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If we are trying to ascertain motive in a situation like this, shouting "Allah" would seem to be a key detail. That potentially moves the incident from "disturbed passenger freaks out over failed phone connection" to "jihadist tries to commit suicide

Investigators have recovered the black boss and doing extensive analysis at a lab in paris. >> from the -- the pilot mentioned that he wants to return. >> david: family members mourn the side of the crash. earlier this week investigators discovered that jacks group from the plane the same piece found in air flight 261 flight back in 2,000 but investigators continue to focus on similarities between flight 302 and the error crash in indonesia on october 29th. both planes boeing 737 max eight in bo...

In france germany and spain are looking through all sources of intelligence and cross-referencing the passenger manifest to see if there is anyone of interest that the u.s. is aware of who may have been on that flight flight 9525 according to two law enforcement officials i have been speaking with. what we have learned is so far, preliminarily in the process of running these names through data bases, it hasnt turned up anything that stands out or anything linking these passengers to criminal act...

What happened here. >> the flight data recorder they need that for the complete picture. miles, captain, thanks so much for being with us. coming up the victims of this crash came from around the world, including a mother and her daughter from virginia. they were traveling together. today that young womans father too distraught to talk. we are now learning about them and the other victims.

Containing the valuable information is wrapped in thermal insulation. they are designed to withstand impacts 3,400 times the force of gravity, can survive flames up to 2,000 degrees for an hour and can withstand extreme cold. investigators wont say if they heard voices in the cockpit up until the moment of impact. what theyre doing right now is analyzing the audio to determine what sounds they hear who is speaking. as far as the debris field, investigators say the size of the field suggests that...

Some of those answers are starting to come from the planes cockpit voice recorder. this is the strongest clue investigators have in their hands. the exterior of germanwings flight 9525s cockpit voice recorder looks damaged but french authorities revealed today they have had some success. >> we are very glad that the first flight recorder has been retrieved yesterday and the french authority confirmed just a few hours ago that one of the audio streams is readable. >> reporter: the cockpit voice r...

Director of safety for the coalition of airline pilot associations. miles, let me start with you. you saw toms demonstration there. does this fit into any of those theories? this sort of falls somewhere in the middle there. it was this gradual ten-minute decline but fairly consistent decline. >> yeah. its kind of an outlier based on what we just heard. in the first two cases that he spoke of swiss air and air alaska the crews had long communications with air traffic control talking about their p...

A real privacy that they want to maintain. but i was able to talk to a relative and they released a statement telling us our entire family is deeply saddened by the losses of yvonne and emily selke, two wonderful caring amazing people who meant so much to so many. this remote crash site high in the french alps has now become an epicenter of international grief. today, we are learning more about the three americans, two from virginia who lost their lives here. emily selke and her mother yvonne wh...

>> translator: on friday we were with them all day on a field trip to the beach. they were really happy because they had never seen the ocean. its hard to believe. >> reporter: for many of the victims, death came in the prime of their lives. 28-year-old paul andrew bramley from britain was studying hospitality and set to begin an internship next week. a 29-year-old mechanical engineer greg friday was traveling with his mother who celebrated a birthday the day before the flight. today, investigat...

Tapper. continuing our breaking news coverage in the investigation into the crash of germanwings flight 9525. right now, investigators are carefully examining the planes recovered cockpit voice recorder with the hope that it might contain a treasure trove of valuable information in determining what caused this plane to crash. but they also continue to focus on the flights path. cnns tom foreman is in the virtual room. tom, what can you learn from the path of this plane compared to past airline d...