your investigation. translator: all information about the technical details of the flight from barcelona and the action of the pilot which will allow us to assess that at a certain point there was only one pilot acting in the cockpit. it will, as i said to you, information on the speed, the altitude, whether it was on automatic pilot or not, the different modes of piloting. and i think it is vital additional information for the understanding of what took place during the last minutes of that flight. yes, sir? translator: can the second black box how its additional information i didn t say it was more important. i think the first one was widely more important because it allowed us to understand many things, as i said to you before. this particular box will provide us additional information which
the plane disappeared from french radar when it was at around 6,000 feet. investigators they the descent appeared controlled. the curve is compatible with an aircraft controlled by pilots, except for the fact that we can t imagine pilots consciously sending an aircraft into a mountain. but it may also be compatible with an aircraft which is controlled by an automatic pilot. reporter: finding the plane s second black box will be critical to unlock the mystery of what brought down the jet. on the flight data recorder, investigators will get a second-by-second breakdown. how the plane s systems were functioning. was everything working, or was there mechanical failure. the status of the search nature critical piece of explain unclear. france s president said this translator: a second black box is being looked for.
aircraft into a mountain. but it may also be compatible with an aircraft which is controlled by an automatic pilot. but at the moment, once again, no explanations. and to answer the other gentleman s question why you can t say more, well, this audio file, we ve only had it a few minutes. and in a few minutes, it s not possible listening to voices to say it s the crew, it s the captain, co-pilot. we need more time to check that out. translator: can you say if you hear voices up to the moment of impact? translator: it s not that easy. so i have no other comment on that. translator: so you re not closing off the idea of a possible terrorist attack? translator: nothing is excluded. i m not in a position to confirm preci precisely. translator: in terms of the
that listening device. reporter: flight 9525 took off at 10:01 tuesday morning from barcelona bound for dusseldorf germany with 150 people on board. investigators say the plane reached a cruising altitude of 38,000 feet. it descended for about ten minutes. the plane disappeared from french radar when it was at around 6,000 feet. investigators say the descent appeared controlled. the curve is compatible with an aircraft controlled by pilots except for the fact that we can t imagine pilots consciously sending an aircraft into a mountain but it may also be compatible with an aircraft which is controlled by an automatic pilot. reporter: finding the plane s second black box will be critical to unlock the mystery of what brought down the jet. on the flight data recorder investigators will get a second
success. one of the audio streams is readable. reporter: the cockpit voice recorder captured audio up to the moment of impact. it will provide critical information like whether the pilots were talking in the minutes leading up to the crash. they can hear what switches are being thrown and what buttons are being pushed. reporter: investigators say the plane disappeared from radar 53 minutes after takeoff and the final minutes of dissent appeared controlled. translator: the curve is compatible with an aircraft controlled by pilots except for the fact that we can t imagine pilots consciously sending and aircraft into a mountain. but it may also be compatible with an aircraft which is controlled by an automatic pilot. reporter: the ceo of lufthansa says he is struggling to understand why this plane crashed. we cannot understand how an airplane which was in perfect