and the french do, as well, as the manufacturer of the plane. so they get that recorder back, they can start downloading data from it. if it is undamaged or if it is, you know, relatively undamaged, they can start getting data from that in as short as a few hours. >> so peter, now that the egyptian airport official is saying that he does not suspect terroristic activity, but we should mention there is an active isis aligned snurnl ee e in parts of the sinai, how would that help investigators? >> i think two things take place. one is you never eliminate any of the causes this early in the investigation. investigators will look to see if there are, in fact, any indications of terrorist activity. but pretty clearly, there's some