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 jack s 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 both crashed minutes into their journey. data from the air flight indicated the pilots tried to override a safety system maneuvering characteristic augmentation system.
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 hasn t turned up anything that stands out or anything linking these passengers to criminal activity. we know that this process is ongoing and officials say the bottom line there s just not clarity right now as to what caused this crash. but the fbi wants to make sure that it s nothing other than just a simple accident especially considering the fact that there were three americans on board. the u.s. has a keen interest finding out exactly what happened here. the fbi we should note has offered full assistance and is still standing by in the event. the french authorities who are leading t
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 woman s 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 won t say if they heard voices in the cockpit up until the moment of impact. what they re 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 the plane broke up on impact and not midair. they can look at the size of the pieces and how wide the field is and make that determination. rene thanks so much. we ll have more about the debris field and the audio coming up. but first, the fbi is looking into possible criminal activity related to the crash of flight 9525. cnn s pamela brown has been in touch with her sources. you have breaking news. it s still very much a mystery as to what happened but i can tell you fbi agents based