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Have looked at this and said there was some type of internal impact. maybe a bomb on board or maybe some type of mechanical malfunction. the airline has said that there was no mechanical malfunction. there was no pilot error. increasingly it does look like there was some type of explosion or blast on the plane but on the plane that's what likely brought it down. what we don't know yet and what the investigators are trying to determine is whether or not that was some type of terrorist act on the plane, an explosion or some type of mechanical malfunction they have recovered the two black boxes t...

Have looked at this and said there was some type of internal impact. maybe a bomb on board or maybe some type of mechanical malfunction. the airline has said that there was no mechanical malfunction. there was no pilot error. increasingly it does look like there was some type of explosion or blast on the plane but on the plane that's what likely brought it down. what we don't know yet and what the investigators are trying to determine is whether or not that was some type of terrorist act on the plane, an explosion or some type of mechanical malfunction they have recovered the two black boxes t...

Investigation on the ground. they're looking at all the different pieces. they're also looking at the bodies, too, to determine if they can have any clues. and you have those black boxes. that is going to be crucial. and while everyone wants to see results and answers quickly, we've been told by the egyptian government and russian officials that we need to be patient, that this could take some time before they determine exactly what happened. >> all right. ian lee talking to us there from cairo, many thanks to you. want to go to international diplomatic editor nic robertson in st. petersburg. ...

Vladimir putin describing it as an enormous tragedy and adding his thoughts are with the families of the victim. in st. petersburg with the latest is editor nic robertson. there are theories about what could have brought the plane down. you hear a metrojet official saying it wasn't mechanical and no pilot error. you think they are hinting to terrorism by an external event. >> reporter: a physical or mechanical impact is what they said. they put up on the internet the figures the flights the plane made. expepec

Joining us now is d.j. frost, international commercial airline pilot. d.j., the head of the russian safety agency, i'm sorry, of the airline says the company is ruling out a technical fault of the plane or pilot error. is it a little early to be doing that? >> good morning, jon. thank you for having me back, and i believe it is. i believe it is early to be lending any speculation that it's not some technical in that that plane did have a severe tail strike ten yearsing a. they say it was fixed, however, we don't know. we don't know about the records until the investigation continues. jon: just...