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Required repair. that might mean nothing. >> that might mean absolutely nothing. >> the 321 incidentally is prone to tail strikes, both on takeoff and landing, because it is a stretched version. it is one of the things that 321 pilots are warned about. because it is a longer aircraft, as you rotate, you have to be careful of that. there will be people that will be remembering previous instants where tail strike repairs haven't been done properly and there have been failures, in one case, seven years later. this is just something that's out there. otherwise, the a-321, an extremely reliable, ex...

European aviation safety association. administration. so we know their concern according to this document stems from an a-321, that is the same family as the a-320. just slightly larger. the problem was that there were two, what's called an angle of attack probes on the airplane. essentially, what these two probes do is measure the angle of the plane to the horizon. if those two pieces of equipment are not functioning properly, you could have the situation where the pilot is getting the wrong indications inside of the cockpit and based on that wrong information, the pilot is then entering his ...

It does have a full air itbus fleet. all of their planes are of the a 3-20. the a 3-19 and maybe a couple a3-21 aircraft for longer routes. they don't generally fly long haul. also we've been saying it was planning to rebrand this airline. >> it is just a two-hour flight as you mentioned. you also pointed out to us and it's important to reiterate, that we're getting close to easter, families traveling. obviously this will be a great deal. we cannot cannot forget the human cost. 148 souls are believed to have been lost between bars sellcelona germany. do we know anything about the flight manife...

The one that we hear about in terms of recording the voices of the pilots, co-pilot, what is happening in the cockpit. and essentially the investigation will focus on downloading the at that tidata cockpit voice recorder and the flight data roerd aeporters and specialists will be able to determine right up to the point that electric cat power was cut off to those systems exactly what happened on that airplane in terms of the flight control systems and everything associated mechanically and electrically as well as everything happening in the cockpit in terms of the pilots talking to one another...

Controllers that there were technical issues, according to investigators, and about 20 minutes into the flight contact was lost and the plane dropped off the radar. the plane crashed in a volatile part of the sinai where egyptian military forces have been battling isis militants. but both russian and egyptian officials have ruled out a terror attack or they say any foul play. also egypt's prime minister said the plane was checked before departing from the airport and that there were no mechanical problems. and now the moscow-based metrojet also said in a statement earlier today that the a-321,...