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To lose control. >> jfk jr. was only about half way done with getting his instrument rating so hes was in fully trained to fly and so if youre not trained to do that, and you dont have a horizon, the balance functions in your inner ear begin to play tricks with you. it appeared from the evidence of the recorded radar data that his flight path mirrored a classic spatial disorientation. reporter: the big story the disappearance of jfk jr. now available exclusively on fox nation. >> jon: pope franc...

>> an international fleet of aircraft and boats are now searching in two different areas. >> they had to look in the east because thats where debris was allegedly being reported. they had to look in the west because thats where their radar data had told them the plane had gone. >> but searchers still find nothing. days turn into weeks, and the search area expands even farther. >> why was there so much confusion when it came to where to search? >> we had no idea where that aircraft was, but yet t...

Vertically into the sea, killing all on board. in both cases, radar data showed there were similar violent oscillations, pitching up and down, before the planes crash. in the lion air case, there were other problems. that plane had maintenance issues with airspeed, altimeter and other gauges. there max 8 is a latest generation boeing 737 with more power, more fuel efficient engines. the bigger engines and associated the redesign of the trim controls. when the 2 control switches are turned off, a...

Aufrbg it causes a different reaction than earlier models of the 737. listen. >> its going to push the airplane up. when you push the airplane up, what action should he take to correct that rapid climb? he could have induced problems into the flight himself at that point in time. >> reporter: john goaly all points out the first officer in this ethiopian air crash had only 200 hours of flying time. compare that to a minimum of 1500 for u.s. first officers. the flight and data recorders have both ...

Hinting at. radar data shows the max 8 first climbed rapidly and descended down and killing everybody on board. in the october 218 crash of a lion air max 8, there were similar kinds of oscillations. but in that case, the plane had maintenance issues with gauges that monitor angle of attack and altitude. yesterday the aircraft had no maintenance issues. while the country of china has grounded all max 8 flights, neither boeing and neither the faa has done so. >> i dont see any technical reason wh...

The crash of the same model plane, a lion air that went down over the java sea last october killing 189 on board. in both cases the planes flew erratically on the vertical plane. the pilots unable to regain control. yesterdays crash the radar data shows the 737 ascended and descended before climbing steeply and tumbling down. it had been aloft for six minutes before air traffic controllers lost contact. the pilot was having control problems and requested permission to return to the airport. ethi...

And cockpit voice recorders. doug mckelway has the latest from reagan international airport. >> at the united nations today a flag at half-staff in honor of 157 people killed, 21 of them u.n. staffers in sundays crash of an ethiopian airlines boeing 737. >> as we all know ethiopian airlines is a well-known airline that has not experienced such accidents for a long time. >> it was the second boeing 737 max 8 to crash in five months. in the first it dove vertically into the sea killing all 189 on ...

>> an international fleet of aircraft and boats are now searching in two different areas. >> they had to look in the east because thats where debris was allegedly being reported. they had to look in the west because thats where their radar data had told them the plane had gone. >> but searchers still find nothing. days turn into weeks, and the search area expands even farther. >> why was there so much confusion when it came to where to search? >> we had no idea where that aircraft was, but yet t...

Able to address some questions that seem like simple ones, as you bring up the weather, the conditions that day that the boat still was allowed to get into the water. >> lets talk more about that. the owner of the duck boat company says the bad weather came out of nowhere. his words, but there are repeated warnings. werent there? meteorologists saw this coming. >> reporter: they did, alex. even if the water and the winds at 6:00 p.m. on thursday evening were calm, as the owner of the boat compan...

Cannot explain? >> that is correct, individuals that have high security clearances, trained observers, we have paid them and put them through schools to be trained. scrutinizing what they are seeing. these are individuals who we trust to fly weapons platform, sometimes with live ammunition over u.s. cities and to fights and win wars on our behalf. they are reporting that they are seeing something that they cannot explain. also backed up by the video evidence and the radar data. and other witness...