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Data recorder,he cockpit voice recorder. that's where with we'll learn the story of this tragedy. >> what's the reality of the airbus 321? is this a very reliable aircraft? >> it's an extremely reliable airplane. it's one of the work horses for airlines around the world. i flew it for six years, i found it to be a wonderful airplane to fly. i enjoyed it. i felt as though it was a very, very well designed, manufactured airplane. it's comfortable for the pilots as well as the passengers. it's a very capable airplane. it can fly in very bad weather very easily. it's a modern airplane. it has all ...

Ocean? how long it has taken for the debris to be seen and floating off the coast? >> well, if it is confirmed that it is airasia, it would coincide with all the circumstances that have occurred since the aircraft disappeared. we've had radar plots of the aircraft through the point that it disappeared. we were also in communication with the aircraft up to approximately three minutes prior to its disappearance. we knew its approximate altitude. we knew its approximate speed. and with all of that information, and understanding its fuel load, the fuel it had on board, were able to more or less ca...

Are right there's a protocol which they are used to. they have weather radar. it's an lcd screen that sits in front of them in the cockpit that detects heavy precipitation. magenta shows heavy and green shows light. about 160 miles the crew will have a discussion about which way they want to go. they never want to go over the top. as mentioned by bill cloud tops go to 50,000 feet. you have to clear the cloud tops by 5,000 feet and airbuses don't go that high so you look for a lateral separation and that will depend on fuel load. if they have an opportunity to go ten miles one way or 30 miles t...

Actually happened? what are some of the scenarios, as they request to move their altitude higher and then five minutes later are completely off the radar, what are some of the possible scenarios that could have gone on? >> well, the five minutes i think is a key importance. there are just below 40,000 feet, which is pretty high for that aircraft. we just don't exactly know the fuel load, but approximately three-and-a-half hours of fuel. so the five hours if they did depart flights, depart control flights, they are going to fall at over 10,000 feet per minute. and that's about the same time it ...

A russian-made surface-to-air. >> ukraine released images it says three missile launchers heading back toward russia. vladimir putin is under enormous pressure to order the pro russian separatists to lay down their arms. >> and evidence from the crash site is proving very hard. >> the area is under strict control of heavily armed rebels. international observers say they've been kept from examining the wreckage. so far the voice and data recorders have not been recovered. >> the remains of the 298 victims are finally being collected. but as phil black tells us, even this task is hampered by the...