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desk. they were still planning to send a second one that should have been serviced by the airbus that collapsed. and so they are saying that they should suspend flights to egypt until the cause of the crash is determined. alexey, and as you know the russian government officials are speaking with the metro jet employees. do you have see any postings of the evidence of the government officials at the airport now? they are not at the airport. i am next door to the airport, and while a short drive to the airport, there is a lot of people here, and situations, emergency situations being administered, but there is not much to say at the moment.
made one statement today saying that it is hoping to have the truth to come to light, but no more in saying that the plane had a very good safety record. they have been very hard to get a hold of. but, again, they are much small er than malaysian airlines, because they only operate eight of this which is the difference. thank you, alexey eremenko. thank you. mostf of the family members have been told initially the bad news that they have gotten, and we will stay with alexey as he joins us there from russia. and joining now on the phone is a former us airways pilot, and aviation expert, and you have been watching this with us, john, all morning, and what are you keeping an eye on right now? i think that the big thing right now is that to get the investigators there to get the