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Andreas Heize, 49, from Germany, had attempted to use the toilet on the KM Malta Airlines flight from Berlin to Malta as it began its ascent.

The couple say that they didnt have the experience they paid for and that the dogs ‘saliva goo ended up on one of their bare legs.

From plane disasters, with the disaster for example, they were able to find all in so many of the pieces that they could piece it together and see where the initial explosion took place. that will not be possible in this case. so, they will be working with a lot less material, just trying to figure out what went wrong. as you say, well not know this for a few days yet or weeks. >> yeah. the company aiding in this mission, says it has identified objects from the sea floor. depending on what they ...

Aviation in nearly a decade. laura ingall is live with the story in our new york city newsroom. laura, what do the numbers show? you have been crunching them. hi, heather. indeed if this airasia flight is confirmed to have gone down killing all on board, it would make this year the worst fors will of life in civil aviation in the last nine years. that is according to the netherlands-based aviation safety network, which koch pairs the death toll of plane disasters in 2005 when 1,111 people were k...

The netherlands based aviation safety network which outloans the worst loss of life in civil aviation in nine years temp the stats compare the death tolls of plane disasters in 2005 when 1,014 people were killed in passenger accidents. if all onboard the airasia flight perished it would we this yearsed toat loss of life to 924. an eerily similar scenario happened this year when malaysia flight mh370 dropped off the radar that plane has not been found. aviation expert says chances are well learn ...

What are the changes that have been made to air travel after the past plane disasters, david, do you think? >> well, lets talk about the black boxes for a second. like mary said, they have advanced to about 1970 when they went to -- i guess 76 when they went to a all-digital solid state type environment. before that it was a metal tape that actually scratched the altitude in to this metal tape. so theres been advancements, but since 1978, which is when the deregulation act went in the place it h...

Clues. so i agree completely with michael. it is a case of just waiting until this wreckage is found, which it will be. >> richard quest, thanks so much. michael goldfarb, thanks to you as well. the mystery continues. so are there any similarities between this mystery and other plane disasters? were looking at the controversial crash that stunned investigators and sparked conspiracy theories. mine was earned in korea in 1953.

Without a trace while heading from malaysia to china. its not the first time something like this has happened. cnns martin savidge has been looking at other plane disasters shrouded in mystery. >> reporter: even in our world of satellites and cell phone, giant airliners can disappear. at least for a while. the last was air france flight 447 in 2009. the air bus 330 with 228 people aboard vanished beyond radar on a flight from rio de janeiro from paris. >> translator: people who go on the planes ...

>> you know what though? it could be helpful for plane disasters. what if every passenger had a light weight parachute? >> the plane is going down. >> in which case the parachute will not do you much good. >> i guess you are right. >> technically where it stops is where it crashes. >> or why not watch a warner brothers cartoon and he jumps out before he hits the ground. >> that doesnt work. >> michael, there was not a ladder had baumgartner backed out. >> there wasnt? >> no. i believe he could h...