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U.s. spy satellite. the satellite was over the sinai peninsula when flight 9268 went down. the flash may indicate an explosion or onboard fire. or it could just have registered the plane hitting the ground. dr. allen deal is a former ntsb investigator. he's also author of the book "air safety investigators using science to save lives one crash at a time." he's joining us via skype from new mexico. thank you for being with us. let's talk about this heat flash for a moment. how could it have been spotted by a u.s. spy satellite? what would that satellite be up there looking for in the first pl...

In the day. right now people who lost friends and family in that class are expressing sorrow and frustration. the impromptu memorial at st. petersburg airport continues to gr grow. nick robertson has more on the anguish in russia. >> reporter: a mother arrives and bears her heart. i just arrived from siberia, she says. my daughter was on the plane. she almost collapses before being helped away. in her grief, she is not alone. sunday declared a day of national mourning. flower upon flower piling up outside the terminal where metro jet night 9268 was due to land. the another man lays his flowe...

Awaiting the bodies of their loved one. adding to frustration is the fact that the more information we're receiving from different officials, the less we actually know about what happened. >> metrojet airline is holding a press conference in moscow this morning, saying russian passenger jet flight 9268 could not have broken apart in midair by itself. this amid new reports the passenger jet broke into pieces as it flew over the remote egyptian countryside. the fuselage disintegrating around 20 minutes into the flight. from an egyptian resort town to st. petersburg saturday, according to russian...

Only explanation would be an external influence. overnight nearly 150 of the 224 passengers killed on board arriving in russia. mourners of the mostly russian victims gathering at st. petersburg airport where the air jet was supposed to end its journey. aerials of the crash site show mangled wreckage strewn across nearly eight square miles. but egypt's prime minister says there are no indications that anything out of the ordinary was about to happen on this airline. egypt's civil aviation minister adding, there are no reports the airplane had faults. checks done before takeoff did not reveal a...

Burn injuries or burn scars. but the more information that's coming out from the various different individuals and government parties that are involved, the more convoluted and mysterious the reasons behind the downing of the aircraft become. >> reporter: this morning, new photos emerging of the black box from russian passenger jet flight 9268. metro airlines holding a press conference in moscow, claiming the airliner could not have broken apart in midair by itself. metro jet airlines holding a press conference this morning in moscow, saying russian passenger jet flight 9628 could not have bro...