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At the minute theres quite a lot that we dont know, quite a lot that we do. we know, for example, that there was no distress call from the pilot or co-pilot. and we know that the plane broke up in mid-air. in fact, the tail and the nose section were three miles apart. there were 12 major bits of fuselage strewn all over the sinai desert. so there are very few facts and quite a lot of theories. the kremlin says terrorism cannot be ruled out. james clapper has been speaking this morning from the u...

And french, will be listening for the last words and sounds from the cockpit and any other noises within the plane. thats from the cockpit voice recorder. the flight data recorder should give us an idea of the real speed, the real altitude, how quickly the plane fell. because it seems it fell dramatically and that the speed went from 500 miles an hour down to 70 miles an hour before it hit the ground. a russian aviation ministry person who was at the scene has said that the plane split up in mid...

>> the captain turns on the planes wing de-icers and makes a left turn on to final approach, but hes having trouble. theres zero visibility and theyre almost a mile out of position to the left of the runway. theyre descending way too fast at 3300 feet a minute, then, out of nowhere, a low altitude warning. >> 200. >> one second later, the airbus slams into mont saint-odile. >> the noise of the airplane was so huge that i didnt hear anything else. >> the nose section disintegrates when 1200 gallo...

To the airport. >> captain christian hekay turns on the planes wing de-icers and makes a left turn on to final approach, but hes having trouble. theres zero visibility and theyre almost a mile out of position to the left of the runway. theyre descending way too fast at 3300 feet a minute, then, out of nowhere, a low altitude warning. >> 200. >> one second later, the airbus slams into mont saint-odile. >> the noise of the disintegration of the airport was so huge that i didnt hear anything else. ...

Approach, but hes having trouble. theres zero visibility and theyre almost a mile out of position to the left of the runway. theyre descending way too fast at 3300 feet a minute, then, out of nowhere, a low altitude warning. >> 200. >> one second later, the airbus slams into mont saint-odile. >> the noise of the disintegration of the airport was so huge that i didnt hear anything else. >> the nose section disintegrates when 1200 gallons of jet fuel ignite. the planes undercarriage tears off as i...

Flight 800, some people are in the nose section and theyre protected from wind blast as theyre falling down. the people in the back of the airplane where it cracked, theyre subjected to wind blast. you might have a fix of recovered bodies some are clothed and some are not clothed. that will point to inflight breakup. that will also be vitally important to see just how vast the debris field is for the wreckage. so all these things you have to piece together to see what was causal in the aircraft ...

Very rare. i think its a great idea. >> we know in other instances it may have prevented this from happening. >> whether it actually caused the crash if you identify a safety risk, but it prevents the next crash. even if the pilot is innocent, down the road this may pay safety dividends. >> with the safety debates. when we talk about the cockpit, does that include the space below, for example, where the acars system is located? >> actually no. the cockpit is considered just to be the area that i...

The final moments before impact. abcs david kerley is in birmingham. >> reporter: huge flames erupted just before dawn as the giant u.p.s. cargo jet shattered into pieces, crashing just short of the birmingham airport and about 1,000 feet from several homes. >> really, really loud. and then it shook the house. like it rattled the house. >> a big fireball. >> there were three of them. there were three pieces that rolled back down the hill. >> reporter: with daylight, a clear picture of how the ai...

For us as it looks now? >> well, the front section of the nose section is still in tact, even though it was broken up into pieces and the wing section is probably about a football field length away from the nose section. engines are scattered in the area and debris is everywhere. probably the closest home is probably between a quarter of a mile to a half mile away. >> mayor william bell, thank you so much for joining us this morning. i know there is a lot of work to be done. we appreciate it. ma...

Control of the cessna 30 or 40 feet in the air after taking off off from a grass strip in buffalo. it veered into tree torpbgs flipped over breaking apart. you can see from the photos how the tail section was upside down, the nose section also upside down. it landed on its roof, amazingly the trees cushioned the blow enough that it made for a softer crash landing. >> its a very thick wooded area. id have to say that the trees probably saved the hraoeufts of -- hraoeufrs of the people. it gave th...