you had a crash in 1981 in corsica. 16 years ago, you had 113 dead. tragedies of this nature remain embedded and implanted in our imagination because they are such tragedies and because they happen to be rare. anchor: this plane is one of the most commonly used by the airlines. that is -- chris is at the airbus headquarters. reporter: behind me, you can see the thousands of airbus workers. they want answers. back in 1990, it might seem old, but the company says that it has a whole new avionics suite inside of it. it's a plane that was well up to standards. and he will be there, airbus has sent their own investigators to help with the investigation. anchor: we can go now to the french alps. he has made his way. reporter: i am 30 minutes away from the side of the crash. we just got here and a fairly remote location. an estimated 300 firefighters deployed in the area. the psychological aspect of the crash. anchor: you can't get to the crash site by road? will they hold off until tomorrow morning yeah co or will they do something this evening? reporter: f