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They're not examining a repair job on the tail that was damaged hitting the ground 14 years ago. they're also searching the airport where the plane took off, questioning those who serviced it, caterers, cleaners, baggage handlers. the terror group isis is active in egypt and claims it downed the plane. the truth will likely emerge from the two flight recorders, investigators analyzing these now, but making nothing public. and indeed making it clear that they won't make anything public for a long time. within the last hour, isis has repeated its claim saying we downed the plane. we don't have t...

So defense officials tell nbc news a missile is not the cause. a russian news agency says one black box reveals routine conversations, then unusual sounds in the cockpit, but no distress signal. the debris field is also yielding clues. the russian news agency says investigators have found what are described as elements not related to the aircraft structure. isis claims it downed the plane. egypt's president dismisses that. it's propaganda, he says, and warns about jumping to conclusions. the u.s. is cautious, too, about a terrorist link. >> it's unlikely but i wouldn't rule it out. >> reporter...

Above 31,000 feet detected a heat flash. there are a number of possible explanations for that. it could be a fuel tank or an engine on board the plane exploding. it could be a missile strike. it could be a bomb on board. or it could be the plane hitting the ground. at least that's what you would imagine. but u.s. defense officials have gone further and ruled out a couple of those. they say this was a heat flash. it wasn't -- it wasn't a trail that might have been caused by a rocket or a missile. and they also say it was detected at altitude so it was not from it the plane hitting the ground. s...

Of any terrorist involvement yet. >> does isis have the ability to shoot down an airliner? >> it's unlikely but i wouldn't rule it out. >> nbc news chief global correspondent bill neely is live in cairo this morning. bill, what's the very latest? >> reporter: good morning, jose. so james clapper not ruling out terrorism and the kremlin not ruling out terrorism either. at minute in cairo today, investigators from rgs rgs and egypt have been working on the two black box flight recorders which were recovered in good condition from the debris. at the minute we understand they are done loading the ...

The break-up. but the jet had an accident once before. its tail damaged landing in cairo 14 years ago. it passed inspection six months ago in ireland. the airline says the incident didn't affect the plane's safety. in st. petersburg, a second day of mourning. they know russian charter airlines have a poor safety record, but they know, too, their country is bombing syria and they've been victims of terrorism before. so for now, all eyes are on the black box flight recorders recovered from the scene. they're still being examined in cairo. the voices and data on those most likely to unlock this m...