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You can remove some of the seats in order to pack more things in, or take more people, just depends on its -- it's a beautiful airplane. >> i think we're getting some more information on the aircraft itself. jeanne meserve in washington. she has that for us. stay right where you are. jean, what are you learning? >> tony, according to records, this particular aircraft had an air frame that dated to 1957. that may sound very old, and it is older than the average in the usair fleet, but i talked to chris dancy of the aircraft owners and pilots' association and he says it is not excessively old, t...

Required for pilots on the mainline carriers is stringent, but i don't want you to think the safety issue is with only those in the cockpit. the flight attendants aren't just there to toss snacks and serve drinks at 35,000 feet. they're highly trained professionals. they stand ready to risk their own lives to get you safely out of that plane should something go wrong. the men and women in the back of the plane are a major reason that you fly safely. as are the folks that you have never even seen, like the air frame and power plant mechanics who carry out the intensive maind nns on those planes...

Required for pilots on the mainline carriers is stringent, but i don't want you to think the safety issue is with only those in the cockpit. the flight attendants aren't just there to toss snacks and serve drinks at 35,000 feet. they're highly trained professionals. they stand ready to risk their own lives to get you safely out of that plane should something go wrong. the men and women in the back of the plane are a major reason that you fly safely. as are the folks that you have never even seen, like the air frame and power plant mechanics who carry out the intensive maind nns on those planes...

Required for pilots on the mainline carriers is stringent, but i don't want you to think the safety issue is with only those in the cockpit. the flight attendants aren't just there to toss snacks and serve drinks at 35,000 feet. they're highly trained professionals. they stand ready to risk their own lives to get you safely out of that plane should something go wrong. the men and women in the back of the plane are a major reason that you fly safely. as are the folks that you have never even seen, like the air frame and power plant mechanics who carry out the intensive maind nns on those planes...

Information blogs. and most specific information i can find is that the plane veered off course and dropped about 1600 meters before vanishes altogether. that would suggest that there was either severe turbulence that caused the entire plane you know to drop significantly. or there may have been some kind of an in-flight explosion or breakup of the air frame. and the transponder was still functioning for a few seconds after this catastrophic event. but other than that, this airplane has basically disappeared. and that is the strange and mysterious thing that has everybody so concerned and worr...