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Could walk out of the plane but could no longer walk after the shock wore off. >> reporter: the plane is destroyed. the scattered pieces give investigators their first clues as to what happened. >> the engines were forward of the plain wreckage. so they traveled further than the rest of the wreckage. to us it could indicate the engines were producing power. >> reporter: the engines appear to have been functioning, but not much else is known. trying to decipher what happened, they locate the flight data and cockpit voice recorders. when they download the critical information it reveals a danger...

The best experience possible. because we should fit into your life. not the other way around. air france 447 disappears outside the reach of radar. no witnesses, no mayday. it takes nearly two years for the wreckage to be found at the bottom of the ocean. after downloading the information on the flight data and cockpit voice recorders, investigators begin to unravel just what happened on board the airbus 330. >> 447 was in normal cruise. o auto pilot engaged. >> about three and a half hours into the flight, the captain leaves the cockpit to take a break, trading places with one of the two co...

Walk out of the plane but then could no longer walk after the first sort of shock wore off. >> the plane is destroyed but the scattered pieces give investigators the first clues as to what happened. >> the engines were actually forward of the main wreckage so they had traveled further than the rest of the wreckage. to us, it could indicate that the engines were producing power. >> the engines appear to have been functioning but not much else is known. trying to decipher what did happen, investigators locate the flight data and cockpit voice recorders. when they download the critical informatio...

Didn't go off, especially with terrain there, that the instruments wouldn't have been able to notify them. given that, what's the biggest challenge right now to investigators as they're still getting that debris from the site? >> well, before the investigators can really begin their work, first and foremost, they're going to be looking for survivors. if there are no survivors, they will be trying to get the remains out and the investigators can then really begin to work. they're going to look for the flight data and cockpit voice recorders. those two recorders will tell a whole lot about what ...

The f-16 that the cessna was there. >> why didn't the air traffic controllers see this small cessna? why didn't they warn the f-16? why didn't the f-16 not see this traffic. >> reporter: investigators say that flight data recordings on the f-16 will be key. steve osunsami, south carolina. new details this morning about the gun used in the san francisco murder at the center of the immigration debate. the gun was stolen from a federal agent, a ranger with the bureau of land management, it was taken when someone broke into his car just days before kathyrn steinle was shot. it's not clear how th...