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See if something can be gleaned from the similarities and differences between the crashes. part of that question will be answered here behind me at bea, the french investigators that have the black boxes, cockpit voice recorder that will give the condition of the plane and what was going through the pilot's mind and what they talked about in this very short crash that happened just five minutes after takeoff. we've learned some of that answer from the "new york times." just three minutes after takeoff in a panicky voice the pilot radioed back to air traffic control, break, break, request back ...

Investigators have started processing information from the black boxes from ethiopian airlines flight 302. this comes as new details reveal what the final moments were like before the crash. according to "the new york times," the pilot requested to return to the airport in a panicked voice just minutes after takeoff, when the plane started accelerating to abnormal speeds. on the flight recorder, the pilot was heard telling air traffic controllers, "brake, brake, request back to home, request vector for landing." once the call came in, controllers scrambled to divert two other flights approachi...

Problem. request vector for landing, meaning, i need to turn around. that was the last contact before the crash and now, reporterring saying, investigators in africa saying they have located the small wing on the tail section that controls the up and down movement of the nose. it appears that stabilizer was in the same unusual position as the stabilizer on the lion air flight in october. remember, the anti-stall system appears to be the primary focus in both of these crashes, and here's why. when bog redesigned the 737 to create the max 8, the position of the engines change and that change bal...

That plane crash in ethiopian. authorities are looking at the voice recorders from the flight. 157 dead including eight americans. new reports suggest the pilot noticed trouble immediately after take-off. but what was that trouble and what caused it? griff jenkins is on this in d.c. what can you tell us about the pilot's communications today? >> well, citing a person who reviewed air traffic communications "the new york times" this morning reports the captain's communications first were calm but soon requested permission to return to the airport in a panicky voice saying to air traffic control...