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There were major errors in the pilots control equipment. >> in the pilot doesnt report any faults on the plane, all that will be carried out is routine maintenance checks. up until the wreck happened, we were not received any reports or sos calls. >> now the focus is turning to the black boxes. maybe those can resolve the issues investigators keep turning up. nick robertson has more. >> reporter: another tough day for the families of victims. the process of identifying the bodies continues. what...

Ntsb investigators of that disaster. like the metro jet crash, satellite imagery captured a midair heat signature. >> we had that same occurrence at twa flight 800, a satellite picked up the signature and it indicated, it confirmed for us what eyewitnesses had seen, that there was a fire ball. but. >> but it didnt explain why. it was simply a clue. also shared between the two disasters, unexplained split second sounds on the flight data recorders before they stopped recording. the similarities l...

From that analysis. >> it could be very soon, sharm el sheikh, thanks so much. >> the 224 victims of the crash. officials in st. petersburg say 33 bodies have been identified so far. today, nationalists mourn the victims of the countrys annual day of national -- lets turn to nic robertson. >> reporter: well, another tough day for the families of victims, the process of identifying the bodies continues. what they are hearing in russian media at the moment, two different versions of potentially wh...

This active situation in the san diego, california, area, we will bring it to you, of course, here on cnn. lets move along for now and talk about isis. not backing off claims that it shot down this russian passenger jet killing all 224 people on board. but new clues in this mystery crash, are raising more questions than answers. we now have the british government halting flights to this airport this egypt where the flight took off from saying they are concerned that the plane, quote, may well ...

Was a fire ball. >> reporter: but it didnt smain why. it was simply a clue. unexplained split second sounds. the similarities lead them to believe a fuel tank might have exploded. three miles away was the tail section. that holds another clue. possible structural failure. in november 2001, the airbus tail hit the tarmac on landing. the plane was repaired. a clear break from the rest of the debris raises this possibility. >> it could have been a structural failure of the plane that rp tured so th...

Have no explosive residue on them indicating either it was torn apart or a small bomb inside. >> miles, u.s. officials are saying this is a catastrophic event in flight and could have been a bomb or a massive mechanical failure. you believe a bomb is a distinct possibility. >> i do, anderson. i harkin back to pan am 103 over lockerbie. you recall a small amount of plastic explosives that caused that plane to go down. a strategically placed bomb near the tail section and given where the tail sect...

Intelligence, a cell phone conversation saying, the deed is done, we dont know what the intelligence is other than they have some piece of evidence. >> i gather its not the latter, not someone saying the deed is done, but we dont know what the difference is. but it itself, neither of these two streams, neither the forensics, nor the intelligence are conclusive. but when you put them together, they believe that theres growing indications that it was a bomb. but they cant conclude what brought the...

The tail section that had been nit a prior crash that had been potentially graphed as recently as may this year shows a potential for that tale fin to repair, not to appear as solid as it had been mechanically assessed, perhaps the tail of the aircraft broke off. they hering from their sources that the types of injuries that the passengers received in this aircraft fall into roughly two cat gores. those in front have a burn and trauma injuries, they say, indicative offaling from the sky. those i...

Kate? >> thanks so much. i want to bring in tom costello. other officials talking to andrea mitchell saying its likely, but premature to say that this was a bomb. what do you know about what investigators would be looking at at this point? >> well, one thing that has drawn their attention from the beginning is the fact that the tail section of this plane, as weve said before, landed a good three miles or so from the rest of the plane. so was the tail section torn off, as a result of an explosion...

This is the oldest newspaper in st. petersberg, also the most respected newspaper in st. petersbu petersburg. and of course, thats where this plane was flying to. they are now reporting something different that we havent heard until now. theyre saying there are basically two types of injuries that the people onboard the aircraft sustained. there were those in the front section of the aircraft who sustained trauma and burns from falling, and those at the rear section of the aircraft, the tail sec...