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Investigating it? it doesn't have a black box? where do you start? >> the question was this aircraft does not have a black box, no. it is an old vintage aircraft. there are many that do not have what you refer to as a black box nor are they required to have a black box. the problem is that we investigated accidents for decades, and it has only been in the last few that black boxes actually exist. so we go back to the basics. the initial report was a loss of engine power. we're going to look at that and we're going to look at everything. >> why do pilots always recommend not to turn around. the...

What you refer to as a black box nor are they required to have a black box. the problem is that we investigated accidents for decades, and it has only been in the last few that black boxes actually exist. so we go back to the basics. the initial report was a loss of engine power. we're going to look at that and we're going to look at everything. >> why do pilots always recommend not to turn around. the procedure is not making a u-turn. i don't have any clue. >> a return to airport depends on what altitude you're at. i don't know what altitude this pilot was at at the time that he chose to do t...

Other than that the fire department and resources will maintain here throughout the night and assist with the other agencies involves. again, our resources arrived on scene and transported the man to the hospital and he is in moderate but stable condition at the time. now i would like to bring up the representative for the ntsb. >> i'm patrick jones, an investigator with the national transportation safety board. the first and most important thing is that we have had injuries and we hope that the family and pilot all recover in a rapid period of time. approximately 14:20 this afternoon. there w...

That's, we believe he is going to survive at this point. >> you said it appeared this pilot at the santa monica airport left and then took off and then circled back around to the runway or can you tell us -- >> i am actually responding to the information to the atc tapes that have been apparently already been played, because that is where i have heard it from. the pilot reported a loss of engine power and was attempting to return. [ reporter asking question ] >> next question. >> why wasn't there any sort of fire from the fuel? >> that requires speculation that i can't make at this point. >> m...

>> the question was this aircraft does not have a black box, no. it is an old vintage aircraft. there are many that do not have what you refer to as a black box nor are they required to have a black box. the problem is that we investigated accidents for decades, and it has only been in the last few that black boxes actually exist. so we go back to the basics. the initial report was a loss of engine power. we're going to look at that and we're going to look at everything. >> why do pilots always recommend not to turn around. the procedure is not making a u-turn. i don't have any clue. >> a retu...