saying that only the tail section was recognizable
REPORTER: they have found the black box a few moments ago
REPORTER: There is wreckage everywhere," Grammatikos Mayor George Papageorgiou said from the scene, saying that only the tail section was recognizable
REPORTER: "We do not know how the plane is flying. It is being escorted by the military planes and the airport is in a state of emergency." he said.