child and american jeremy brooks from santa fe, new mexico, and was taking a job as a fishing guide in russia. >> he was more excited than anyone than ever before. he was doing what he loved. >> reporter: tonight, we're seeing the first images inside that charred cabin. investigators recovering both flight recorders and sifting through the ashes for clues. >> so, let's get to dan harris, he's on the scene in moscow tonight for us. and dan, we know investigators are looking at three things, pilot error, weather problems, any sort of technical malfunction. and you've learned this plane had a troubled history? >> reporter: that's right. it's called a sukhoi superjet 100, commonly used here in russia, not used at all in the u.s. or europe. that's because it has, as you said, a history of safety problems. in fact, in 2012, one of these planes flew into the side of a mountain in indonesia and everybody onboard perished. >> those are just devastating images from moscow. dan harris leading us off on a monday night. thank you, dan. and to the other scare