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And the airbus certainly the airbus 340 did this in airfrance. the plane tried to save itself it's programmed to shut dpoun other systems and ensure the most vital systems to keep the plane flying. it's possible it was doing that here we don't know but the different times on systems failing to me might be significant. >> all right. mary jeff, i appreciate it. thank you very very much. this also just in we are getting word that right now the airport briefing of the families has been happening, that it has ended. it was behind closed doors. we're going to bring you the details next this is cnn's...

>> nice to have you here. let's talk about this "wall street journal" report. here's the scenario. supposedly a u.s. source told "the wall street journal" that the maker of the plane's engine, rolls royce, received pulses of data from the plane's engines after it disappeared from the radar. which means, i suppose, it could have been flying for up to four hours after it disappeared from the radar. i mean, what do you think about that? is that a plausible scenario? >> well, it's factually possible. the plane, the 777 is like the 340. the airbus 340 was the plane on air france 447. that plane did...

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