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The a-320 landed, safely. finally contacting the tower. >> air canada 781, theres something with the radio here. >> thats pretty evident. >> reporter: this, after the july incident at the same airport, same airline. a jet lined up to land on a taxiway occupied by four other jets. a disaster avoided as the air canada pulled up, just feet from one of the aircraft. >> any time you have two instances of something that are very similar, its a red flag. is there a problem with procedures? is there a p...

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 ...

But i wonder why there is not more alignment, even more alignment between u.s. and european or u.s. and globe regulations, should there be a more global approach to this? >> i think there should be one level of safety and we have one in the manufacture and certification of aircraft. they value to be certified and meet the standards. the french have a regulator as do other countries. we have incredibly safe aircraft like the a-320. we dont have that level of safe if i for some other procedures. w...

>> translator: thank you, all, very much. >> and that was the french air safety director. nbcs claudio lavanga is still with us at the crash site. also with us john cox, a retired airline pilot who has flown the a-320. john, the important information we got was that the voice recorder is being analyzed. it may takes weeks or months. theyve found some data. they have not been able to identify the actual voices yet. he went through details. they have not found the second black box, contrary to som...

We know what happened with that accident. the air asia crash that happened just around -- between christmas and new years, was also an a-320. and the french authorities are investigating that. we still dont know what caused that plane to go down, although we have some clues in terms of weather and other kinds of things. but its -- theres a very good track record. and, again, we have to remind ourselves and the public that aviation is still the safest form of travel, as witnessed of the record of...

What puzzles veteran crash investigators is why the crew never radioed a mayday. >> they didnt provide a stress call. they didnt indicate in anyway shape or form a problem with the aircraft. thats very unusual, given the fact that they were 38,000 feet. they would have been in complete communication with air track control. >> reporter: among the scenarios verdicts will have to consider, was there an emergency to force a rapid descent, if that was the problem the pilot should have levelled the pl...

European american air travel is quite good generally, right? >> it is very good. weve had accidents. i mean, airbus -- air france had a major accident, not in france, but heading towards france from brazil. we know what happened with that accident. the air asia crash that happened just around -- between christmas and new years, was also an a-320. and the french authorities are investigating that. we still dont know what caused that plane to go down, although we have some clues in terms of weathe...

In all probability may have lost an engine. that gives you a clear may day. then you start running through the check list. if youre single engine over these mountainous areas. -- by the time he took off, you would have to see how much altitude he could possibly gain. and he -- losing it at 6,800 feet, in that area, that 30 minutes of decent was filled with check list and trying to maintain altitude. >> this particular plane should be able to stay aloft on one engine, right? >> it should be able ...