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Over the debris to the french. boeing is there, as well. and the ntsb. so there will be a multinational investigation. >> hmm. and if indeed it turns out that this is debris related to mh-370 you also mentioned things that could be ruled out, explosions because of the pitting on any kind of debris. what about any kind of markings that would tell whether it was high speed, or you know exactly what may have brought the plane down if indeed, it is related to that plane? >> right. well high speed cr...

If the united states had anything to offer, they should have offered it to the investigation of which they were a party. >> mary i want to stick with you. you have so much experience with plane crashes. the piece that appears to be from the plane, the piece of debris the flap what does that suggest to you? >> well thats hugely important. it will be greatly analyzed. on that piece could be telltale evidence. not only will they look at how the crash sequence unfolded you can tell from a small piec...

Usually do it at the same time. one would have gone before the other. the 777 trying to maintain stability, it trying to keep itself flying. its very advanced, and it could have been banks. if thats the case, sometimes you can tell in a crash sequence and tell from the parts, if the plane was in a turn when it hit, you can see the detachments. theyll want to rule out any sign of explosion, any putting of the deposits. any possible trace of residues. this will be a very, very xad piece of wreckag...

Wreckage most likely may be sitting? >> well, it certainly is an indicator as to where the main wreckage would be, this is not, to me, what the main wreckage is. these are pieces that may have come off of the aircraft prior to hitting the water or after the water. its just too early to tell what this means exactly. >> mary, the flight boxes have not been discovered and we understand that the condition there is make this obviously very difficult. do you think that there will be enough time consid...

If the tail area is cracked off of the plane, off the fuselage, sometimes the black boxes can be broken free and move across the ocean floor in the crash sequence. so the pingers would be the most help but in most cases its divers that have brought them up. >> in sounds like a needle in a haystack finding that. david, mary mentioned divers. what else do you think they are doing to try to find the equipment? >> well, the primary goal right now is to recover any of the deceased victims, although c...

Up. the official could not confirm the report. reported by "the wall street journal" the plane was turned upside down. mary what do you think of this new information? >> well it is very important. very useful information. and what we want to hear is also that the tail portion of the fuselage is still on. which would give them the black boxes we hope. but the fact that it is upside down. may not be able to tell anything. obviously, if the plane haddynamic stall. it can fall to the earth like a le...

>> search teams using sonar have found wreckage from the plane at the bottom of the java sea. >> its not clear yet if the plane is intact or broken into pieces. maybe its even upside down according to the wall street journal. >> a very important and useful information, particularly what we want to hear is also that the tail portion of the fuselage is still on it, which would give them the black boxes, we hope. but the fact that its upside down may not be able to tell if the plane had an aerodyna...

A public report, our own ntsb said the pilot managed to pull the circuit breaker on the cvr. so the cvr was all clean. and we didnt have anything in the crash sequence. there was nothing because the cvr had stopped. >> but up until that point, you heard what happened, right, until the pilot pulled. >> exactly. >> it was a different aircraft, mary, correct? >> right. 37. it was a 37. >> you can actually shut it off. is mikey k. there? how are you doing, michael. i have a question from a viewer. m...

That were available to the crew. however, on run way 28 left those were significantly damaged in the crash sequence. and so after the crash the as n asiana aircraft those were put in a notice to air men that the lights were out of service. that occurred post crash. they will be looking at all of the approach lights. they will be documenting the run way markings, lighting and conditions. they will be evaluating construction activities taking place on the airport property. we are looking at emerge...