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20-some years old and had, i think, 50-some thousand hours, doesn't make it dangerous. i'm sure you've seen in the press, the co-pilot's reportedly said that he was not happy with the condition of the aircraft. that's just a press account. nothing official. but i think at this point we don't -- we probably shouldn't assume that there was a known mechanical problem that this plane was operating unsafely or knowingly unsafely. we'll just have to wait until we get the information from the recorders and take it from there. obviously, the russians are visiting the offices of metro jet and they're l...

We'll just have to wait until we get the information from the recorders and take it from there. obviously, the russians are visiting the offices of metro jet and they're looking at all the background information, including even the fuel that was put aboard the aircraft before it left. they always do that. they take fuel samples from the tanks where the fuel came from, that was used aboard the airplane. they're going to check out everything. egyptians are going to be thorough about this and the russians and the french i'm sure will help. >> that's right. there are a number of investigations und...

Indication from the flight crew that something catastrophic was starting to happen. and they reported the that. and that will be the main clue and i think that the egyptian authorities are relying on that communication to dismiss terrorism. >> and then, peter, reuters is now reporting that russian officials have launched a criminal case against the airline. they're checking from fuel samples from the plane's last refueling stop, for instance. is this standard procedure, or what does this say to you? >> it is standard procedure. and many of the european or eastern nations. they have a concurren...

Tonight from russian television stations which show the moment of impact. you see the plane coming down like a fireball. then you see that horrible explosion. nose first crash into the tarmac. i asked our phil black in moscow if investigators had any leads on what caused the crash. >> reporter: russian authorities say they are maintaining a wide investigation to try and determine the cause of this crash. they have confiscated evidence and fuel samples and they are considering the possibilities of boet human error and mechanical failure. clearly the pilot was in trouble in the minutes leading u...