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Procedures. im assuming they vary from airline to airline. maybe there are new requirements given this is a european airline. >> former ntsb board member kitty higgins, thank you for joining us. joining us from the crash site is nbc news reporter claudio lavanga. claudeio, what is the latest from the site? >> reporter: well, it is 1:00 in the morning here so we dont have any way to corroborate and confirm those reports. those just came out in "the new york times." we have not seen that before. a...

The airbus a320 crashed about an hour after takeoff yesterday morning on a flight from barcelona, spain, to dusseldorf, germany, carrying 144 passengers, and 6 crew members. today we learned three of those passengers were americans. there were no survivors. joining me now by phone, former ntsb board memberer katy higgins. katy, this just was published a few moments ago and were all just shaking our head at the horror of this. your response? >> yeah, chris, exactly. it compounds what is already a...

Else that will help investigators find out what happened during that flight. hopefully that will be recovered tomorrow. but in this case if this is really what happened, and this is not confirmed yet, if this is really what happened then that voice recording black box will be more important than the flight data recording. that will mean this is not a technical issue, but something that is more human. >> claudeio lavanga at the crash site, thank you. the news reported by "the new york times" just...

Near the cockpit door in the front of the plane. those are all the precautions and safety requirements put in place, but they were also locked from the inside. >> theyre locked from the inside. there is no other option. >> no. there is no other option. and its just -- obviously we have to hear more from the authorities who hear the tape and more about the pilots their background, training what we know about their personal stories. thats all part of the investigative process. obviously, with this...

Foxs empire. now the biggest phenomenon on tv. all those shows and a whole lot of others including scandal, have created an appetite in hollywood to cast more nonwhite actors in the pilot season. according to deadline a new approach comes with pitfalls. pilot 2015 the year of ethnic casting, about time, or too much of a good thing. describes the plight of all the poor, underworked white people in hollywood. are this is from the article. as is the case with any sea change, the pendulum might have...

>> well, let me just clarify that there is alternative methods of getting into the cockpit. after the 9/11 the doors were fortified, and they were fortified for a reason. but there were alternate methods of getting in and out of the cockpit without the other pilot opening it from the inside. i mean i dont want to get into a lot of specifics, because some of this is still, you know based on security. but the pilots have the ability to get in under normal conditions. there is a lockout feature tha...

From the inside. >> theyre locked from the inside. there is no other option. >> no. there is no other option. and its just -- obviously we have to hear more from the authorities who hear the tape, and more about the pilots, their background, training, what we know about their personal stories. thats all part of the investigative process. obviously, with this development, theyre now turning very much to the pilots. i dont know, perhaps you do, im trying to find the story now, was it the co-pilot ...

Accident the pilot was found at fault. and his colleague i think was also locked out. he had gone to the restroom. >> the egypt air flight is probably the most famous example of a crash where the conclusion of an investigation, the pilot had taken the plane down as an act of murder or suicide. that finding has been contested by the egyptian authorities. other investigators have found that to be the case. of course here can we talk for a moment about the protocols here? theres a lot to kind of un...

Pilot 2015, the year of ethnic casting, about time, or too much of a good thing. describes the plight of all the poor, underworked white people in hollywood. are this is from the article. as is the case with any sea change, the pendulum might have swung a bit too far in the opposite direction. instead of opening the field for actors of any race to compete for any role in the color-blind manner, there are a significant number of parts designated as ethnic this year. heres the thing. im very, very...

After the 9/11, the doors were fortified, and they were fortified for a reason. but there were alternate methods of getting in and out of the cockpit without the other pilot opening it from the inside. i mean, i dont want to get into a lot of specifics, because some of this is still, you know, based on security. but the pilots have the ability to get in under normal conditions. there is a lockout feature that can be employed which would prevent all access into the cockpit. typically if a pilot l...