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Screens, what does that tell you? what can you believe from thunder,000 feet being the last elevation or alt tute when this was on radar? >> well, it does confirm that everything stopped where it was. i am hearing other reports unconfirmed that the plane actually got down and split in two and there are reports again unconfirmed that voices have been heard suggesting there may be possible survivors, so it's not a recovery, but still a rescue operation. if that is true, that is relatively good news. we hope that is the case. it's interesting to hear your weather forecast there. your weather expe...

These numbers absolutely right. are you talking about the accident rate of a million flights. you are still talking about a very high degree or margin of safety. north americans have one accident rate per million flights. europe the eu has 1.35 accidents per million flights. the cis commonwealth independent states has 2.fine. so it's getting on to nearly double, over double the u.s. rate. it's still compares very favorable to say africa which had 11.18. what does it tell me? it tells me that in russia and the cis, you have a fast growing aviation sector, with many new aircraft, many modern arc...

You know, in the past, we've -- we have reported on some of them. let me just say what we do know, it's a-321, part of the a-320 familiar. it's a reliable aircraft, a stretch version. it carried a lot of people according to the russian reports if correct, 217 passengers, seven crew members on board. there's a lot of seats on that airplane. in any case, it's a highly computerized airplane. but once again, let me say it's a very reliable airplane. in that area of the world, a lot of radar, so there should be targets out there that would have, at least, looked at the trajectory of the airplane. w...

Readable and usable. we've seen far worse situations than this. but i would -- i would put a very strong red flag out against many of the reports that we are hearing. particularly about recovery of bodies, question of survivors. and locating the black boxes. the experts, if you like, the aviation experts, haven't even got there yet. >> what about report, richard, that the pilot radioed to request a landing at a nearby airport before the aircraft was disappeared off the radar? >> yes, we've heard this one. that apparently he said there were some technical difficulties. but again, i'm going to p...

Park. first they drew up barricades and now reorganizing by social media and popping back up in istanbul square in ones and twos. the tactic is to stand quiet and defia defiant. it's no longer just about saving a park from development. some want the prime minister to quit. this protester may look peaceful but he's running the risk of arrest, right now in turkey it's a crime just to stand up in silence. kate? >> amazing, carl, thanks for that report. in france the planes of tomorrow are on display today. richard quest is at the paris air show where aircraftmakers show off their latest innovat...