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Electric. the company that helped build the planes engine. as far as the salvage operation, we have seen the images of the navy pulling up wheels from the landing gear from the plane. i also looked at indonesian navy footage of divers on the sea bed wrapping a rope around what looks like perhaps one of the engine turbines. on the sea bed. we are talking about 100 feet below the surface of the sea. the bed is littered with wreckage which from what aviation experts say from the speed which the air...

Active in march, then subsided until blasting through an ice cap yesterday. researchers flifring as close as they can peer into the heart of it. molten rock surging up. its thought to have popped the ice like a champagne cork, creating these massive plumes, a mix of rock, sand and glass. >> if can you imagine throwing a bucketful of beach sand into the engine of a big airplane, can you imagine its not going to do the airplane any good. >> reporter: its like a supersonic sandstorm. too fine for a...

They can peer into the heart of it, molten rock surging up. its thought to have popped the ice like a champagne cork, the force creating these massive plumes, a mix of rock, sand and glass. >> if can you imagine throwing a bucketful of beach sand into the engine of a big airplane, can you imagine its not going to do the airplane any good. >> reporter: its like a supersonic sandstorm. too fine for a planes radar to pick up but capable of jamming engines. >> it will score the rapidly-turning engin...

Researchers flying as close as they can peer into the heart of it. molten rock surging up. its thought to have popped the ice like a champagne cork, the force creating these massive plumes, emitting a mix of rock, sand and glass. >> if can you imagine throwing a bucketful of beach sand into the engine of a big airplane, can you imagine its not going to do the airplane any good. >> reporter: its like a supersonic sandstorm. too fine for a planes radar to peck pick up, but capable of jamming engin...