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Statement given by metro jets executive and remember, they have a great deal at stake here in trying to show it wasnt pilot error or mechanical failure. we know there was no distress call and we know the plane broke up in midair. theres a lot of theories but few facts. >> coming home on a plane into their home city, the bodies of 144 people who left russia for vacation in egypt. debris so scattered investigators say the plane broke up in midair and the tail found three miles from the

>> only about a third of the number of things they claimed responsibility for actually happened. but theres still some bad dudes trying to get more technology. they have russian missiles within the last month and a half they have fired missiles at egyptian tanks and ships in the waterway there. so these individuals are active. this is an active terrorist organization. >> whats happening on the ground? what are some possibilities that could have taken this plane down? >> at this point, theres end...

This. the plane passed the checks before taking off. the pilot did not put out any distress call before it disappear disappeared from the radar, and the metro jet airliner is saying that our plane was safe to fly, and they are saying that it was certain influence, and whether it is technical or mechanical, but they are also saying that it is not a pilot error, and the chances that a plane just disintegrates on its own is very rare. that is what is so much of a mystery here. >> arwa damon, evan p...

Believe is accurate the airplane was going too slow, divedded 60,000 feet in 22 seconds that is 18,000 feet a minute and airplane going that fast went supersonic, when a passenger airplane goes supersonic, things banks off airplane and parts of tail, parts of the wing. could be simple as pilot error got the airplane going too slow and inappropriate actions from that. we saw that in air france in the atlantic ocean a few years ago, where the crews made the mistake and compounded that mistake. so ...

External impact may have caused this plane to go down whachlt are you learning? >> reporter: yeah. well, its very difficult, isnt it? because he was using deliberately vague terminology to sort of explain that he didnt believe it was a maintenance issue or a pilot error issue. in other words not a company issue. that could have been responsible for death of these 224 people. trying to shift the emphasis to this theory that it was something external that caused the catastrophe being marked not ju...

Suggest it was terrorism, but you cant rule that out. the same thing i wouldnt rule out pilot error or any kind of mechanical malfunction until you get the results of an investigation. the aviation experts would know more about that. but with what mr. clapper said, i would agree, you cant rule out terrorism in this part of the world. >> les, lets bring you in. you fly big jet liners right now. this thing broke apart, apparently, in midair. what are the range of things that can cause a plane and,...

Authorities as they work to determine what caused a russian plane to crash in egypts sinai desert over the weekend, killing all 224 people on board. today an official from metro jet, thats the airline that operated the flight said the crash could only have been caused by an external impact, ruling out a mechanical failure or pilot error. a group affiliated with isis said they downed the plane, but that claim has been dismissed by russian and egyptian officials. and today the u.s. director of int...

If there was an explosion on board, they can tell that when they do the investigation. the thing that concerns me is both the egyptian and russian government, both of them who are investigating this flight, have both been shown in the past not to be completely forthcoming with information. especially the russians. and the very fact they said from the very beginning its not airplane error or pilot error, that tells me the investigation could be flawed. >> a little too quick for you. finally, just...

Well keep you updated on that. also, the search is on for a pasadena woman last seen thursday night. she was supposed to attend a party but never showed up. her mother says she suffers from depression, and theres been no activity on her cell phone which is very out of character. her car is also missing. police charge a dallas mother with attempted murder after they say she or forced her 4-year-old son to eat ant poisen son. she apparently told her three children she planned to kill them and ...

>> good morning. ive got headlines to bring you. fox news alert. the airline that operated the doomed russian charter plane said the only explanation is what they call a an external influence in the air. metro jet, thats the carrier, now claiming that there were no technical problems or pilot error. they went on to say the planes just dont break apart midair. all 224 people on board were killed when that jet crashed in egypts sinai peninsula. egyptian officials dismissed claims that isis is behi...