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Reports of it going 24,000 feet per minute in a descent and whether thats recoverable or not and whether there should have been a may day call a lot of unanswered questions. but from the debris pattern were seeing here and from the way, specific parts are located, im thinking there was at the very least an attempted recovery almost a recovery and at that point, the aircraft did break in to pieces and was unsuccessful ditching. i do think there was an attempt to make this airplane a survivable ac...

Very hard to you know determine from just a single piece. but theres no compression damage in this. which means that it was torn from the body perhaps on impact but we really need to wait another few hours to see what the underwater vehicles are going to tell us. its just -- its just too soon to be speculating. >> and it looks just from the break, it looks like this is the same item its just flipped. yes, it is. >> youre seeing the interior and the exterior. so mary what do you look at? are you ...

Action. and in that case determining who fired the missile is really the bottom line. thats going to be done by either a forensic analysis of the missile itself if they can find any remnants of it. again, i stress this as being in rebel-controlled territory already. or an analysis of the satellite images that the u.s. intelligence and military say point conclusively to a missile launch. >> tom costello, thanks very much for joining us. >> you bet. joining me now, retired four-star army general...

Much for joining us. >> you bet. joining me now, retired four star army general barry mccaffery and anthony roman. anthony, i want to go to you as a pilot. what do you make of the evidence were picking up so far in the debris pattern weve seen? >> its clear that a catastrophic midair event occurred, and in this case the intelligence officials are pointing to the probability of a surface-to-air missile. that particular missile was in range of this aircraft based on the information we have, has ...

Malaysia airlines, how they store the pingers and everything but he noticed that the pingers were kept in a hot room, 120 degrees. we spoke with the manufacturer and its recommended that its in a cool and dry place. if its being stored at a high temperature, then it can definitely -- it can dramatically reduce the life of that battery. so im concerned about that. theres no proof that thats the battery in this aircraft. but it gives me the indication that we may be looking for a ping that might n...

All this great reporting on where we spotted the wreckage, it looks like, the debris pattern there, all the satellite technology seems to point to the same thing, as well as the fact that the fuel would last than long. trying to put that together with a pilot who according to this government effort, investigation effort is that he somehow flipped, heading off into this weird course. it still doesnt put it together for us, does it, that they would fly another seven hours after the guy, quote, fli...

So many pieces and we have not seen that pattern before, and there are satellites covering and photographing this area. aircraft and ships searching the area, and we know that the existing debris pattern in that area of the ocean is consistent with very small debris bottles and components broken down from bottles and plastics and other small debris. not large chunks. >> you hear people saying this just shows you how much junk there is in the ocean. theres no that much junk concentrated in one sp...

Area, and we know that the existing debris pattern in that area of the ocean is consistent with very small debris bottles and components broken down from bottles and plastics and other small debris. not large chunks. >> you hear people saying this just shows you how much junk there is in the ocean. theres no that much junk concentrated in one spot in chunks that big. >> well, its always possible that a large amount of cargo fell off of a ship and there it is. but its very, very compelling becaus...

On sunday, that could have traveled 70 to 144 miles and that debris pattern could now be spread out much, much further. looking at that satellite we can see that it is consistent with a water disaster of a major airline. whether it is or not -- >> we can actually go that far? that the major airliner part? >> yes. yes, we can. it is consistent with what weve seen before in debris patterns. >> what tells us that as opposed to this is debris that has fallen off of freighters, tankers. is it the fac...

Or the debris, was photographed on sunday, that could have traveled 70 to 144 miles and that debris pattern could now be spread out much, much further. looking at that satellite we can see that it is consistent with a water disaster of a major airline. whether it is or not -- >> we can actually go that far? that the major airliner part? >> yes. yes, we can. it is consistent with what weve seen before in debris patterns. >> what tells us that as opposed to this is debris that has fallen off of fr...