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Here, what is causing this to happen? the numbers just absolutely staggering. so the military always has investigations into all of these incidents. there could be a good deal of concern that this may involve lack of money for readiness and training in some cases. we do not know for sure, but readiness and training has been an ongoing issue. of course, the investigations could find other reasons. they could find mechanical error, crew error. we dont know. lets come back to where we began, in the...

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They are going to have to look very closely at whether that tail strike 14 years ago played a role in this accident or whether there might be some sort of explosive that was used to bring down this plane, or even crew error. all the possibilities are wide open right now. >> nbcs tom costello reporting in washington. thank you. want to move on to breaking news we have been following. a weeks long mystery surrounding a vessel lost at sea. the ntsb confirms wreckage found at the bottom of the oce...

Flying, it was already 32 minutes into flight before it went off radar and lost contact with ground control. with just nine minutes left in flight, what was the procedure for that? >> thats a tough question because it really draws us into speculating and draws us into conjecture when we shouldnt be doing that because its simply too early. this could be something weather related, as i was just saying, some sort of crew error in the context of that bad weather. there could have been some catastrop...

I also want to get to him to see what his comment would be on this. patrick, are you there? >> yeah, i am. ive actually flown the atm aircraft, i have several hundred hours in that aircraft, so i can attest to its reliability and sophistication. its a turbo prop, propellor-driven aircraft, but its a turbo prop. a sophisticated airplane. it has many of the same features that many larger jets have. i dont see the airplane itself as being an issue here, and i think its also important to underscore ...

Noted over. >> something not being handled. it brings to mind the france crash. again, not speculating if thats what happened but would bring more comfort if perhaps there were some crew error involved rather than something to do with the aircraft itself. the a-320, an excellent operating record over the years. >> an airline has 200 of these. you are talking about an airline almost say, the size of oh jetblue in the u.s. and that kind of airline that a lot of leisure travellers including u.s. oh...

So, you know, my guess is that that probably would not be a factor in this particular crash, that boeing and the faa and everybody dealt with that. the last time that this country, the united states, had a fatal commercial plane crash was in 2009, when of course we lost that flight in buffalo and 50 people onboard the plane died, and one person on the ground died. and that was attributed finally in the ntsb investigation to pilot error. that was a regional plane, you may recall. the last -- this...

You know, you talk to different people, and they have different opinions. but that was the ntsbs final ruling that it was crew error. so we have had a remarkably good record of aviation safety in this country. there was also one more regional plane crash that occurred in lexington, kentucky. but, you know, for the most part, this country has had a great record of aviation safety. >> tom, that remarkable run that we have, and, again, when you think about the sheer number of planes that take off a...