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It was only 20 minutes in the flight. it's entirely possible the seat belt sign was still on. so there is a lot of information there. the black boxes, which i believe are now being read out in cairo, will give us the data. and as i always said, because they have got the debris field and they have the wreckage, this is going to be a textbook investigation. >> richard, i wonder. let's keep these pictures and the video up of the debris field and the investigators looking through the six-mile field here. what could be gleaned from the pictures that we are seeing now? >> reporter: so far, not a hug...

Indication ahead of time according to the transport minister that anything was going wrong with that flight. >> if the pilot doesn't report any faults on the plane, all that will be carried out is routine maintenance checks on the plane before takeoff. the checks done before takeoff did not reveal anything. up until the crash hatchppened were never informed of any defaults on the plane nor did we receive any sos calls. >> reporter: that is why it is so critical at this stage that authorities be able to retrieve vital information from the two black boxes that they have managed to obtain from th...

Loved ones in russia. there are still 63 bodies out in the desert that have yet to come in. we are expecting those bodies to come in as well. they are looking for any hints that includes these bodies can really tell about what the cause of this crash is. we know both black boxes are here in cairo now. experts are going over the details trying to pick apart all of the audio, all of the data that they can. there is an expert team from russia that is here, as well as an airbus team. so they are focusing on that right now. the cause of the crash is still unknown and that is the main focus of this ...

A the end, the flowers people coming in and laying the carnations, the roses here, president putin has declared a day of national mourning on sunday. but already those families who gathered in here a little earlier waiting for their loved ones to arrive. they've been taken away to a nearby hotel. they've sent in 65 psychologists. we're told that 100 people. 100 of those family members have met with a psychologist, already getting medical help. also, the russian authorities have taken dna samples from 115 people already. they'll continue that process sunday morning. and in two hour's time, the ...

Reports the plane left egyptian air space. we were later to confirm it did crash. egyptian officials are convening to discuss the situation and we are expecting to hear more from that meeting, shortly. >> ian lee live for us in cairo, egypt. to recap for viewers in the u.s. and around the world, a russian passenger plane with some 200 people on board has crashed in central sinai. the exact location, still unclear, according to to ian leon the ground in cairo, egypt. it is airbus a-321 jet. again, this plane ridge gnatted. as we get more information here at cnn, we will pass that along to you. ...