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Likely conclusion spiking ominous new warnings from the global threat of isis. >> this is huge worldwide problem. >> isis eclipsed al qaeda. >> we need to be weary of flights. >> reporter: the lead investigator noted a loud noise on the cockpit voice recorder but still couldnt concede a bomb as the likely culprit. >> the observation of the aircraft wreckage does not yet allow for either defying the origin of the in flight breakup. >> reporter: u.s., british and israel officials seemed convinced....

Headquarters in syria. >> reporter: the increasingly likely conclusion sparking warnings about the threat from isis. >> this is a huge worldwide problem. >> if this is a bomb by the affiliate of isis, isis eclipsed al qaeda. >> reporter: the lead investigator noted a load noise on the cockpit voice recorder before the plane broke up but wouldnt concede a bomb as the likely culprit. >> the aircraft wreckage does not yet allow for either defying the origin of the in flight breakup. >> reporter: u....

The mode s transponder gives more information but theres a time delay so we really dont know what that was -- what that ground speed was -- or that air speed on the radar was all about. theres a difference like you indicated, between what the airplane senses and the ground speed. so its all subject to possible dis discrepancies. the climb seems extraordinary. they could have gone through a thunderstorm that causes a lot of updrafts in addition to downdrafts. so weather does seem to be related bu...

Yet. what does that tell you? >> well, it tells me a couple of things. first of all, as jim had mentioned, the turnaround, if its a controlled turn would indicate that someone of human hand did that what is perplexing about that, however is malaysia airlines operating procedure is if there is trouble on the aircraft, before they execute the turn to come back, they need to contact malaysian airlines and let them know that thats what their intent. that didnt happen. so it does indicate there was s...

Critical clue at this point. it suggests that whatever happened obviously happened imminently right away and catastrophically in all likelihood. there is always the possibility that they were prevented from communicating ala a terrorist attack. i think a lot of the other scenarios in flight breakup, fire, mechanical failure, decompression, a lot of these are consistent with this one bit of information that we know for certain, which is, there was no communication. that is very unusual if you hav...