Page 2 - Plane Disasters News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

What are the changes that have been made to air travel after the past plane disasters, david, do you think? >> well, let's talk about the black boxes for a second. like mary said, they have advanced to about 1970 when they went to -- i guess '76 when they went to a all-digital solid state type environment. before that it was a metal tape that actually scratched the altitude in to this metal tape. so there's been advancements, but since 1978, which is when the deregulation act went in the place it has been difficult as an faa inspector it was difficult for me to mandate any safety requirement. ...

Clues. so i agree completely with michael. it is a case of just waiting until this wreckage is found, which it will be. >> richard quest, thanks so much. michael goldfarb, thanks to you as well. the mystery continues. so are there any similarities between this mystery and other plane disasters? we're looking at the controversial crash that stunned investigators and sparked conspiracy theories. mine was earned in korea in 1953.

Without a trace while heading from malaysia to china. it's not the first time something like this has happened. cnn's martin savidge has been looking at other plane disasters shrouded in mystery. >> reporter: even in our world of satellites and cell phone, giant airliners can disappear. at least for a while. the last was air france flight 447 in 2009. the air bus 330 with 228 people aboard vanished beyond radar on a flight from rio de janeiro from paris. >> translator: people who go on the planes want to know what happened. >> reporter: it took search crews five days to find any debris and two...

>> you know what though? it could be helpful for plane disasters. what if every passenger had a light weight parachute? >> the plane is going down. >> in which case the parachute will not do you much good. >> i guess you are right. >> technically where it stops is where it crashes. >> or why not watch a warner brothers cartoon and he jumps out before he hits the ground. >> that doesn't work. >> michael, there was not a ladder had baumgartner backed out. >> there wasn't? >> no. i believe he could have come down in the capsule up to a certain point. >> i was misinformed. i thought there was a 12...