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Think about what it's like if you were to go to denver and hike around the foothills of the rockies there, that's what you're getting. a strain on all people trying to reach the location and strain on getting out with everything. it will be a tremendous amount of work. overriding all of it right now, john, is the urgency to get in there and get flight data and voice recorder because that's what will explain what actually happened to this plane because we know now it was in good repair based on an engineering check yesterday. we know that it had a skilled and experienced pilot onboard. we know ...

It's the not knowing that just really destroys you. >> with me now a former managing director for the ntsb peter. >> welcome, peter. >> good morning, carol. >> good morning. the beacon battery for the flight data expired in december 2012. it was not replaced. important because that beacon is designed to send a signal if a crash occurs in the water. did the hundreds of people straining to hear a ping in the indian ocean know that? >> well they didn't know that. it really is unforgivable. what it may do is show malaysia airlines had a -- not the most stringent culture of safety. this kind of rep...

What are you learning about how this happened? >> reporter: good morning, jose. we are learning about how it may have happened and hearing from passengers aboard that flight and their fears as they watched the frigid waters get closer and closer. one woman in the front of the plane, felt unprepared for what possibly was coming. worried she might never see her family again. today those passengers 127 of them on board, a lot of them saying they feel very lucky, very blessed. and the port authority is praising the pilot's work. >> i think the pilot did everything he could to slow the aircraft dow...

Abc's david kerley has the details. >> reporter: out on the southern indian ocean these ships are still searching for malaysia 370, one of aviation's greatest mysteries. after that frustratingly long search for the wreck of the airasia jet. a new plan aims to keep this from ever happening again to a jet flying over water. the national transportation safety board wants jet line toers transmit their location more often or a flight data location more often so rescue crews have a smaller area to search or the jets should be equipped with an ejectable recorder when something goes wrong. the board i...

Divers have found the tail section of airasia flight 8501. the plane's flight data and voice recorders, the so-called black boxes are loaded in the tail section. but there is no guarantee that those boxes will be found in the debris. it really depends which part of the tail section was found. and we're learning we need to be finding the right-hand side. a palestinian man is sentenced to three life terms for his conviction of planning the kidnapping and murder of three israeli teenagers last year. the israeli court also ordered him to pay $63,000 compensation to each of the teens' families. t...