what the crew saw, some sort of contrail coming in their direction. also in the past investigators in the case of the twa 800 -- this is the anniversary of that particular event. >> yes, tonight. >> the noise of that explosion, they were able to triangulate the noise by all the microphones in the cockpit and learned a little something about that. that will be helpful. the flight data recorder in this case will have a wealth of information about what systems failed, when they failed, that sort of thing. how sudden it was. and these boxes are on the ground. we've had reports that they've been recovered. the big question's going to be into whose hands will they fall and will this be a really objective international investigation? >> and that is a crucial question because, again, the area where this plane has gaup down you heard people taking pieces of this plane into their yards. very unclear what the situation may be. up next, new questions about malaysia airlines, how does it find itself at the center of