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Same 737 max 8 airplane. what is a skrak screw? it's a position that positions the stabilizer in flight. at the crash site, the "new york times" is reporting it was found in such that the stabilizer would have put the plane in a nose down position, making it go very fast and forcing it to dive. right after takeoff that would be both very unusual and incredibly dangerous. there are a number of things that can put the stabilizer in that position. crucially the mcast is another option. it's an automated system intended to help a pilot avoid a low-speed stall. it is that system investigators are l...

Air disaster involving the same type of plane. >> work here is moving forward on the black boxes flight 302. the flight data recorder. we learned from a spokesman that the work is pros guessing and if all goes well, it may be done by the end of the weekend. downloading the raw data and then begins the analysis of what was happening with the pilots on board the aircraft, but also with the aircraft itself, its systems and its mechanics. according to the new york times, a piece of evidence found at the crash site in ethiopia may link this crash to an air crash in october in indonesia, which used ...

>> now, according to the "the new york times," a piece of this boeing 737 they found shows the pilot may have been battling an automated system in the minutes before the crash. that information comes from two sources with knowledge of the operations. >> joining us now, cnn analyst oren liebermann. oren, good morning. what are you learning? >> reporter: the piece that the "the new york times" is talking about is what's called a jack screw. and it was found in the ethiopian airlines flight 302. the jack screw is the stabilizing at the tail of the airplane. and the position according to the "the ...

Later.ay an aviation source saying it could be monday before anything is made public. on the ground, investigators are interested in the tail section of the jet, the horizontal stabilizer which controls nose up and down movement, specifically the jack screw, which moves that part. a source says it was found in a nose down position. with the 370 jetliners towed and parked around the world, american airlines alone canceled 85 flights today as boeing has stopped delivery of the maxes. tonight the question remains --o the lion air crash less than five months ago? that crash in indonesia connected ...

The aircraft was in flying shape and airworthy and the pilot of the plane, a gentleman valerie neimoff was experienced with 360 types in type, and that is a lot of experience for this captain of the airliner. and we have also learned that the pilot made some distress call to air traffic control saying that there was a technical issue with the plane, and he was looking to land at the nearest airport. obviously, the plane did not make it to the airport, and we have lost radar contact with the jet when it was only traveling with 62 knots forward air speed. it is not enough to keep a jet aloft. in...