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>> her late grandfather walter green jr. was a former military man. an employee of rca and a body guard for the great boxer jersey joe. >> he was just like the protector. you know, if you need anything, you go to mr. dynamite. that was his nickname. >> he was also a man who believed in being part of the community. when tawanda was 15, she was asked to lead a local drill team. unfortunately, it soon lost its funding. walter purchased 80 uniforms and three drums to give them a start. today css, th...

Happened on their te tori and to a plane just taking off from an egyptian airport. investigation involve it is russians as a russian plane full of russian citizens that died, the french because the plane that crashed was an airbus a-320 so it was manufactured by a european company, head cansquartered in france and france the home of airbus is involved in the crash and that investigation also involves the german because that particular plane was built in hamburg. the investigation involves the ir...

Again, though, caution, that is not any sort of official pronouncement from the u.s. government. that is one anonymous official characterizing the evidence that way to nbc news. but there is an official investigation under way. the official investigation is the egyptians because the crash happened on their te tori and to a plane just taking off from an egyptian airport. investigation involve it is russians as a russian plane full of russian citizens that died, the french because the plane that c...

And we begin in the sinai peninsula where investigators are finishing up their search. russian state media say the tail is sitting three miles from the rest of the debris, possibly an indication the plane came apart midair. the u.s. embassy in cairo is warning its employees to stay away from the sinai peninsula as a cautionary measure. meanwhile, representatives from the airline said there was no hint that the plane was in trouble until after it crashed. >> the plane, air bus a 320 is a reliable...

Photo of her husband and toddler as they boarded the plane. the couple had been in egypt to celebrate their tenth anniversary. she posted the picture with the caption were going home. the cause of the russian airliner crash in egypt is still under investigation but an incident 14 years ago could hold clues. repairs for made to the tail section of the plane after it struck the runway in a landing in 2001. other plane crashes have shown it is that kind of damage that can cause catastrophic failure...

Incident years ago and tonight there are questions as to whether that incident could have led to this weekends crash. it has happened before. miguel marquez has an "outfront" special report. >> reporter: the a-321, the newest, biggest and most advance airbus in the popular line of a-320 planes. more than 1100 a-321s are flying somewhere in the world. about 200 are flown by u.s. carriers. the 18-year-old flight 9268 had some 56,000 flight hours in nearly 21,000 flights. a roucould a rough landing...

Government is within the best of their abilities trying to provide a steady flow of information. the minister of -- the emergency minister, the transport minister, the aviation minister all in egypt, all in an effort to get more information and to pass that on to the families quickly. >> cnns international diplomatic editor nic robertson live for us in st. petersburg, russia. thank you so much for your reporting there. for a little more background about the plane itself, here are details for y...

And richard, something you said when you were up at the top of the hour stood out in which you had questions about the being an a-321 because of the number of people the number of passenger and crew? >> no, what this is, is no i have no questions about it being a 321. i believe it was a 321. the egyptians put out a statement saying it was an a-3 when the. so what i was saying is i have doubts about that statement. im pretty certain, this was, we know the aircraft identification code. we know the...

Altitude, shoulder fired missiles would not be a consideration. so theyre going to look at the fact that the airplane air speed was low. the fact that the airplane came down at a -- at a high rate of descent. theyre going to look at the call from the crew to see if there was a technical problem on board. and bit by bit, the investigators will eliminate what it could be and theyll focus on what actually happened. >> okay. john, back to the plane. its an airbus 321. what do we know about the plane...

Throughout the word is the a-320, this is a very popular plane that has a greet safety record. >> it is a very, very safe aircraft. but it is a very complex aircraft. and all aircraft have histories of some mechanical anomalies, electrical anomalies and its had its share of accidents and problems. the faa in 2013 issued an airworthiness directive about cracks around the cockpit windows that could cause a serious depressurization or in some case an explosive depressurization situation. im also a ...