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I did notice one thing that we chatted about on the split screen, the tail section, which wasnt on fire, in an open field which would indicate that the aircraft came apart, maybe not at altitude but before parts of it came off before it hit the ground. >> jim cavanaugh, i want to bring you in here. the idea of how its going to be investigated, who is going to have the chain of custody of the raw data, the information, the debris field, et cetera. walk us through what an investigator would want t...

Somewhere and theyll find it. >> when they do find the cockpit voice recorder, the so-called black boxes, how much information specifically will we be able to glean from that as far as whether it was an air-to-air missile or a surface-to-air missile, for example? >> that im not sure about. you may be able to interpret something from the sound of the airplane being struck. those microphones pick up sound like the microphone over which im talking to you. but they also pick up vibrations, sound vib...

With carry an explosive payload, 75 kilograms of explosives, it will be apparent to investigators that a high-explosive blast would have hit the fuselage, there will be evidence of that, fragmentation of a bomb or missile. and they will be able to tell that as opposed to an internal breakup of the air frame or some other accidental cause. that will be apparent. secondly, what will be apparent is, you know, our radar and satellite images of whether a missile was fired. i think well be able to do ...

The aircraft, something along those lines. >> reporter: the aircraft, a boeing 777 is the same type of plane as the missing malaysia airlines flight and the same kind of plane that was involved in last summers asiana crash in san francisco. the ntsb says that crash was caused by pilot error. aviation experts consider the 777 among the safest planes. >> nice to step on the land. >> reporter: united passengers spent seven hours inside a gymnasium on the island waiting for united to send in another...

Flail around. they have a handler on each side of him so he cant jump out of the helicopter, grab anything, grab a weapon, you get the picture. they want to contain hip as much as possible. also physically assessing him, eye contact, hey, you know, stay with me, were americans, point to a patch, american flag, were here to get you home. youre assessing -- taking vitals, whats his heart rate, blood pressure, oxygen levels, looking at all of these things and taking data down. not interrogating him...

Inspection of the door that locks the cockpit because if, in fact, somebody was trying to break into the cockpit, there would be evidence easily observable on the door itself. >> reporter: the cockpit voice recorder could be revealing but it records over itself every two hours. the critical piece about 40 minutes into the flight. >> you dont get the bits where it first changed course, and thats what we really want. so we dont know who changed course. we dont know who was in control that particul...

You mentioned found on the shores of western australia. still waiting to hear from investigators whether its from the plane or just more ocean trash that weve had before. >> reporter: more than 1,000 miles from where crews are searching for flight 370, debris from something containing sheet metal with rivets and fiberglass coating washingtoned ashore in australia. authorities are investigating but skeptical its from the plane. >> 777 is a complex system. boeing knows their plane very well. it wi...

Locks the cockpit, because if in fact somebody was trying to break into the cockpit, there would be evidence easily observable on the door itself. >> reporter: the cockpit voice recorder could be revealing, but it records over itself ever two hours. the critical piece about 40 minutes into the flight. it wont be there. >> you dont get the bits where it first changed course. and thats what we really want. so we dont know who changed course. we dont know who was in control at this particular momen...

Whether its from that air frame at the end of the day. >> investigators are looking at it now. we should know soon and thats a good thing. david, malaysia says it finished its preliminary hearing report on the disappearance of flight 370. but authorities say they will not make it public. why? >> thats a really good question. the preliminary report is a requirement and as i understand that preliminary report and as i understand annex 13, the responsibility is malaysian airlines to provide survivo...

Could pass over wreckage and miss it? >> its unlikely. the bottom has a soft layer on it. its not that deep. these are large pieces of wreckage, you would assume large pieces of wreckage coming from an air frame as big as the 777. chances of something that size being missed is very, very slim. the image quality coming out of this type of sonar thats on the bluefin is quite good for large objects like this. >> you think about other situations where a similar device was deployed. air france, for e...