LEON HARRIS, CNN ANCHOR: We want to update you now on a story that just began breaking here moments ago. We understand now, according to the Associated Press, and CNN has been able to confirm a Gulfstream jet, carrying 18 people, has crashed near Aspen, Colorado. Seventeen bodies, according to the Associated Press, and as a matter of fact, CNN just confirmed that 17 bodies have been recovered from this crash. This crash occurred sometime after 7:00 p.m. local time near highway 82. Eyewitnesses, according to the Associated Press, say that it appeared to be -- the plane -- appeared to be making its final approach there at ??? field. Let's go on over to the weather center right now, Karen Maginnis standing by there. Karen, is there any chance weather could have played a factor? How was the weather out there?</s>KAREN MAGINNIS, CNN WEATHER CORRESPONDENT: Well, Leon, the weather was absolutely rotten. The early part of the day: snow showers, snow flurries, and then we had kind of a changeover where it warm enough to rain. Now, Aspen is located right around this area, and in the last couple of hours, the weather situation there: all snowfall, the temperature at 30 degrees. The snow is really coming down, and in those higher peaks, they're still looking at these waves of snowfall. So, it was really rough weather going in that region at the time -- well, at least several hours ago.
Weather Might Have Been a Factor in Plane Crash