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Pilot out. the cockpit door automatically locks. in the united states you must have two people in the cockpit. so if a pilot leaves, a flight attendant is require today go in. its unclear what the rules are in germany, but this would explain why during the ten-minute descent there is no mayday or any conversation at the ground. take a look at the cockpit of the a320. theres no center yoke or control column. instead airbus uses a side stick controller. so it would be more difficult for a potentia...

One to refuse access to the cockpit two to start the command to lose altitude at a thousand meters per minute as if he was coming in for a landing. where he was in the mountains there is no other airport or true airport for -- which can -- where an airbus 320 can land. were sure theres no one else in the cockpit? no, theres no one else in the cockpit. the next step will be all the recordings of the flight, so it will be -- the cabin pressure the exact flight path. and it would clear up that ther...

Making public some further information on the basis of just that information. and i would add that i do hope that we find the parameter recorder fairly quickly so then we could work with both sources of information. >> translator: the flight path and the altitude that youve shown us, can it give any possible indication on the way in which the engines might have worked during this ten-minute path? did they slow down or engine failure -- can this give you any indication or no? >> translator: well,...

Will be. >> scott, youre a pilot. air traffic control reached out to this pilot, to this cockpit at 10:31. no answer. describe a scenario where you or your co pilot would not answer or send a distress call. >> well ive been thinking a lot about that and unfortunately, a direct answer to that question i would have a hard time coming up with one. when we are operating the aircraft even if everything is perfectly normal or we are encountering adverse conditions we ensure it is being flown, we ensur...

Of france. the aircraft followed this path which is in accordance with the planned flight path. and the next reporting point was here -- east following the right direction. it had been for a little while at its cruising height, 38,000 feet. and about 9:30, the last message broadcast from the aircraft to the control center with which it was in contact was routine, confirming the instruction given by the control tower saying that there was authorization to go directly to irmar, the point that you ...

Identify and localize the main elements of the aircraft and then according to how the investigation develops and also other information which might be received, for example, from the black boxes, certain choices may or may have to be made to try and get or analyze more specific items of the aircraft. but, of course, given the way the debris are distributed under high energy, we are aware that the analysis, the physical analysis with parts of the aircraft will be difficult, maybe fairly limited i...

Aircraft wasnt navigated. >> it didnt drop like a rock there was time. >> appeared there was some controlled descent, power on or power off, we dont know. it would also -- it is also perplexing why in the area where the aircraft would have started descending, which would have been perpendicular to marseilles and nice why those airports werent chosen. absence of radio call and the fact that the aircraft wasnt navigated off the initial flight path are two very big questions investigators will be l...

Dwellings airfield and away from high ground. it doesnt seem to have happened. the radar trace continues going on along the projected flight path, which is incredibly perplexing, given as tom has alluded to, there was no radio transmission and now it seems no transponder emergency code, either, which is 7700. >> i hope we get the answer early tomorrow. as always, thank you to all. well get back to "hardball" in a moment with more politics the rest of the night. coming up, ted cruz running fo...

>> in every major crash investigation thats what you do. you map where you find pieces because there may be crucial clues as to how the pieces are left. in this case a striking amount. the blowback from the plane itself, the law of physics, the opposite reaction from hitting the mountain will cause pieces to be widely dispersed but they want to answer other questions. was there an explosion when it hit the mountain of the fuel tank? a fire or not a fire. curious it doesnt look like there was a f...

The german plane made a sudden 8-minute dive into the mountains. it did not appear to alter its flight path. so far officials dont believe a terror attack called that. martha: the afghan president ashraf ghani set top address a joint session of congress. that comes after president obama announced america will keep its currents level of troops in afghanistan for another year. >> you have stood shoulder to shoulder with us and i would like to say thank you. would i also like to thank the american ...