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To want a human hand involved. >> also in the article, you agree with the chief executive of lufthansa that no one could have prevented this. >> something not said so far; this was not the single flight with that guy that day. the plane left to barcelona and flew from barcelona into the ams, which meant that he checked in for his flight briefing at 5:00 a.m., 6:00 a.m. flew with the captain. i want to know how much he flew with the captain, that concerns whether the captain was aware of anything wrong. secondly was anything observable? his behavior that morning? we're not talking about just th...

Parts left are the size of a small car. investigators did find a black box and say it's damaged, but should still be able to provide clues. 150 people were onboard and officials at the crash site say there are no signs of life. most of the victims were from europe including 16 german high school students. two babies were also onboard. the plane left barcelona at 10:00 a.m. local time yesterday morning, climbed to a cruising altitude of 38,000 feet within a half hour. minutes later the plane began an unexplained descent. officials say it fell thousands of feet per minute for roughly eight minut...

26-degree flight path. it didn't try to vary or look for an area. earlier i had thought that perhaps that indicated that he had identified an area to land. but obviously at this point looking at that terrain that you see there, there was not a lot of choices for him. he probably just kept going forward and tried to keep as much altitude and air speed as long as he could. >> chad you've been taking a closer look at when the plane started to descend. what stands out as you investigate? >> equally curious that the pilots had they known they had a problem, had plenty of time in my opinion, to get ...

Assembly lines, they're very well built have a very good safety record. the plane left barcelona at 10:01 a.m. up to 38,000 feet. it was only at 38,000 feet cruising altitude for about a minute, that's it then began this descent, starting at 10:45 a.m. in what's described as an orderly descent, 3 to 4,000 feet a minute as anthony suggested until it crashed into a mountain at 6,000 feet. i think you have a couple of suggestions here couple of questions. if this was an orderly descent, yet at some point along the way, crew transponded an emergency distress code, not a verbal may day, but code of...

>> midway is not an island that has hotels and things. it's just a diversion airport. >> reporter: moments before the touchdown, terrified airlines passengers. >> we're all thinking of people at home and our own little ones we had with us. we had a family next to us with a 3-year-old and a real tiny baby. >> reporter: mechanical issues delayed the flight 201 from the start. after 3 1/2 hours it was cleared for takeoff. the plane left honolulu but was headed to guam, but three hours into the flight over the pacific ocean the flight was suddenly forced to reroute over the island because of a str...