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Challenge is coming to a close. the competition requires people to design, build, test and drive a solar powered vehicle 1,400 miles across the us in a bid to test the reliability and endurance of solar car systems. and from solar cars to solar planes — because flight tracking data suggest that airbus has broken the record for the longest flight of an unmanned aircraft. the solar powered airbus zephyr s has spent 27 continuous days airborne, beating the record it set when we saw it first in 20...

Across the us. and from solar cars to sell their planes because flight tracking data suggest that airbus has broken the record for the longest flight of an unmanned aircraft. the solar powered aircraft has spent 27 continuous days airborne beating the record except when we saw it first in 2018. the tech industry may be one of the most — the tech industry may be one of the most lucrative _ the tech industry may be one of the most lucrative in _ the tech industry may be one of the most lucrative...

Recorder sent by the chinese to washington for analysis. >> its not surprising. >> reporter: former ntsb managing director says the new details only confirm his suspicions. initial flight tracking data showed the boeing 737-800 leveling off at 29,000 feet, then starting a dive at extreme speed. less than two minutes later, all 132 people onboard were killed. >> youve really got to make it do that. ordinarily, the planes nose wants to come up. it doesnt want to dive into the ground. and it takes ...

Derek, thank you for being there. thank you for showing us. its going to be a long, long weeks ahead. now lets turn to promising news on the pandemic. moderna announced its lower dose covid vaccine performs as well in children under 6 years old as it does in adults. the data released this morning shows their vaccine provides, quote, a robust neutralizing antibody response and a favorable safety profile. moderna says with that it will be asking the fda in the coming weeks to authorize the use o...

There are still no details on the number of casualties, but new flight tracking data shows the plane plunging more than 29,000 feet in less than two minutes. lets get right to pete. what happened here? >> its too soon to say. the recorders have enbeen recovered yet what we do know is the flight made an incredibly fast descent before crashing. there are security images obtained by chinese state tv that show flight 5735 in a near vertical dive. this is all backed up from radar. it shows the flight...

They the expected it to last over four hours. its a routine run taken by hundreds every week. flight tracking data shows the plane taking off. heading over eastern pennsylvania. climbing to an altitude of just over 32,000 feet when about 20 minutes into the trip every passenger and the pilots worst nightmare happened. >> there was an explosion when the engine went. >> i hear this noise, and everything shakes up. and i look outside, and its totally broken apart. folded bag on itself. >> the masks...

Was a fire ball. >> reporter: but it didnt smain why. it was simply a clue. unexplained split second sounds. the similarities lead them to believe a fuel tank might have exploded. three miles away was the tail section. that holds another clue. possible structural failure. in november 2001, the airbus tail hit the tarmac on landing. the plane was repaired. a clear break from the rest of the debris raises this possibility. >> it could have been a structural failure of the plane that rp tured so th...

Responder who arrived at the plane for their knives so they could cut passengers free and get everybody out. >> amazing stories that were only now just learning. thanks so much miguel. well get to the ntsb chairman in just a moment. but i want to bring in richard quest. i know youve been looking at the flight tracking data and youve learned more about the speed and altitude of the plane just before the crash. what do you know? >> reporter: if we look at the profile of the descent that miguel w...

Investigation. but its also a pretty safe bet comey will also be asked what he knows about a mysterious december meeting between presidential son-in-law jared kushner and sergei gorkov, a russian spy turned banker whos tight with vladimir putin. the post reports today that flight tracking data show a plane routinely used by gorkov traveled from moscow to now aand then to tokyo where president putin was at the time. what was on the agenda? >> mr. gorkov, quick question. what did you really speak ...