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Do go down or they find where it actually went down, they're going to have to get the recorders underneath there because they do not float at all. they will sink. >> so if they obviously the chances are pretty good they can recover those. when you talk about the ice crystals forming, what other possibilities are there? planes just don't break up in midair although we have that american airlines flight 587 back in 2001. right after 9/11 where they were taking off from jfk, got into a vortex from a boeing 747 and the pilot apparently made it too sharp of a turn and man, oh, man, that tail just c...

Certainly severe icing can. these aircraft can carry a certain amount of what they call air frame icing. there's limits to all these things. that's why the pilot experience and pilot skill are so important. and airbuses are a great airplane. it's got a good safety record. i'm not suggesting there's anything wrong with the airbus design. but we do know there's limits. we have seen hail bring down aircraft. lightning has occasionally brought down aircraft. and certainly icing over the years has caused accidents. >> and let's talk about the fact that as far as the plimt information goes, and this...

Information that's inconsistent where the auto pilot is acting in a manner that it shouldn't be. there have been some airbuses have crashed due to the computer system they put a new package in that doesn't quite work right. >> okay. thank you. stick around again. we'll take a quick break and when we come back stay with us because we'll go the airport at indonesia where this flight departed. stay with us. [ high-pitched ] nailed it! [ normal voice ] you're right, that was really easy. i know, i told you so. on progressive.com you can compare our progressive direct rates with our competitors' ra...

>> me, too. >> to see that sort of re-enactment. >> where was the captain for six minutes, could have come in and saved the day. another interesting report, when they make airbuses versus the way they make boeings. if the pilots are working against each other in the airbus, the one guy can move forward, the other guy pull back. in the other setup on the boeing, if i, the pilot, i pull back. your control goes back, as well. you are aware of what i am doing. it is a different kind of build-up in the airbus. that's why now, there could be some investiga >> you kidding me, brutal al s this morni...

That's the control yoke, right? that's the stick, that's what controls airbuses. they differ from boeing because in boeing both the pilot and the co-pilot can feel the pressure on the stick, megyn? in airbuses the other pilot in the plane can't feel the pressure so one doesn't know what the other is doing. that's part of it. airbus says absolutely not, we've been flying millions of hours and aviation experts agree that it was not the stick, but it's one thing they're looking at. megyn: wow. trace, thank you. details about the factors that may have led to this tragedy are outlined in the telegr...