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Evidence of the root cause of the accident that is when you stop adding layers. so in this case it was necessary to build the entire aircraft back. and peter can tell us more about that. how that happened was that there simply were not answers until they saw the entire impact. there was a lot of questions about whether there was a missile from the outside in or inside out. those were agsed but it took a lot of assembly work. >> painstakingly, you can see how much work it did take to put that together. richard, we've heard from airasia ceo tony fernandes. he said the airline isn't sweeping chan...

Event. but remember the air france crash in 2009 also happened in bad weather with no distress call. and it turned out the pilots there spent minutes trying to save that plane. and aviation experts caution that plane crashes are almost never the result of a single event but rather a series of events. some families of the passengers and crew continue to hold out hope. and we should note the miracle on the hudson involved an a320 just like flight 8501 but authorities are not confident. >> -- of course i say that. we pray for that. but we realize to the worst thing that maybe happened. >> the air...

Conference. we'll bring you anymore news as it comes to hand. this missing plane, an airbus a-320, part of airasia's fleet. miguel marquez takes a closer look at the plane's history and how it flies with other airlines around the world. >> worldwide, more than 3600 airbus 320s are flown by more than 400 airlines, charter companies and private entities. eight american carriers combined have more than 450 a320s in their fleet, amongs the biggest, jet blue with 190. delta and u.s. airways, 69 each. in the short to medium range world, the a320 is second only to boeing 737, which has delivered near...

Fight. this aircraft essentially was made in their country. not only that they have experience. they investigated air france 447, so they are not inexperienced when it comes to -- >> yeah they certainly know what they are doing when it comes to that kind of investigation. will we definitely find out what brought down the plane? >> when they get those black boxes, it's going to be critical. they are located right in the back part of the a-320. so it's in the tail area. and it's strategically placed there because oftentimes when you have a crash, it's usually nose first. so it's oftentimes prote...

Airbus says every 2.5 seconds, a plane from one of its 320 family is taking off or landing somewhere in the world. the missing plane was delivered to airasia in 2008. since then, the airline says it has taken off some 13,600 times, logging approximately 23,000 hours in the air. airasia flight 8501 was carrying more than 18,000 pounds of fuel enough for three hours of flight. shortly before disappearing, the pilot asked if he could ascend to 38,000 feet. that request was denied. the a320 is certified to fly up to 39,000 feet. its absolute limit is 42,000 feet. weight, temperature and fuel all p...