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Just what happened to this a321. despite the damage, the plane was repaired. >> if it's done properly and done by a mechanic that's experienced and the procedure is followed, it shouldn't be an issue. >> reporter: airbus vigorously tests its planes for such a possibility. >> we go beyond the limit by putting the tail on the ground and slowly accelerate. >> reporter: for the tests, the planes are equipped with a special skid to prevent damage, shown in this airbus flight material. >> if it's too harsh, we can stress the repairs. >> reporter: but tail strikes can be deadly even years after the i...

Again, that number all year, he's been outpacing rest of the field. whether they end up voting for him, we'll see. but we can certainly say republican voters like ben carson more than any of these other candidates. >> steve kornacki, thank you very much. there is a potentially crucial piece of new information in the deadly crash of that russian passenger jet in egypt's sinai peninsula. a senior defense official tells nbc news an american infrared satellite detected a heat flash at the same time and in the same area where that airbus a-321 went down killing everyone on board. let's go live to...

More now from south florida as police continue to follow that chevy tahoe, a stolen vehicle, they confirm a black male suspect behind the wheel, hit two police cars in miami-dade county. now this vehicle has traveled to broward county. for perspective, the driver traveling about 60 miles through packed traffic in miami-dade county, taking roads that are generally very heavy at this time of day with drivers, we saw him earlier going up opposite lanes of traffic to evade the police. we will keep you posted and bring you back to florida as we get an update. now to frances rivera. >> we are foll...

Clapper was saying that you can't rule out terrorism. how significant is it that 14 years ago it was involved in an incident in cairo where the tail was affected? >> well, i think it could be very significant depending on how the repair was done, what inspections were done after the repair, and so forth. those are things that the investigators are going to look at very closely. the a-321 has an outstanding safety record. what makes this accident airplane unique are things that are going to be the central focus of the investigators to learn what happened. >> john cox, thank you very much for be...

Usually when you have something cavity traffic that is going to happen, it doesn't happen when you reach cruise. >> absolutely not. most happen at or near takeoff or landing or climbing out or the landing sequence. this is extremely rare. what happens in recent history it has been severe weather, level 6 thunderstorms, like airasia, 708 or an explosion. very rare to have, as the pilot allegedly said, a technical difficulty and started descent. it was fast but not out of the parameters for this plane. >> investigators are saying at this point it appears to be a technical problem. we know this i...