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Enforcement as far as how many people have actually been shot. we reported a few of the different numbers we have seen. the initial numbers were five people shot, we dont still have any sort of information as far as their condition peer that number went up to nine, but according to the sheriffs office, telling wsvn there is at least six shooting victims at fort lauderdale airport. again, according to the information we have, although the airport has still put on social media this is an ongoing s...

Than 10 years had used the restroom and was locked out of the cockpit during this 8-10 minute descent from 38,000 feet. mike boyd, our aviation security analyst is with us again today. how are you? >> good morning. bill: what can you add to the security of the cockpit and how it is able to be breached or not if one individual decide to lock 149 people to the outside? >> the system worked the what it was supposed to. you have to have the cockpit sterile and secure and you have to assume the perso...

Americans were on that plan. on that plane. post were from indonesia. and they requested a change in altitude shortly before contact was lost. the plane had regularly scheduled maintenance and this was the third for southeast a shaw this year. want to remind you that flight 370 disappeared with 239 people on board. that remains a mystery. malaysia air flight 17 was tragically shot or eastern ukraine. all 290 people on board were killed. but in terms of what is happening right now, what we are gi...

In southeast asia. crews discovering debris and at least 40 bodies floating in the java sea. im trace gallagher in for bill himmer. heather: and im heather childers in for martha. the flight disappeared in stormy weather on sunday with 162 people onboard. pieces of the planes interior were found just six miles from the planes last known location. trace: mike boyd is an aviation security analyst and fox news aviation analyst. mike, good to see you. the wreckage found six miles from the last known...

The big question is why was malaysian flight 17 flying in that area in the first place? aviation security analyst joins us from denver with hopefully an answer to that question. >> the americans faa fly over crimea. this is another part of the ukraine didnt seem to be part of the threat. there was a threat everyone ignored it. yeah, we have some real answering to do as to why any airplane was allowed to fly over the area. other aircraft had been shot down in the area within recent days. >> absol...

Some people were complaining that theyre taking a long time, but as you know, sir, there has been so much information that people have sort of jumped to the wrong conclusions so quickly that they are going to be very cautious about this, and that doesnt surprise you, does it? >> not at all. i mean, after four weeks of hit and miss and four weeks of jumping up and down, were going to be very, very careful about this. this is probably the most positive weve had in four weeks, especially because of...

Confirmed the chinese report but are likely to send ships and planes to the area sunday. but theyre likely to have a difficult time, because more bad weather is on the way. back to you, greg. >> david piper reporting in bangkok, thailand. david, thank you. were going to bring you a lot more on this hunt for the missing planes black box recorders when we talk very shortly to an aviation security analyst, so stay tuned for that. meanwhile, there are new questions today about what may have sparke...

A chinese ship reportedly detecting a pulse signal in the indian ocean. this comes nearly one month after a malaysian plane carrying 229 passengers and 12 crew members disappeared. officials in australia are saying characteristics reported are consistent with the aircrafts black box. joining us now by phone is mike boyd. hes an aviation security analyst. mr. boyd, how are you this afternoon? >> just fine. how about you? >> im well, thank you. but i want to know what youre thinking. look, listen,...

Report but said in a statement, due to the security-sensitive nature of the test, tsa does not publicly share details about how they are conducted. what specifically is tested or the outcomes. the tsa says it regularly conducts covert testing and this is what it looks like. >> well slip the inert detonator in. well get this thing positioned. >> reporter: cnn went along with undercover tsa inspectors called red teams in 2008. the inspector had a fake ied on him when he went through security at ta...

Through twice including during a pat-down. the tsa wouldnt confirm the report but said in a statement, "due to the security-sensitive nature of the tests, tsa does not publicly share details about how they are conducted, what specifically is tested or the outcomes." the tsa says it regularly conducts covert testing. this is what it looks like. >> slip the detonator in. get this thing positioned. >> reporter: cnn went along with undercover inspectors called red teams in 2008. the inspector had a ...