officials were very quick to say that the plane was in pristine condition, all of this raising a lot more questions as people search for answers. erin? >> thank you very much, arwa damon. matthew chance is "outfront" in st. petersburg, russia. matthew. what are you learning about the boxes? >> reporter: well, not a great deal at this stage. we know that they have been found, which is good news. they are in the hands of the ee jimgs authorities who are now examining them and with the russian authority and from the french and airline company, airbus, the airline manufacturing company. we haven't been given a time frame yet on when the results are going to be public and certainly nothing has leaked in terms of what the black boxes have revealed.