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And there are different ways that you can make the airplane descend. >> peter, they have yet located one of the recorders. what can we learn from the flight data that we don't know now? >> i think we've got the major pieces but you would want to confirm exactly what the pilot was doing during the final moments. it will confirm whether, when he put the new altitude in it will confirm whether he had done anything prior to that. had he tried this out during the preflight? was there any other warning signals prior to this terrible event taking place? but i think the voice recorder has told the tal...

The wind slowing things down. but the investigators there have two priorities. the first being to find that missing flight data recorder. 9 they're still looking for the file. the ceo of lufthansa said he believes there's a high probability that they will eventually find the recorder itself. but the question is what kind of condition will that recorder be in when and if they do. especially considering it's seen as important to giving them more clues as to how that plane was performing, what sort of commands that plane was receiving prior to impact. their second priority today is to continue to...

>> are these things we will ultimately learn once we get the flight data recorder? >> this was a retro fitted aircraft. it was put in after 2003 or 2004 probably. that's going to be a problem. the newer aircraft, it would be on the data recorder. we won't have that benefit. we're looking for reasons why this happened. typically you get the flight data record their tells how things went but it doesn't tell you why. we get the voice recorder to tell you why. now we have the flight data and still asking why. it's terribly frustrating for families and also the investigators trying to put this toge...

Nothing more about him, but there are reporters en route to find out as much as they possibly can. we can tell you 50 german families flew out from dusseldorf about 60 families from spain, from barcelona to marseille to make their way up into the alps the staging area. they're held there now and asked to do a flyover, over the crash site but denied because of the rov rir effort and investigation still very much ongoing. we are told that they did know about this. we're not told when they knew about this. whether it was after this "new york times" revelation overnight or if it was beforehand. ce...

Now being analyzed. responders continue to search for the flight data from a second recorder after finding its case today. our thoughts and prayers continue to be with the families of the victims on board. . it's daunting. what if i make the wrong choice? it's like, if i buy a t-shirt and then change my mind i can return it. but a car? you don't reeeaaa eeeeeaaaaaly know until you've driven it a few days. i just want to be sure. ♪ ♪ as long as people drive cars carmax will be the best way to buy them. i have a cold with terrible chest congestion. i better take something. theraflu severe co...