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Teams will very soon find the second flight data recorder as well, which will then provide us with a complete picture of the accident and after i visited the site yesterday, im very sure that we will be able to find out the cause of this terrible accident as soon as we have those data recorders both retrieved. running an airline during such an accident is terrible. we all at lufthansa do our very best to help those who have been affected but of course we can never make up the loss. so yeah thats...

And after i visited the site yesterday, im very sure that we will be able to find out the cause of this terrible accident as soon as we have both data recorders retrieved. running an airline and endure -- and during such an accident is terrible. we all in lufthansa do our very best to help those who have been affected and we know we can never make up the loss. so that is why im here to help those -- to help the people here in spain and this meeting, i must say was emotional and it was showing us...

Descended, crashing into the foothills of southern france and southern alps. wanting to take a closer look here. this is where it went down. remote town we have been reporting, sparsely in has been ted region. at this point it could be another hour and a half. debris was found 60 miles north of the french riviera city of nice. tom costello talking earlier, until they know how big the debris field is and collect information from data recorders, everything is on the table as far as what went wrong...

World between the different french and german and other authorities. they are going to find those data recorders and when they do well know pretty precisely what happened here unfortunately. >> thanks so much michael goldfarb. joining me by phone, carla ang la from msnbc enroute to the school where 16 students and two teachers 40 miles from deuce eldusseldorf were booked on the flight. youre he at the school where hundreds have gathered. >> reporter: im outside the school a city spokesperson tol...

As is it captain rollins talked about, the pilots are miked up and just have to press a button. so certainly day within of any accident investigation, every possible theory is on the table. i would say here we have a highly competent investigation authority in france called the b.e.a. and this airplane has a state of the art recorders, voice and data recorders, so im confident they will get to the bottom of this. some of the circumstances could suggest some sudden catastrophic event, whether it ...

Would be down to a little over or around 400 miles an hour here but important to bear in mind in all of this once they passed this point, carol, right across in here thats when they were in the range of where the tops of the french alps can be contacted there. they were flying through mountains in this part and things we do know and hear heres what we dont know. why the big decline here. why no news from the cockpit about what was happening at this point and why did it wind up all of the way dow...

Airports in the country. what officials have been doing to get it up and running? i assume is it up and running? >> its only partially up and running, anderson. theres only one runway allowing limited departures and arrivals. the airport has been limping along since this happened. youve seen it on highway 13 hydraulic trying to take it into a hangar. we know the ntsb was recovering the data recorders and so many passengers around the terminal essentially camped out looking at the screen wonderin...

Skidded off an icy runway at new yorks la guardia airport. its racing questions about the riskiest part of any flight at any airport. the runway. tom foreman is joining us from reagan national airport, next to water as well. what do we know? >> reporter: wolf we know a lot of people worry about coming in over water because the takeoff and landing are the most dangerous part of any flight. investigators have the data recorders from that flight back here in washington to examine them. they want to...

That would indicate to me that the nose wheel was not getting effective traction on the runway and it weather vaned into the wind. >> anthony, thank you for your time and for your insight. right now i want to bring in kitty higgins, a former board member of the national transportation safety board, the ntsb. we know that the ntsb is on its way to laguardia right now. hopefull what anthony just was talking about, the nose wheel. is that something that you might agree with looking at these images?...

Government has already invited an expression of interest to the recovery of mh370, preparing for the day when the wreckage is found. among the requirements retrieving the debris. the all-important cockpit voice and data recorders, as well as human remains from the ocean floor. the company tmt based in perth is one of many vying for the multimillion-dollar contract. but the significance of the job goes far beyond its monetary value. >> nobody expects to step into the airplane and not step out saf...