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And i found it to be an extremely good, reliable airplane. it has a very good, safe track record. and i think that what we know so far based on the very limited information that we have that the airport took off at sharm el sheikh for st. petersburg. it was just about reaching its cruise altitude of around 31,000 feet. we know that the air speed -- or the ground speed rather slowed down significantly as reported by a couple of sources and we know that the airplane ended up in a descent -- high descent rate. it's possible that those -- that information is possible indication that it made -- the...

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Essentially indicate where the flight was stopped working about an hour after the flight which we think is possibly an hour before total contact was lost. does that give any indication to what happened or could that just be a separate mechanical failure? >> that's what investigators are going to look at. they're going to want to see where that exact transponder failure occurred and whether or not there was actual radar coverage in that particular area. because the transponder provides a discreet code. it provides altitude information and ground speed. if the rest of the radar data after that i...