reporter: hi, brooke. well, at the moment, in terms of egyptian reaction to this specific american intelligence report, we don t have that. but a short while ago the egyptian prim minister tells cnn he feels it is too premature to draw conclusions when it comes to this investigation. he said that the investigation is ongoing. now, earlier today we heard from the egypt civil aviation authority. they say that in terms of the two black boxes, the flight data recorder is in good condition, they managed to extract all of the information from that. they re currently analyzing that but haven t gleaned any information so far. in terms of the flight cockpit voice recorder, they say that has been damaged and it will take more time to analyze. so at the moment egyptian officials still exercising caution, still saying that it s too soon to be drawing the types of conclusions that the american intelligence community is making. now, in terms of security at the
if it was proper pearly done that the pilot entered the code and tried to get into the cockpit, there would be a 30-second buzzer. that would be in the flight data recorder? it is in current aircraft. with this retrofit, this is a type two door in the airbus, it may well be in there. i m not certain if it would be. it s the first thing i d like to see. mary, what do you think is important to get from the flight data recorder right now? i think david is right. that s the first and foremost thing. you might be able to hear that now that they know exactly what to look for, they might be able to hear that possibly on the flight cockpit voice recorder. david is right, you have to find out if that door functioned as it should. we have to make sure the doors function properly in the future. the worst thing is copy cats. whenever you have an event like this, you have others thinking about using it in the future and you don t want anyone to be able to copy cat this, particularly not ter
recovery of human remains, they re working to figure out what happened to flight 9525. after all, what was reportedly found on that flight cockpit voice recorder, is stunning. stunning new details this morning in the crash of germanwings flight 9525. according to media reports, one of the pilots was locked out of the cockpit. when the plane crashed into the side of this mountain high in the french alps. all of the 150 people on board, including school-aged children and two infants, presumed dead. the new york times cite as senior military official involved in examining audio evidence from the cockpit voice recorder. this official says before the plane s rapid descent, one of the pilots left the cockpit and was unable to get back in. the paper quotes this investigator as saying the guy outside is knocking lightly on the door and there is no answer. then he hits the door stronger
we can provide a level of assistance because we do have a very good laboratory if they do recover the data recorder, flight cockpit voice recorder. we have the fbi working on the computer hard drives from the pilots. so we re in a support role just like the australians are. they may be out front in examining or searching that part of the world that they ve been given responsibility for. but they, too, are in a support role of malaysia. now with regard to the parts. once they get a high resolution picture, we may be able to tell if it s aircraft parts depending on the resolution. there are specific identifying signatures. you can see that if that large piece of debris, that 78 or 79 foot piece of debris, that could either be a wing panel, that could be part of the fuselage. it will be telltale with a good picture. if that doesn t work, then, of course, when we finally get a ship, whether it s the cargo ship that s heading that way or one of the military assets, someone will be able to g