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Theres a lot of speculation and contradictory information. heres what we actually know right now is that about 25 minutes or so after taking off from sharm el-sheikh, the metrojet airline crashed into the ground. it left a large debris field indicating that it blew up or began to break up in the air. there is some speculation, according to aviation officials that weve spoken to, that there might have been some type of explosion in the plane or possibly from a mechanical malfunction possibly from...

Security service said traces of explosives were found in the wreckage hating a homemade bomb was smuggled onto that metrojet flight, with the explosive charge of about two pounds of tnt and he said thats why the plane broke apart in the air. in written statements isis claimed responsibility and said the act was retaliation for russian airstrikes against isis and others and todays announcement out of moscow is the first official acknowledgment that terrorism was the culprit. though it had been wi...

Agency says its too soon to make that conclusion though. earlier, russia seemed to downplay reports of terrorism after an isis- affiliated group claimed responsibility. but now james clapper says he cannot rule it out. conor powell is following the breaking news live from our mideast bureau. >> reporter: investigators from egypt, russia and france are taking a look at those black boxes, and theyre reportedly in good condition, providing a lot of information. to some questions to the -- so some q...

You are giving a solution to a problem that is nonexistent. there were 36.4 million flights in 2013 when i looked it up. out of that you had 81 crashes. thats one out of 2.4 million flights crashed. only 20% involved fatalities. now youve got to a small number. out of those 20%, no black boxes were lost. we are not having a problem here finding black boxes. the problem is 50%, 70% of crashes are pilot error. when you have something like this, this black box issue is putting a solution to a probl...

Descent. the jet as you know disintegrated upon impact instantly killing all 150 people on board. prosecutors identify the copilot as 28-year-old andreas lubitz a german national they say inessentially crashed this plane. what we dont know is why. we have live fox team coverage of these developments. doug mckelway could havecovering the story from washington. we begin with amy kellogg live in the french alps where loved ones are beginning to gather. amy? >> reporter: jon imagine how family membe...

Ways to help after being asked for assistance. this is of course the second malaiseysian airliner to disappear this year. we dont know if pilot error is to blame in either case. but some pilots in this region may not where getting all the training they need. >> these airlines have a difficult time frankly filling cockpits with qualified pilots. in the u.s. we have minimums and most pilots exceed the minimums when it comes to training standards. any time you have that kind of pressure in addition...

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