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That had to divert. they have a burn bag on board of the plane, and they are able to put these batteries if they heat up and catch fire into the bag. this is the reason why you are not supposed to put the lithium batteries in the laptops and digital cameras with on board checked baggage, and keep it with you on board of the airplane itself, according to the air lines, because this is the risk, and they can address it in the airplane cabin but not below. >> can you imagine below and checked in an...

That we may not be able to eliminate risk but we can reduce risk in many situations. if someone has been exposed in your orbit or circle, has been infected, you dont have to assume everybody has it. do continue to do things like wearing masks around people or testing. i think as you travel, you want to think about where are the weak links in the chain. it is not necessarily the actual airplane itself, it might be the airport line in the bathroom where you need to be extra careful with masks and ...

Theyre trying to letter more. theyve ruled out weather being a contributing factor to the crash, theyve ruled out the runway. theyre now investigating the airplane itself, the pilot and the low-budget indonesian air company operator, lion air. >> boeing 737, one of the most popular planes in the world. theyve got to figure out what happened. ivan watson, thank you very much. meanwhile, theres a very gr grisly story coming out of new york city. two sisters from saudi arabia were found dead, tie...

17 months later for this plane, u.s. intelligence is saying most likely theory it was brought down deliberately, but no reason why? >> no. because lets just put this in perspective. airplanes do not go missing. i know we talk about airplane crashes and terrorism. they do not go missing. airplane accidents are still relatively rare. so anyone looking at this case would have to believe that something horrible happened in the absence of evidence of a catastrophic failure by the airplane itself, whi...

Altitude would that 777 have to be in order for that co-pilots cell phone to register in that tower? >> a lot has to do with the airplane itself, how well its shielded. i think generally its assumed that anything above say 4,000 or 5,000 feet be pretty unusual for a cell phone communication to take place. i just -- ive been on airplanes when theres been passengers who wanted to make a phone call to their driver to let them know they were about to land. i found it very irritating and, frankly, i ...

Im not sure what the inspection is about. i guess it has to do with australian regulations. my concern is if theyre going to the right area with this ship anyhow and the fact that at least theyre doing two different type of searches. theyre looking for debris and theyre looking for the -- >> right. >> -- airplane itself. >> but if you have the six hours delay, thats half day or more of search lost, and we only have six days left, mike, for those batteries. >> youre absolutely right searching for...

Anyhow and the fact that at least theyre doing two different type of searches. theyre looking for debris and theyre looking for the -- >> right. >> -- airplane itself. >> but if you have the six hours delay, thats half day or more of search lost, and we only have six days left, mike, for those batteries. >> youre absolutely right searching for anything in the pitch-black is a nightmare. but as les was saying, the key to this is finding the haystack, and the assets used will be the airborne which...

They have boeing with them. they have the faa with them, so if there are any issues about the integrity of the airplane itself, any of the aircraft systems, they have instant access to whatever the malaysians would need about the airplane, about the airspace and, of course, our expertise with the united states in how to decipher radar and what the basic tools that could be used to try to find this airplane. >> such a mystery. >> greg, thank you so much. appreciate it. >> youre welcome. were wa...