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I don't think something like this would rattle him. it was a pretty typical flight even though there was bad weather. i am leaning toward there being some kind of other mechanical issue that could have been enduced from the weather they were flying through. >> which means the pilot himself would have been fighting his own plane to keep it flying. >> right. and one of the problems with the fly by wire airplanes, i was speaking with some commercial airline pilots today who fly the a320, if it ices over you don't have reliable information. there are things you can to the do. the airplane will not...

Authorities are not confident. >> -- of course i say that. we pray for that. but we realize to the worst thing that maybe happened. >> the airplane in question is only six years old, nearly new considering it's not unusual to see 30-year-old planes still in service. the a320, much like the boeing 737, is a workhorse that specializes in short haul trips. and like the 737, its safety record is excellent. megyn. >> trace thank you. well, as the search for the wreckage continues, we are also learning new information on the pilots background and what happened the last time his family reportedly saw...

Nine of those crashes were deadly resulting in 656 deaths on the planes or on the ground. the first crash, shortly after the plane started service in 1988. air france flight 296 skimmed the top of trees during an air show demonstration flight. the cause? the fly by wire sxichl pilotystem and pilot error. in 2007 ten crashed on landing in sao paolo brazil. a reverse thruster had been deactivated. the plane unable to stop crashed into a cargo terminal. 187 passengers and crew died plus 12 on the ground. the deadliest crash for an a320. cause, likely pilot error or mechanical failure. and who cou...

Pulled from the wreckage. the answer to the primary question investigators are trying to figure out what brought down this plane. >> for the first time we hear voices from the cockpit of airasia flight 8501 as it takes off from indonesia, bound for singapore sunday morning. the airline confirms debris floating in the java sea is wreckage from the air bus a-320. >> the part that we found corresponds with the serial number of the lost plane. >> military aircraft spotted what looked like a shadow of the plane in the water them recovered luggage, what appeared to be an emergency slide and bodies. ...

Meanwhile, air bus has single two experts to jakarta, indonesia, to be continue with the investigation. the a-320 is a time of aircraft many of us around the united states and the world have flown frequently. according to air bus, that group of aircraft takes off and lands every two and a half seconds of every day. >> reporter: world wide more than 3,600 air bus a-320s are flown. eight american carriers combined have more than 450 a-320s in their fleet. among the biggest, jet blue with 130. united has 97. delta and u.s. airways, 69 each. in the short to medium range world, the a-320 is second ...