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Of eight, was in the region taking this image of the drone falling into the water, but was in international airspace. but it was passengers aboard commercial aircraft who appeared to be in the greatest danger over the gulf of oman, with a flight track showing the missile passing just miles in front of a civilian qatar airways flight. >> this is a completely irresponsible action by the iranians to shoot a missile just miles in front of a commercial airliner. if the radar track had shifted from the drone to that commercial airliner, we would be talking about hundreds of people who would have bee...

Flaps, position of the engine, thrust, et cetera. really just a full picture of what's going on with the mechanical part of the plane. and since the plane was only seven years old, there's a chance that we'll have what's called an advanced parameter black box, meaning the black box will have even more leads from the engine and the plane. and it will be able to tell exactly what was going on with all parts of the plane. very important they've got it. >> so that the debris field was scattered over a very large area. does that indicate to you explosion, a breakup upon impact, what? >> well, you k...

Turkish president not backing down, saying that faced with the same violation today turkey would give the same response. this flight track says the jet was in turkish air space. audio recordings prove warnings were given. the russian flight navigator who survived said that wasn't the case and russia's foreign minister lavrov said it appeared the attack wasn't spontaneous but a planned provocation. adding to the military concerns, russia has deployed an s 400 missile system to its syrian base 30 miles from the turkish border. it has a range of 155 miles. and today russia's military cut all comm...

Things that jump out here. as this plane was climbing the altitude track is what changed dramatically. the air speed remained constant. so the engines were still working, and they were still producing power. but in a one minute -- had just one minute, something very, very dramatic happened. the plane pitched up and dramatically climbed and then fell from the sky. in previous crashes that has meant the loss of a structural member. for example, in alaska air, it lost the horizontal stabilizer, the part of the tail that controls the nose up or nose down. in american airlines 587 in 2001, prior da...

It weather. so, russia is a danger zone. now, who is this airline? >> well, we know it's from owe-it's a siberian airline. >> right. >> they went bankrupt recently. the russians built the space station. the technological know how is there. >> it doesn't matter. yes, they have good pilots, also, they is a lack of discipline also that i have seen in associating with russian pilots when i was based over in europe flying for a foreign carrier. it's not the quality -- not the ability of the russian to fly. it's the fact that the infrastructure does not support them very well. and they don't have a ...