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That aircraft model has only been flying since 2009. the age of the plane, certainly, investigators don't believe is necessarily a factor. they say that right now, they're looking on the one hand possible mechanical failure and laooking at possible pilot error. they're also not ruling out the factor that the weather might have been a factor. this morning in moscow, there were some pretty heavy snowstorms going over the area, certainly caused some disruption in flights anyway. that's one of the things that the investigators are looking at. but as you say, it is still very early in the investiga...

Pleitgen is at the site. is there any indication why this plane went down? >> that's what investigators are trying to figure out, and they can tell by being here they're trying to move in lots of heavy equipment to make that happen. one of the things that are hampering the rescue efforts is the snow that's coming down and they're wondering if the weather played a part in this plane coming down. this plane took off at around 2:21 p.m. local time. it apparently was in the air only a couple minutes. it took off from one of the main airports here in moscow and then made a left turn toward the sout...

Transported eight people. and according to its website, it claims that it abides by flight safety regulations and rules established by the federal aviation administration. so that will now be the job of the faa. and also, the national transportation safety board to ensure that that actually is the case. and we did find at least one deadly accident that this same company was involved in, back in 2001, and in that case, it was, ultimately, pilot error. but, again, that was back in 2001. we'll have to see what happens here. and last important point here, tribal police also confirming that at this...

Expectation that nothing would go wrong especially with a twin turboprop. >> we have pictures from my trip. when you're in a c.o.d., you're facing bark wards in what looks like an old plane, this is the inside of it. you have a helmet on and you're seat belted in six different ways. not because of the safety of the c.o.d. but because of the catch on the carrier. so when they're investigating what happened what will they look at? pilot error? conditions around the arkd carrier? what do you think? >> they'll take that all into -- as they do the investigation they will taker aspect into account. ...

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