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This is the way emergencies are supposed to go. if you abort a takeoff, you abruptly stop the airplane. you bring the throttles back, put it into idle. you bring the engines into reverse situation. now, why they aborted, we dont know. was it an engine fire. >> you know, les, let me jump in because the faa has just released a statement as weve been talking saying it was an aborted takeoff due to a left engine fire. >> okay. then the true did a tremendous job. they stopped the airplane. with an en...

Les, when you look at these pictures, what -- at this point, and obviously there is an investigation that needs to be done, but what do you see happening here? >> yeah. as with you, anderson, its very preliminary for me looking at those pictures. im not so sure its an engine situation. they aborted the takeoff for some particular reason. you know, the bottom line is this is a happy ending. this is the way emergencies are supposed to go. if you abort a takeoff, you abruptly stop the airplane. you...