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Aboard. egypt has accepted a rerequest from the united states to assist with the investigation. a source says that the national transportation safety board here in the united states will dispatch a team once it has details of when and where the planes engines will be examined. the engines are u.s. made. meanwhile, they believe that the most likely scenario is that jihadis plant ed a bomb with c4. and now joining us is our terrorist expert paul cruikshank. and paul, c4 is military explosive power...

The bomb was likely made in part by an easily obtainable military-grade explosive, like c-4, according to two american officials. >> the groups that operate in that region from isis to al qaeda to even hamas, yes, they would have access to military-grade type of explosives. thats not a problem. >> reporter: now, all of this, of course, still very preliminary. if the u.s. gets more intelligence, the assessment, the very informal assessment they have right now could change. wolf? >> all right, bar...

Military satellite at the time of the explosion, calculations about what might have happened, a number of u.s. officials are telling cnn they do have a working theory about this potential bomb. they believe at this point it was most likely placed on board by someone on the ground with access to the plane, probably not somebody that got past the screening process. may based on their calculations of the heat flash, the explosion that is believed to have been heard on one of the data recorders, the...

C4 is a military grade plastic explosive. crucially, isis in sinai has been stockpiling c4 explosives. its been using that explosive in a number of attacks in the sinai peninsula in recent months. so certainly consistent with a hypothesis that isis affiliates carried out this attack. they have claimed that they carried out this attack. >> so if it is someone who had access, they dont think it was a passenger who brought it through the security check point. who would that leave? airline or airpor...

Security lines at american airports. what kind of bomb could have been used and what kind of damage could even a small bomb do? we went to the experts to find out. >> reporter: that explosion a half pound of dynamite, a conventional explosive mainly used in industrial settings. it packs a massive wallop. the explosion moving about 19,000 feet per second. it could easily cripple a passenger aircraft. seems too simple. >> yeah, it is. well, when the bad guys make the improvised ones, its the same ...

From that aircraft, from individuals who were on the plane, from luggage, and it shows an explosive residue, then we cant with any certainty say this was the cause. >> so, you seem to be frustrated. and youre the chairman of the intelligence committee. i assume u.s. intelligence officials are frustrated that the egyptians are not letting the u.s. get direct access to the site of that crash. >> well, i certainly think that we could lend to the investigation in a supplemental way. and so far, we h...

Pointing towards an insider at the airport inciting a device on the plane. you do have to match those up with what youre hearing on the black box. the forensics, whether they are seeing the telltale signs of an explosion in the wreckage and whether theres bomb residue from explosive trace detection steps. we havent had had those results in yet. the russians have been promising in the next 24 to 48 hours they may have some results. everybody will be keenly awaiting that. the idea that c4 may be i...

Explosion, picked up on a flight recorder, add to the u.s. view, a highly dynamic bomb exploded, one official told cnn, the bomb was likely made, in part, by an easily attainable military grade explosive like c-4, according to two american officials. >> the groups that operate in that region from isis to al qaeda, they would have access to military-grade explosives, thats not a problem. >> for now, u.s. officials say theres no intelligence to indicate the attack was ordered directly by isis back...

>> even more powerful than diet mite. how many feet per second? >> 30,000. >> thats just over a half pound of c4, a plastic explosive that is tough to go out and buy in the united states, but in some countries a similar explosive can be bought on the black market. >> joining me to discuss this is safety analyst david suz si, a former safety inspector. this video is eyebrow raise whg you see how small this is, the power thats in something this small. how sophisticate rd devices like this. how eas...

So if the growing consensus is that a bomb took down flight what type of bomb could have been used? >> reporter: that explosion a half pound of dynamite, a conventional explosive used in industrial settings impacts a massive wall. the explosion moving about 19,000 feet per second could easily cripple a passenger aircraft. >> seems too simple. the improvised ones it is a simple process. >> reporter: c-4 more powerful than dynamite. that is how many feet? >> that is over a half pound of c-4 also c...