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Well, the leader was run up for the second time on sod my charges. and just seven hours before he took the flight controls. they're scrambling to find a scapegoat. the government also has been mum with satellite data. critics say they were quick to cast suspicion on the pilot because of erased data from his flight simulator. meanwhile, investigators continue to look at the pilots' life, religion, and politics.

Was a minor field, was found five, six, seven days after the initial event. the black box is in the main body of the debris. not found until a considerable time later. virtually two years. so the information that's contained on them is absolutely essential. one is a cockpit voice recorder that runs in a two-hour loop. so in the case of a malaysia air, the problem is going to be that you're only going to get the last two hours of conversation, if that's found. the other box has a treasure-trove of data regarding the flight controls, operational systems, the position of flaps, where the thrust h...

Firestorm where the five-decade reign is showing signs of deteriorating. well, the leader was run up for the second time on sod my charges. and just seven hours before he took the flight controls. they're scrambling to find a scapegoat. the government also has been mum with satellite data. critics say they were quick to cast suspicion on the pilot because of erased data from his flight simulator. meanwhile, investigators

Process. if we had a fire situation our objective toys get the airplane on the ground as quickly as possible. >> john, can you show some of the other systems down there. depressurizing, some of the other things that are possible to look at? >> they're tough to see. but collins makes radio gear. you can see here, we'll give them a little commercial, collins radios extensively used. hamilton standard makes lots of controls on airplanes and some electronics. we saw cabin pressure controller on the other side. we have here control units for certain actuators. the 777 is a digital airplane. it's ru...

Controls on airplanes and some electronics. we sought cabin pressure controller on the other side. we have here control units for certain actuators. the 777 is a digital airplane. it's run by electronics. even connections from the pilot, there's only i think seven cables in the whole airplane for the flight controls. it's a fly by wire airplane with minimum backup. >> here's the traffic alert and tcas as they call it. when you get too close to another airplane. >> there's the cabin controller right here, cabin pressure controller. for the most part these boxes, locations are standardized. but ...