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From the prosecutors office that they have located the black box. we do not know the condition it is in. but we do know that these recorders are really manufactured under strict guidelines. theyre made to withstand massive force. theyre made to withstand the most extreme instances, but still at this point we dont know what kind of condition that recorder is in. >> paul ginsburg is on the phone, a black box expert. are you there, paul? >> yes, i am. >> how do they extract this information from th...

At the same time new leads are coming in. >> late today chinese authorities released satellite photos of what they call a suspected crash site. >> 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 have told them the plane had gone. >> but searchers still find nothing. days turn into weeks, and the search ar...

Allegedly being reported. they had to look in the west because thats where their radar data have 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 the pressures on to do something. >> rescue seven one. >> it became the biggest oceanic search of all time. >> this is completely unprecedented on so many l...

Crew member regarding an accident or incident or i cant let you in something else like that then that would immediately imply deliberate attempt. >> you could hear him banging on the door you can hear the captain banging on the door. how do you think they have determined that this co-pilot caused this plane to go on the path that put it into the mountainside? >> from the cockpit voice recorder theres really nothing recorded on there that would tell you exactly what buttons he was pushing, what h...

Descent rate, 3,000 feet per minute. >> translator: yes, about 3,000 feet per minute with a few variations, fairly constant. >> translator: thats what you saw on the chart? >> translator: yes, with a constant direction. >> translator: let me make clear, that information is not recorded parameters. this is radar data. so the precision is that of radar data. >> [ inaudible ]. there was some rumor about lithium batteries being present in this airplane. do we know at all what was in the cargo check?...

West? >> yes. thats because newly discovered military radar reveals the plane may have turned back to the west. at the same time new leads are coming in. >> late today chinese authorities released satellite photos of what they call a suspected crash site. >> 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...

Trends. have you to look at a lot of radar data. the radar data people are pulling off the internet those are 14 to 16-second hits. they dont have the radar at four seconds. to say the airplane stalled or the pilot was trying make a landing, at this point without really having the fidelity of the data on the ftr and understanding what the crew was talking about on the cvr, we arent going to know a story line for this particular event until we get better data. one last point. the crucial part wit...

Before it fell 30,000 some feet flight 8501 was apparently climbing. thats what a source tells reuters saying specifically the jet made an unbelievably steep climb nicole politzi source came to this conclusion after apparently seeing radar data from the plane and heres more of what this source told reuters and i quote, so far the numbers taken by the radar are unbelievably high. this rate of climb is very high too high. it appears to be beyond the performance envelope of the aircraft. now cnn ha...

What is happening above, of course, with the sea and the wind. >> we also know tom, that radar data has suggested that the plane made a steep climb before it crashed. what does that tell you about what might have happened? >> yeah. i have to say, you know, this is one of those unconfirmed e roanous reports that we do not have confirmed. its not confirmed by my own reporting. my own reporting has the plane was last on the radar scope at 36,300 feet. theres other unnamed sources that are being quo...

Opposite direction, hundreds of miles to the west. >> i sat in the studio covering this, and we would look at each other and say, did he just simply say were looking to the west? >> yes. thats because newly discovered military radar reveals the plane may have turned back to the west. at the same time new leads are coming in. >> late today chinese authorities released satellite photos of what they call a suspected crash site. >> an international fleet of aircraft and boats are now searching in tw...