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Incapacitation seems to be the leading theory right now. the pilots didnt react in a way that would be considered normal in a circumstance such as this. what you have on several possibilities, criminal intent by passenger or crew member. the other possibility is some catastrophic failure. the pilots are trained to dawn those masks. at 38,000 feet you have mere seconds to get that oxygen mask on. could the problem have been so great and startling and physically overcoming because an explosive dec...

You refer to at duration of the plane, how long its been in use or the kinds of flights its been in if its long haul or short haul does that affect it differently? >> alex i flew this plane for six years as a captain. its been in service as a fleet-type since the 80s. its a well-proven design and has not shown a history of metal fatigue. i think the idea of anything along that line is pretty speculative. we dont have any information and if they had a problem and needed to come down once they had...

One of two missiles, one that entered the fuselage of the aircraft and exploded inside. the other would be something that exploded outside and sprayed shrapnel, which then punctured the fuselage, explosive decompression. it would be helpful to know from that which type of missile it was. lessons can be learned for future construction of aircraft which might reduce this sort of risk. thats the main thrust of the investigation. they want to know why it happened. they also want to learn lessons fro...

Flight plan and turned north and was not communicating. in that particular instance, there was no warning given to the pilots or by the pilots to traffic control, accommodaticom simply stopped. they passed the word on from air traffic control to their authorities and fighter jets were scrambled. they observed the aircraft basically crash as the engines ran out of fuel. the ultimate determination was there was a decompression. they never determined whether it was an explosive decompression all at...

Altitudes over various tracks so they would have a better idea where that aircraft might have come down, do it with explosive decompression, do it with potential fires of the lithium batteries and the cargo compartment and run all these scenarios and see what makes the most sense, then eliminate those and try to focus on where the rest -- >> you know boeing. thats a pretty responsible company. a huge operation. no one has more at stake right now, their reputation, on the line. i assume theyre do...

>> smoke in the cabin. >> the plane crashed in the florida everglades. 110 people died. it led to new cargo hold safety rules. but not finding flight 370 or its data recorders could be a missed opportunity for change. >> whatever brought down that flight, whether it was fire, hijack, pilot suicide, explosive decompression, a bomb, whatever, its important to find that out so we can fix it so it doesnt happen again. >> reporter: and its security, too. the september 11th hijackings led to strengthe...

Laboratory on air canada flight 797. the plane landed but 23 people on board died. after that smoke detectors and automatic fire extinguishers were mandated in aircraft lavatories. in 1996 hazardous cargo on a flight caught fire. the plane crashed in the florida everglades. 110 people died. it led to new cargo hold safety rules. but not finding flight 370 or its data recorders could be a missed opportunity for change. >> whatever brought down that flight, whether it was fire, hijacked, pilot sui...

Deliberately brought down flight 370. >> they just dont fallout of the sky and it it would really take multiple failures of multiple systems for know believe that this is what could have occurred. >> reporter: the idea of a deliberate act is not being ruled out by the u.s. in part because of what evidence has not emerged. if the plane was in trouble, experts say, there should have been time for the pilots to send a mayday after the plane turned and flew west, but no call was heard. so was it a t...

That means at some point within that time period the plane was flying at 12,000 feet. not below radar but extremely low for a large plane. joining me now is martin savidge and the pilot. welcome back, gentlemen. >> reporter: good morning, carol. >> lets talk about that drop of 12,000 feet, martin. take it away. youre great with this. >> reporter: right. well, all i will say well show you two jones. basically the very same thing. i want seems this latest information is being interpreted in two di...

Anything that you just finished with "all right, good night." sloppy, perhaps. >> i want to go back to this. and here is -- about the pressure in the plane and the altitude. and how would you -- talking about this whole ghost plane scenario. someone, a pilot, sent me this saying how long someone would have to put on their oxygen mask if they were at 35,000 feet. if youre at 15,000 feet, you have 30 minutes or more. is that right? if youre at 18,000 feet, 20 minutes or -- lets see. 20 minutes to ...