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There were major errors in the pilot's control equipment. >> in the pilot doesn't report any faults on the plane, all that will be carried out is routine maintenance checks. up until the wreck happened, we were not received any reports or sos calls. >> now the focus is turning to the black boxes. maybe those can resolve the issues investigators keep turning up. nick robertson has more. >> reporter: another tough day for the families of victims. the process of identifying the bodies continues. what they are hearing in russian media at the moment, two different versions of potentially what kille...

Ntsb investigators of that disaster. like the metro jet crash, satellite imagery captured a midair heat signature. >> we had that same occurrence at twa flight 800, a satellite picked up the signature and it indicated, it confirmed for us what eyewitnesses had seen, that there was a fire ball. but. >> but it didn't explain why. it was simply a clue. also shared between the two disasters, unexplained split second sounds on the flight data recorders before they stopped recording. the similarities leave gultz to believe a possible rupture in the fuel tank, which caused the twa crash may also be t...

From that analysis. >> it could be very soon, sharm el sheikh, thanks so much. >> the 224 victims of the crash. officials in st. petersburg say 33 bodies have been identified so far. today, nationalists mourn the victims of the country's annual day of national -- let's turn to nic robertson. >> reporter: well, another tough day for the families of victims, the process of identifying the bodies continues. what they are hearing in russian media at the moment, two different versions of potentially what killed their loved ones, did the plane break apart in the air because the tail section fell off...

This active situation in the san diego, california, area, we will bring it to you, of course, here on cnn. let's move along for now and talk about isis. not backing off claims that it shot down this russian passenger jet killing all 224 people on board. but new clues in this mystery crash, are raising more questions than answers. we now have the british government halting flights to this airport this egypt where the flight took off from saying they are concerned that the plane, quote, may well have been brought down by an explosive device. and although they don't say precisely why they're sa...

Was a fire ball. >> reporter: but it didn't smain why. it was simply a clue. unexplained split second sounds. the similarities lead them to believe a fuel tank might have exploded. three miles away was the tail section. that holds another clue. possible structural failure. in november 2001, the airbus tail hit the tarmac on landing. the plane was repaired. a clear break from the rest of the debris raises this possibility. >> it could have been a structural failure of the plane that rp tured so the explosion could have been coming after whatever event initiated the break-up. >> reporter: flight...